[nightstreak]

She's getting tall!

Isn't she (almost) fully grown by now? Just a few floors to go.

What are people's estimates when the sidewalk gets cleaned up and the retail space opened?

I imagine the loading off Balmuto will serve as the interior construction route once the building envelope is closed and there won't be any need for hoardings on Bloor and Yonge.

 

[Tyrang]

Isn't she (almost) fully grown by now? Just a few floors to go.

What are people's estimates when the sidewalk gets cleaned up and the retail space opened?

I imagine the loading off Balmuto will serve as the interior construction route once the building envelope is closed and there won't be any need for hoardings on Bloor and Yonge.

Some people has been saying the crown is going to take a longer time to complete. I will not be surprised for this to continue till Fall.

 

[nightstreak]

Some people has been saying the crown is going to take a longer time to complete. I will not be surprised for this to continue till Fall.

That’s probably a fair assessment. I can see the sidewalk cleaned up before Christmas. I’m sure they’re motivated to get that retail space opened by the holiday shopping season. They’ve already missed out on a decade in retail rent. Is the hotel chain the same one that this project started with?

Do we know if residential interior fittings are already taking place? I haven’t followed the latest on the real estate but if previous condo sales are getting revoked as has been rumoured, they’ve probably stopped putting up interior walls if they don’t know what walls to put up.

 

[Koops65]

Link to HD render

 

[ethan.l.cecc]

Just curious how do native speakers assign gender to something like a ship or a skyscraper. Shouldn't it be IT??

There's a weird convention for english that many things that are built are assigned female pronouns (ships, cars, buildings, bridges). Historically, the reason for ships and cars is because of connection to a mother-figure goddess, but why she is used for buildings as well... no idea

 

[Johnny Au]

There's a weird convention for english that many things that are built are assigned female pronouns (ships, cars, buildings, bridges). Historically, the reason for ships and cars is because of connection to a mother-figure goddess, but why she is used for buildings as well... no idea

Here’s a video explaining why ships are given the feminine gender in English:

 

[Natika33]

The One Rises Above 1 Bloor East by kotsy, on Flickr

Off topic, but this photo shows how grey Toronto is. Only the construction stuff is colourful.

 

[hawc]

This photo shows how grey Toronto is. Only the construction stuff is colourful.

Agree!

Toronto looks positively Soviet Eastern Bloc right now.

Everything is a uniform shade of brown and grey from above.

Unless you catch something lit up from inside or some crazy sunlight, it is unbelievably dreary right now.

 

[xy3]

I don't mean to be mean or cynical, but I'm trying to figure out the appeal of living at Yonge & Bloor. You've got the mink mile I suppose - which always feels like it's under various states of construction, is a bit run down or has a bit of homeless population vibe to it. You've got Yorkville to the north which I suppose is the biggest draw. You're close to the ROM. You're on two subway lines (although I feel the residents of One Bloor aren't really the transit types.) I don't know I just don't get it. For that kind of money I feel like I'd be buying somewhere else in Toronto. I mean Yonge Street from Bloor south is pretty much District 9. Bloor running eastwards isn't really anything. Really don't get the appearl. It likes to bill itself as the centre of the city, but that's not even accurate, that's actually Yonge & Eglinton geographically speaking. What am I missing here?

I noticed that Mink Mile generally went downhill after Pottery Barn closed. Now Pusateris closed.

I think from Bathurst & St Clair to Yonge & St Clair is the prime upscale transit-oriented location.

 

[hawc]

I noticed that Mink Mile generally went downhill after Pottery Barn closed. Now Pusateris closed.

Certainly doesn't help to have a big empty retail building sitting in the middle of it all.

Plus if you drive up to Yorkville Mall all the retailers in the Mink Mile are in there in a gorgeous, clean, modern section of the mall. It's really quite stunning.

Anyway, it's just kind of sad, because they've obviously spent million and millions trying to make that section of Bloor between University and Church look like the best in our city, but it never really give off that vibe.

 

[tstormers]

From this morning.

 

[Tyrang]

Agree!

Toronto looks positively Soviet Eastern Bloc right now.

Everything is a uniform shade of brown and grey from above.

Unless you catch something lit up from inside or some crazy sunlight, it is unbelievably dreary right now.

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Wow that parking lot triggered a response in me. I live around there and am glad that my balcony doesn't face that direction.

I think if we are going to be specific, it is not the new condos that give soviet-vibe - it is the brutalist apartment complexes and buildings from 80s. There are some renewal effort on the older Toronto apartments - like Maddox and the number of apartments on Bay St. I actually was thinking yesterday that how viable are apartment renewal for our housing needs and market.

On the other hand, I do wish that the newer Toronto condos stop using the same template lol.

 

[hawc]

I think if we are going to be specific, it is not the new condos that give soviet-vibe - it is the brutalist apartment complexes and buildings from 80s.

Yes. Very fair. Agree.

 

[nightstreak]

I don't mean to be mean or cynical, but I'm trying to figure out the appeal of living at Yonge & Bloor. You've got the mink mile I suppose - which always feels like it's under various states of construction, is a bit run down or has a bit of homeless population vibe to it. You've got Yorkville to the north which I suppose is the biggest draw. You're close to the ROM. You're on two subway lines (although I feel the residents of One Bloor aren't really the transit types.) I don't know I just don't get it. For that kind of money I feel like I'd be buying somewhere else in Toronto. I mean Yonge Street from Bloor south is pretty much District 9. Bloor running eastwards isn't really anything. Really don't get the appearl. It likes to bill itself as the centre of the city, but that's not even accurate, that's actually Yonge & Eglinton geographically speaking. What am I missing here?

It's Rosedale a 5 minute drive away, not Yorkville itself that anchors this neighbourhood and keeps the upscale shopping nearby, which has started to make having a pad right on the strip more appealing as space has run out in Rosedale itself. You're right, there's nothing but ugly shops and a strip club a stone's throw away from these multi million dollar condos but Yonge is beginning to go through gentrification and more of that will occur the more of these high priced buildings go up.

I noticed that Mink Mile generally went downhill after Pottery Barn closed. Now Pusateris closed.

Yorkville has gone downhill because of the amount of non-stop construction. This intersection in particular has been an exhaustingly persistent construction zone for over a decade. One Bloor East, then The One, then the Lululemon at 1 Bloor West and soon The Bay redevelopment and the Bloor subway platform expansion. It'll be 20+ years before you can walk through Yonge-Bloor without going under hoardings and getting muddy shoes.

It. Just. Never. Ends.

Toronto's it spot for upscale dining and entertainment has become King West and Yorkville suffered from the loss of that foot traffic. Yet, Yorkville still holds the title for upscale shopping and I don't see it losing that title given the recent and planned stores.

But a lot is riding on The One bookending the Magnificent Mile with something, well magnificent. Is Andaz Hotel still attached to the project? An upscale hotel with dining and entertainment will revitalize this corner whenever that happens. This would've made a good W Hotel if they hadn't already opened a few steps down the street.

 

[alexb]