mferna
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The UrbanToronto team recently got invited for a behind the scenes tour of The One, see more here: https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2023/11/hardhat-tour-one-construction-continues-future-supertall.54327
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UtakataNoAnnex
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Meta/Off-Topically/Probably-none-of-my-business/@interchange42 : Since Mr. jackattack contributed both pics and the respective article to this publication (as well as a month's worth 20 years UT reminiscing recently), should be he be considered as Administrator as opposed to Active Member?
vinny_the_hack
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dodgeram
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Uggh the cliffhanger!! Tell me what kind of fruit store they’re opening.
Johnny Au
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Part 2 of 2 taken on November 1, 2023:
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
Yonge Side:
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
Yonge Side:
Bjays92
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Bricks, stone. Lots of options under the umbrella of just those two materials.
@jackattack, like a number of other people who write for UT, are freelancing as opposed to being full-time with us!
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UtakataNoAnnex
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Oh okays, so there isn't really a title for that contribution arrangement yet. Feels there needs to be something more distinguished, IMO. But thanks for explaining that though! /bows
Benito
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BloorMan
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The cement pour is happening today. Looks like we are down to a floor per week.
jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Nov. 3). Since my post last Friday, the crane has been raised a few segments, all the blue forms have moved up one level - to the 42nd floor? - and the north Rail Climbing System (RCS) has joined the east RCS, raised to install the glass and cladding for the 11th floor.
Starting with my Flickr "time-lapse" album update, views of the south crane side, some crane work, and views from by Holt Renfrew on Bloor, then from Cumberland east of Bay. The second mechanical levels now more visible. Finally some shots showing the complete 10 floors of cladding on the east and north faces, one from the old entrance to The Bay on Bloor, and finally to the west from Bloor and Bedford.
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Starting with my Flickr "time-lapse" album update, views of the south crane side, some crane work, and views from by Holt Renfrew on Bloor, then from Cumberland east of Bay. The second mechanical levels now more visible. Finally some shots showing the complete 10 floors of cladding on the east and north faces, one from the old entrance to The Bay on Bloor, and finally to the west from Bloor and Bedford.
The One (1 Bloor West) "time-lapse"
From October, 2020, as above-ground construction started in earnest at The One (1 Bloor W.) in Toronto. More or less a weekly photo usually taken on a Friday, with some gaps during early-on construction hiatuses. The initial photographs are from 2015, during demolition at the site, 2018, during...
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UpwithOlives
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I look forward to these every week.Photos taken today, Friday (Nov. 3). Since my post last Friday, the crane has been raised a few segments, all the blue forms have moved up one level - to the 42nd floor? - and the north Rail Climbing System (RCS) has joined the east RCS, raised to install the glass and cladding for the 11th floor.
Starting with my Flickr "time-lapse" album update, views of the south crane side, some crane work, and views from by Holt Renfrew on Bloor, then from Cumberland east of Bay. The second mechanical levels now more visible. Finally some shots showing the complete 10 floors of cladding on the east and north faces, one from the old entrance to The Bay on Bloor, and finally to the west from Bloor and Bedford.
The One (1 Bloor West) "time-lapse"
From October, 2020, as above-ground construction started in earnest at The One (1 Bloor W.) in Toronto. More or less a weekly photo usually taken on a Friday, with some gaps during early-on construction hiatuses. The initial photographs are from 2015, during demolition at the site, 2018, during...
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Many thanks!
EBT
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I just finished reading the front-page story on the site tour and this part jumped out at me:
"Mizrahi walked us through the ground floor retail space, outlining a number of highly specific and complex structural components that were designed multiple years ago and installed specifically at the request of the retailer who will no longer be occupying the space"
So, it looks like Apple will not be the anchor tenant which is sad on many levels. There is no doubt that the requirement by Apple to have a column-free high-ceiling "ICONIC" retail space at the corner of Yonge and Bloor resulted in the extremely costly design that massively increased the cost of construction and compromised the attractiveness of the residential portion of the tower by requiring owners of condo's costing upwards of $20 million to take an extra elevator ride up to a sky lobby before reaching their condo. I don't believe that the Penthouse has its own elevator. And now we learn that Apple has abandoned the project!
If not for the requirements of Apple this tower would have been topped out years ago! What retailer will now occupy the ground floor custom-designed for Apple? The only retailer that I can think of occupying the ground floor is Tesla. Let's hope this happens!
Overall, I was very glad to see that the project is proceeding full steam ahead and that Mizrahi is still involved. Sam has worked so hard to bring this project to its current state of completion and I hope he can reap the rewards when this tower tops out!
"Mizrahi walked us through the ground floor retail space, outlining a number of highly specific and complex structural components that were designed multiple years ago and installed specifically at the request of the retailer who will no longer be occupying the space"
So, it looks like Apple will not be the anchor tenant which is sad on many levels. There is no doubt that the requirement by Apple to have a column-free high-ceiling "ICONIC" retail space at the corner of Yonge and Bloor resulted in the extremely costly design that massively increased the cost of construction and compromised the attractiveness of the residential portion of the tower by requiring owners of condo's costing upwards of $20 million to take an extra elevator ride up to a sky lobby before reaching their condo. I don't believe that the Penthouse has its own elevator. And now we learn that Apple has abandoned the project!
If not for the requirements of Apple this tower would have been topped out years ago! What retailer will now occupy the ground floor custom-designed for Apple? The only retailer that I can think of occupying the ground floor is Tesla. Let's hope this happens!
Overall, I was very glad to see that the project is proceeding full steam ahead and that Mizrahi is still involved. Sam has worked so hard to bring this project to its current state of completion and I hope he can reap the rewards when this tower tops out!
Hello Benito!
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