No, the cab is about right. RBC is 121' taller than Simcoe Place (607' vs 486'), and 160 Front is about 180' taller than RBC (787' vs 607'). So the height difference between 160 Front and RBC is about 1.5x the height difference between Simcoe Place and RBC. That'd put it somewhere around the cab...

Can the thread title be updated to indicate this is in Oakville? I couldn't figure out how this got approved at Main and Danforth!

Oh, I know they'd need a lot more than rainwater to fill that thing up, and I get opening the lake side first as preferable. I guess I'm more curious what it must be like for the construction crews, if they need to deal with increasingly aquatic conditions as the earthscaping proceeds

At some point won't the riverbed start accumulating water just from runoff and snowmelt and rain and such? Especially since the riverbed is plugged on both ends? Or are they actively dewatering the site?

That traffic pattern (along Eglinton, through Kennedy, to points west) is hard to assess because it doesn't really exist yet. We won't know the demand for that pattern until after Line 5 opens (and possibly, not until the OL connects with the Science Centre station) If we're doing fantasy...

It'd be pretty strange to pay two men $60/hr to install perforated panels from a swingstage when they could've been installed by some kid making $18/hr in the factory...

You'd prefer we all just either defer to acclaim or reduce our commentary to "I like that" or "I don't like that"? That sounds more detrimental to the discourse than the word "disrespectful", but maybe I'm insufficiently posttrad?

Pray tell the difference between disrespectful and disharmonious?

If architecture is a discourse about style what would even be left if you banned the idea that architectural styles might be in a dialogue with each other? And that that dialogue could either be harmonious or not?

Just coming back to this because I don't think anyone else has pointed it out... This land was owned by St Mike's, and they literally sold it as a developable parcel with the densities described here. This development is not only okay with St Mike's, but they're an active partner with the...

I'm not sure exactly how far back, but there were at least two previous iterations of towers on that lot. There was some back and forth over the ownership of the St Mike's parking lot to the west of Joe Fresh (going back to the original sale of that land to Loblaws) that contributed to the...

I'm pretty sure the washrooms and some other back of house stuff are arranged along the Queen St side. Windows would be a non-starter, but some video billboards of upcoming shows might be a nice touch. Or I could even see that cladding as a backdrop for some large metal relief letters with...

That's ludicrous. These guys are all hourly employees. I can guarantee they did not delay ratification "to ensure days off". They all wanted to get back to work ASAP. This site was already booking in overtime. I wouldn't be surprised to see guys on site tomorrow. The only thing I don't know...

The operators are back as well: https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/labour/2022/05/breaking-done-deal-ici-operating-engineers-end-strike

The photos are a little bit behind. The eastern most unit is being outfitted for a dental office, they have signs up in the windows now

The above-ground structure here is the easiest, least problematic part of the construction. If they've got the LRT's platform and trackwork in, along with the transfers to the existing subway platform they're golden.

Not a standstill, but definitely impacted. Some trades are still able to work, but once they catch up to where the labourers left off they're going to run out of work. The carpenters going out as well is just going to throw even more of a wrench into the whole thing. I don't know where the...

It might end up being garish, but I'd be ok with Ikea re-cladding the podium to match the brand. Even if they replaced those limestone (?) panels with blue-painted aluminum and replaced the grey snap caps with yellow, the colours would at least pop. It'd also be great to see them buy up some of...

I'm not denying any of that history, but why is an extant building the only way to appreciate the 1960s context? The mythos of Sid Smith is far more valuable than the bricks and mortar of Sid Smith. Do we really need to force more and more people to be underwhelmed by this building, so that they...

183 is a little different. They're a multi-trade union, and huge. It's one thing if the pipe fitters or electricians or whoever walks, but 183 is a different story. I've heard to expect at least a two week strike, if not longer