Tuscani01 said:
As I've said multiple times in this thread, they were never feasible to begin with. The building wasn't engineered to take the additional floors. The height increase was nothing more than a last minute attempt to convince investors not to bail.
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Damn, wish I had of seen that a while back. I'm think I'm finally over the height thing and still going to be very happy with the building as it's really a gem. Pinnacle One might be the tallest, but this building will win for me as it's a much nicer.
 
Tuscani01 said:
As I've said multiple times in this thread, they were never feasible to begin with. The building wasn't engineered to take the additional floors. The height increase was nothing more than a last minute attempt to convince investors not to bail.
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I have no idea about the developers intentions, but you can often tack on additional height to supertalls very easily, from an engineering standpoint.

Since the limiting factor is almost always drift (lateral sway), you just need additional damping. This thing already has a tuned mass damper, so they can just update the tuning for the new height to remain within the drift limits.

Elevator wait times is the other consideration, but there's no code consideration for that in Toronto.
 
Part 1 of 2 taken on December 18, 2024:

Bay and Cumberland:

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Back Alley:

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C-mac said:
Damn, wish I had of seen that a while back. I'm think I'm finally over the height thing and still going to be very happy with the building as it's really a gem. Pinnacle One might be the tallest, but this building will win for me as it's a much nicer.
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I agree. Pinnacle doesnt look very pretty.
 
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