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BloorMan
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From today:
BloorMan
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It's hard to believe that this floor plan is over 1300 sq' . It seems they had to squeeze the kitchen table and couch next to each other. I wonder how much the super columns will block the peripheral view, especially since there is no balcony to step out onto.
Johnny Au
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Part 2 of 4 taken on August 16, 2023:
Balmuto side:
Bloor side:
Welding time!
Balmuto side:
Bloor side:
Welding time!
DarkSideDenizen
Senior Member
From just down the road a ways:
The northward view up Yonge St. of the CIBC Tower and "The Bay" Tower that we knew for so many decades is just about gone..
The northward view up Yonge St. of the CIBC Tower and "The Bay" Tower that we knew for so many decades is just about gone..
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Benito
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Today.
jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Aug. 18). Since my last big post from a week ago, the Rail Climbing Systems (RCS) are now all up to the 8th floor, the north RCS having moved up one level by Wednesday. The 8th floor glass seems to have been mostly installed on the east and perhaps the north side, though it's hard to tell with the RCS work platforms lowered, blocking a clear view. The north-west corner now has most of its cladding in place, attached to the west building. And while the glass is placed on the 7th floor on the west side, the cladding may be delayed by the extra cladding and glass needed for that west structure. Maybe someone here knows what's going on there? Presumably they'll "catch up" on the west side soon enough.
Starting with my usual "time-lapse" Flickr album update, where all RCSs are now level and some of the blue scaffolds have gone up one level, we next see the extent of installed glass on the south face for the 8th floor, then the NE corner and NW corner. Interesting to compare the super-columns on the south face with those on the other faces. There are far fewer holes for attachments on the south side, presumably since there will be no RCS on that side. The holes seen on the other faces aren't present for the blue attachment plates that the RCSs hang from. Some more wide shots, from in front of Holt Renfrew on Bloor, and from Cumberland east of Bay, including some tight shots of the two mechanical sections being working on simultaneously - the new one on level 37/38? (not sure if the floors are correct), where the top is now, and the first one, with insulation etc being installed lower down.
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Starting with my usual "time-lapse" Flickr album update, where all RCSs are now level and some of the blue scaffolds have gone up one level, we next see the extent of installed glass on the south face for the 8th floor, then the NE corner and NW corner. Interesting to compare the super-columns on the south face with those on the other faces. There are far fewer holes for attachments on the south side, presumably since there will be no RCS on that side. The holes seen on the other faces aren't present for the blue attachment plates that the RCSs hang from. Some more wide shots, from in front of Holt Renfrew on Bloor, and from Cumberland east of Bay, including some tight shots of the two mechanical sections being working on simultaneously - the new one on level 37/38? (not sure if the floors are correct), where the top is now, and the first one, with insulation etc being installed lower down.
One Bloor West (The One) "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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Rascacielo
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Today. As expected, north platform is now up by one floor, revealing glazing on the 7th floor
UpwithOlives
Active Member
Fantastic that we can look at the photos from all the great contributors on this forum and see noticeable progress daily. Thanks to you all!
Johnny Au
Superstar
Part 3 of 4 taken on August 16, 2023:
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):
khris
Senior Member
Do you ask these workers if they're okay with you taking photos of them like this? It's kind of invasive, they are doing their jobs. You could at least blur their faces.
vinny_the_hack
Active Member
Anything (or anyone) you can see from public, you can photograph. There is no expectation of privacy in public.
Builder: 1st Do No Harm
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The OP reminds me of the outrage felt by people of various indigenous tribes around the world during the advent of photography a long time ago. They complained bitterly that taking pictures of them amounted to the theft of their souls.
j_yyz
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Almost covering CIBC
zang
Senior Member
To clarify it depends on where you are when you take the picture. If you poke a camera lens through a fence to get a clearer picture, or cross unmarked border line, then it could be construed as taking the photo *on* private property and requires permission.
It is at least polite and respectful to ask to take someone's picture.
But all that said, I highly doubt Johnny did anything to get in trouble for. Developers are more worried about taking a picture of something that could get their permits pulled, etc. Unless they're protecting trade construction secrets, photos of construction are more often free marketing than anything else.
Besides, there's an awareness from the subjects and the photos almost look posed. Otherwise those workers knew and probably didn't care enough not to stop their photo from being taken. I don't take Johnny as the type to publish something someone objected to.
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