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UtakataNoAnnex
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Definitely looks like they're working on the core bits.
Contra
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GabrielHurl
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kotsy
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4 years construction from grade to crown!
jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Oct. 17). Since my update post from last Saturday, lots of visible progress on the crown of the tower. All 8 of the beams extending the mega-columns have been installed to the presumed final height - 3 were in place last week. Looks like Sauron's crown! And 3 square halos have been attached to each beam, corresponding to levels, it seems. Maybe someone here knows what those are for? Looks very Jetsonsy! Also visible is work on the core portion of the crown, they were assembling part of that today. Down below, the Rail Climbing Systems (RCSs) installing the building's skin are still parked at level 70, where they've been for a few weeks. Since we now see some of the skin on level 72 installed on the south face, perhaps the RCSs are to be removed soon, with the rest of the skin installed with suspended scaffolding? Most of the webbing on the RCSs has been pulled back, though that's not that unusual.
My usual pile of photos, some showing the work on the top, though we'll need some drones to get a better look. The steel-work for the core at top resembles the initial floors some 5 years ago.
The 2nd and 3rd-last photos, tight of the top from the SW, were taken about an hour apart, with some progress visible with the core beams at top.
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My usual pile of photos, some showing the work on the top, though we'll need some drones to get a better look. The steel-work for the core at top resembles the initial floors some 5 years ago.
The 2nd and 3rd-last photos, tight of the top from the SW, were taken about an hour apart, with some progress visible with the core beams at top.
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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One Bloor West (The One) construction
Photos of One Bloor West (The One) construction progress, including a "before" shot from 2011 and several from 2015 after the demolition of Stollery's. Notable for becoming Canada's first supertall building, i.e., over 300 metres (985 feet) tall. (The CN Tower does not fall under the definition...
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UtakataNoAnnex
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Collingwoodbuildinglover
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Photo by influence GTA from the cab of one blower West's Tower crane
Rascacielo
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Today
Johnny Au
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Just now:
Yonge and Heath:
Yonge and Heath:
Natika33
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From Cedarvale Park & also from the Beltline near Davisville station:
busybeaver
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October 19, 2025
paraone
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Had this conversation with my wife numerous times.... turns out there is something (what who knows) in the works: https://www.toronto.ca/city-governm...riverdale-park-east-top-of-bank-improvements/
I've been coming here for 45 years for the sunsets, protip, the stairs of the church are the place to be and I don't have to sit in dirt or dog pee.
nightstreak
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Not to hijack this thread, but thank you for that. I spent a couple of weeks housesitting in Riverdale and was surprised to find how dilapidated Riverdale park really is once you've had to sit in it or delve down to the muddy overgrown lawn down below. What a waste of a wonderful opportunity, I thought. I'm glad to hear that something is being planned....
...for us to look at One Bloor West on the skyline (aaaand back on topic!)
jer1961
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Here's an annual time-lapse of 1 Bloor W, updated from a similar post I did a year ago. Delayed by a week or so to get the spiky crown update shots in! Three sequences!
#1: The view from the NE corner of Yonge and Bloor, starting with view before above-ground construction started, on Feb 11, 2020, followed by annual looks in October: Oct. 9, 2020; Oct. 8, 2021; Oct. 14, 2022; Oct. 13, 2023; Oct. 11, 2024; and this past Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.
#2: Then, as it rose high enough to be visible from Cumberland, a bit east of Bay: first view on July 21, 2023, then Oct. 13, 2023; Oct. 11, 2024; and Oct. 17, 2025.
#3: The final set of 4 is the view from the south as the tower became visible, starting early in 2023: Feb. 19, 2023 from around Wellesley; Dec. 8, 2023 from Dundas; Oct 11, 2024 from Alexander, it looks like; this past Friday, Oct. 17 from Dundas.
And, yes, I will be creating a time-lapse video at some point. Have an Avid as part of my job, plus some crack editors who will help me make it look good!
#1: The view from the NE corner of Yonge and Bloor, starting with view before above-ground construction started, on Feb 11, 2020, followed by annual looks in October: Oct. 9, 2020; Oct. 8, 2021; Oct. 14, 2022; Oct. 13, 2023; Oct. 11, 2024; and this past Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.
#2: Then, as it rose high enough to be visible from Cumberland, a bit east of Bay: first view on July 21, 2023, then Oct. 13, 2023; Oct. 11, 2024; and Oct. 17, 2025.
#3: The final set of 4 is the view from the south as the tower became visible, starting early in 2023: Feb. 19, 2023 from around Wellesley; Dec. 8, 2023 from Dundas; Oct 11, 2024 from Alexander, it looks like; this past Friday, Oct. 17 from Dundas.
And, yes, I will be creating a time-lapse video at some point. Have an Avid as part of my job, plus some crack editors who will help me make it look good!
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