steveve said:
Views from the top! Taken today:

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Huh, I guess some developers do care about ‘supertall’ status. Didn’t expect commemorative marking on the girders and definitely not the banner and worker gathering in the Not-Apple store.
 
Johnny Au said:
It is very unfortunate that the opportunity for One Bloor West to have a publicly accessible observation deck so Toronto can have its own version of New York City's Top of the Rock attraction has been wasted. Tridel could have generated revenue from the attraction.
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The elevators are already set up, all through the building, to service only residential suites above the hotel. There's just no way to simply squeeze another elevator shaft in (and likely more than one would be needed) after-the-fact, and no way to redo the elevator lobbies to separate the access areas for an observation deck from the resident lobbies. All of that was cast in concrete long ago. Not that an observation deck would have been bad here, it would have been great!

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interchange42 said:
The elevators are already set up, all through the building, to service only residential suites above the hotel. There's just no way to simply squeeze another elevator shaft in (and likely more than one would be needed) after-the-fact, and no way to redo the elevator lobbies to separate the access areas for an observation deck from the resident lobbies. All of that was cast in concrete long ago. Not that an observation deck would have been bad here, it would have been great!

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How unfortunate.

By the way, here's a photo from June 22, 2025 taken from Davenport and Berryman:

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interchange42 said:
The elevators are already set up, all through the building, to service only residential suites above the hotel. There's just no way to simply squeeze another elevator shaft in (and likely more than one would be needed) after-the-fact, and no way to redo the elevator lobbies to separate the access areas for an observation deck from the resident lobbies. All of that was cast in concrete long ago. Not that an observation deck would have been bad here, it would have been great!

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I imagine that elevator access for residents being already at a premium, that they would lose one to a public observation deck would be unthinkable here.
 
I don't think this tower would have been built any quicker if the financing of it all worked out. In fact, it probably would have taken longer because they would be to want to build this to 94 stories. So history is the likely the reason why this tower is being topped out this year as opposed to next.
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
I imagine that elevator access for residents being already at a premium, that they would lose one to a public observation deck would be unthinkable here.
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It's not just a case of taking away an elevator to service an observation deck (and assuming the deck were successful, there's no way only one elevator would suffice). As I said earlier, you would also need to separate the elevator lobbies to keep deck traffic away from residential traffic, so there would need to be an entirely new space to act as deck reception that simply does not exist. What's being asked for would have needed to have been planned years ago.

There are other tall proposals in the area (including next door, in fact, where they are actually planning to go higher). Those buildings could be planned in advance to have a deck if the developers wanted. It would be good if one of them did. Before the 1200 Bay plans were shelved, there was to be a restaurant at the top of it. In the meantime, you can always book a reservation atop the Manulife Centre, and its view is no slouch.

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UtakataNoAnnex said:
So the the slow-out-the-gate turtle of One Bloor West finally beat out the sprinting rabbit of Pinnacle One in the race to the 300 mark...folks will be glad I wasn't taking bets on this. <3
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Well good thing they only had to put up I beams to do it and didn't have to pour concrete, otherwise it probably would have taken them a couple more months. 🥴

In any case as they say; it may have won the battle, but ultimately it will lose the war. 😼
 
SkylineHorizons said:
Well good thing they only had to put up I beams to do it and didn't have to pour concrete, otherwise it probably would have taken them a couple more months. 🥴

In any case as they say; it may have won the battle, but ultimately it will lose the war. 😼
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They still left the lifting lug on the beam. Maybe it’s temporary and will be removed pending other work in the area.
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Koops65 said:
I said several times that there is no race here. Nice to have a supertall in Canada now. :D
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Yep and a future landmark. This thing is an eye catcher, last week i was working in the area at Yonge St & Bloor, and every time i stopped to look up at it, I noticed other people took notice of this monster too. I heard some guys near me at the crosswalk, maybe tourists or just clueless locals, wondering if this was an office building or condo? I told them what it was. They were just as impressed by the building as us skyscraper nerds.
 
gabe said:
Yep and a future landmark. This thing is an eye catcher, last week i was working in the area at Yonge St & Bloor, and every time i stopped to look up at it, I noticed other people took notice of this monster too. I heard some guys near me at the crosswalk, maybe tourists or just clueless locals, wondering if this was an office building or condo? I told them what it was. They were just as impressed by the building as us skyscraper nerds.
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It’s surprising to us that even locals often have no idea about buildings we get excited about. Goes to show just how small our bubble is. A few weeks ago, I saw a Facebook post (feed, not from someone I know) on 1 Yonge. One of the commenters actually said ‘do people really care about skyscrapers?’ LOL.
 
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