They look beautifully intricate up close, but even from that distance they look like some anonymous dark cladding.

It looks especially fantastic from Tommy Thompson Park. The afternoon sun turns it into an otherworldly, blazing white beacon on the skyline

It looks especially fantastic from Tommy Thompson Park. The afternoon sun turns it into an otherworldly, blazing white beacon on the skyline.

Today. I’m counting 46 storeys completed, so 4 more plus mech

I agree. The other concern is the cement trucks lining the street (usually on Yonge) when a big pour is coming. I wonder how they’re going to deal with that - maybe by keeping only the Bloor entrance open?

Any chance the retail portion will open this summer or at least this year?

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Today. Unexpected glimpse from Davenport & Belmont

This is what timeless architecture looks like, and they don't even promote it as such, unlike the scattering of cheap, unimaginative, spandrel-clad projects around town advertised as timeless by other developers

A bit like these 2 towers (The Stanley & 411 Church) if you turn 411 Church ninety degrees and add a glassy infill between them

What? Who pays $105.95 to dry clean a suit? Well, maybe if the suit costs over $3,000 ...

Today. Nice to finally see the curved glazing

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Today. Finally get to see the mall up close. It’s surprising that they allow public access at this point - we tend to be overzealous about safety here. Not that what’s accessible is unsafe, but given that the access is not required at this point, it seems uncharacteristic. Maybe they want to...

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I thought smoke in the upper atmosphere generally moved from west to east

Surreal sunset courtesy of Alberta forest fires

Curious why the mint-green spandrels are so far only applied to the east and west elevations. Are the north and south elevations meant to have a different cladding?

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