skycandy
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Morning cell pics…
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nightstreak
Senior Member
It's odd to say this looks stubby despite being so tall, but I'd love it if Tridel suddenly dropped a pair of radio masts on top of this. There's honestly no better place for another radio tower than right in the middle of Yonge & Bloor that could support downtown unobstructed and reach mid and uptown where the CN Tower is now getting out of view with so much in the downtown cluster.
Diagram from Stephen Velasco with added Willis Tower masts:
Diagram from Stephen Velasco with added Willis Tower masts:
artemperederii
Active Member
Are you serious? Please no
Koops65
Senior Member
It's a residential building... would never happen.
nightstreak
Senior Member
“One Bloor West is a bold new development in Toronto that will set new standards for commercial and retail accommodation in Canada.” — Foster & Partners
One Bloor West is a hotel, retail, restaurant and condominium. It’s a business. If there is an opportunity to monetize its height, Tridel would take it. It’s currently deep in red ink and landing a long term telecommunications deal could help bring it into the black.
Koops65
Senior Member
Maybe you're totally right... but I still think the chances of getting twin antennas up there are pretty slim.
nightstreak
Senior Member
Residential buildings all over Toronto are full of cellular antennae.
330 Gerrard St E.
The chances of One Bloor West getting cell antennae attached to its crown even without a mast are more than 50/50. It’s common practice.
The opportunity to monetize height for long distance radio towers is only reserved for the tallest buildings in a city. Whether Tridel takes the opportunity is another thing. I hope they do, the lines on this building are conducive to 2 spires continuing beyond the crown.
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steveve
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Taken yesterday:
jer1961
Active Member
Looks like 1 Bloor W is becoming a pilgrimage site! I'm sure anyone who takes photos of the tower from downtown has seen this guy wandering around. Saw him posing here so I hadda get the shot - he was fine with it. Sorta looks like he's blessing the tower or something... cross and bread in hands...
SkylineHorizons
Active Member
Not likely to happen. There's only a limited number of broadcasters in any city and the CN tower and FCP likely already provide ample space for their equipment already.
You won't ever see cellular antenna on top of One Bloor West.
AM/FM/TV frequencies are such that they travel far, bend over the horizon, and diffract around obstacles. That's why to maximize coverage they build very tall towers or place them on tall structures/high land where that the signal can reach as much territory as possible. Cellular networks however use much higher frequencies (hundreds of MHz to many GHz). These don’t bend or penetrate well and are absorbed by trees, buildings or even the rain. Their effective range is much, much, shorter which is why the system is designed as a patchwork of small “cells” - hence the naming convention of "cell" phone and "cellular" network. Having many shorter towers closer to users allows the same frequencies to be reused across neighborhoods without interference and the network is built for capacity as much as coverage.
With 4G, 5G, and 6G, the trend continues higher still into millimeter waves around 24 GHz+, which travel only a few hundred meters at best. That’s why you now see antennas proliferating lower to the ground on rooftops, utility towers & poles, and even streetlights. Placing them on the tall buildings would be counterintuitive.
AlbertC
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artemperederii
Active Member
I understand that this may be your assumption, but how would you love that? It would look terrible. It’s like putting a couple of those on Big Ben or hanging a few advertising screens on the Eiffel Tower
nightstreak
Senior Member
This is neither Big Ben nor the Eiffel Tower — which is itself a telecommunication antenna but I digress. Skyscrapers with spires are very common. I'm not suggesting putting up some cheap radio antennae, I'm proposing that this tower would look better with a pair of spires which could be used for telecommunication.
karledice
Senior Member
Wow Aqualuna by Tridel looks beautiful and stand out glowing
jackattack
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sept 13 -
