[jer1961]

Photos taken today, Friday (April 14). Looks like there may be some overlap here - surprised skycandy and I didn't trip over each other! But I gotta include my identical wide shot, the update for my "time lapse" album on Flickr:

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 2018, during caisson drilling, and early 2020...

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Just added a photo I found that I took almost exactly 5 years ago when they were doing the caisson drilling at 1 Bloor to that "time lapse" album.
A bunch of shots of two crews, as others have here, putting some cladding up and tearing off some of the covering. Seems the north face will be complete soon... in time to put up that big 7-storey black rigging where the rest of the facing will be installed behind. I didn't notice it when I was there, but they have shifted some of the blue forms at the very top of the north side, perhaps to allow the crane to lift that rigging up. The gap is visible in the wide shots and the wide shot from the foot of the tower.

 

[TysonR]

I really like the vertical/diagonal beam cladding. Looks sharp.


Looks similar to the material used on the Bow Tower in Calgary.

 

[Johnny Au]

Part 3 of 3 taken on April 12, 2023:

Yonge side:

 

[Undead]

Materials: 10/10. Execution: 10/10. The smile on my face: 11/10.

Hotel. Trivago.

 

[Bayer]

Yesterday they dismantled the old pump enclosure; now they are building the new one.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

I don't see any cutouts for electricals/lighting fixtures at the apex of the cladding. Wonder if it is something that got VEed.

AoD

 

[bgobgo]

A couple of pics taken this morning.

 

[zang]

Something happening tonight. Police are blocking the intersection, Yonge is fully blocked off, crane bits waiting on the street and and lots of construction folks at ground level.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Something happening tonight. Police are blocking the intersection, Yonge is fully blocked off, crane bits waiting on the street and and lots of construction folks at ground level.

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From the City of Toronto Road Restrictions site:

YONGE ST from BLOOR ST W to CHARLES ST W​

Id: R6627678
Closure Type: Hazard
Time Frame: Continuous
From: April 15, 2023
Until: April 16, 2023
Hours: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
Severity Impact: Major
Road Class: Major Arterial
District: Toronto and East York
Contractor: Modern Crane
Description: Toronto-TMC: All lanes occupied to hoist crane
Last Updated: 15 hours ago

AoD

 

[zang]

Well, there ya go. If I missed a post about it earlier, my apologies.

 

[Bayer]

Done, but there will likely be something more permanent before the May 17 deadline. This is basically plywood.

 

[jer1961]

Photos taken today, Saturday (April 15). Sorry, maybe too many photos these past few days! Lots going on today, with the RCS (rail climbing system) platform being installed on the north face of the tower. Two bracket things added on each side, on top of each other. Then four large sections will be assembled into a platform and craned on top of what was installed today.

Several sections here. First, a couple update shots of the near-complete (except for the middle sections) cladding on the north side. Next, The first brackets being installed, then a rod device put into the second level on the ground, and shots taken later with the second levels now installed. Finally, shots of the four sections to be assembled into the platform and added on top later delivered by truck to a staging area on Yonge Street, and several shots of workers connecting two of the sections.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Er...that looks complicated...

 

[thaivic]

Busy Sunday.

 

[travis3000]

The champaign coloured cladding combined with the dark black glass looks very sophisticated and sexy. This one is living up the hype for sure. It's going to look gorgeous once all complete.