King from Yonge to York and Bay from Front to Adelaide are closed off tonight including sidewalks. Someone on the street mentioned something falling off a building. Anybody hear anything?
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King and Bay Closed Tonight (due to falling CIBC signage)
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billy corgan
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From The Globe and Mail
Wind sends Toronto skyscraper sign flying
OMAR EL AKKAD
Globe and Mail Update and Canadian Press
January 9, 2008 at 7:43 PM EST
TORONTO — The heart of Toronto's downtown financial district came to a grinding halt Wednesday evening after gusting winds sent a massive sign plunging from a the side of a high-rise to the street below.
High winds knocked down a sign from a building near the corner of Bay and King streets. The sign – which measured about 15 feet long and eight feet high – came crashing to the street. As a result, Toronto police cordoned off a large portion of downtown, keeping all pedestrian and car traffic out of the area, still congested with rush hour traffic.
Police said there were a number of unsecured signs in the area that threatened to come crashing down the same way the first sign did. So until crews could be dispatched to secure the signs, everyone was kept out of the area. The cordoned-off area included everything south of Adelaide street, north of Front street, west of Yonge street and east of York street – an area that includes almost all Toronto's major bank buildings.
Police expected the area to be closed throughout Wednesday evening, possibly until midnight or beyond. There were no reported injuries as a result of the falling sign.
Powerful winds blowing across Ontario on Wednesday left about 140,000 homes and businesses without power while also causing transportation headaches and property damage.
Winds gusting between 60 and 90 kilometres an hour pushed away a recent warm spell, leaving single-digit temperatures in the region.
In Cornwall, where the winds tore down signs and sent garbage flying through the air, there were travel restrictions on the Seaway International Bridge.
Tractor-trailers that were not loaded, cube vans, RVs, buses, open trucks with loose material, any vehicles with heavy tarps and all pedestrians were restricted from using the bridge.
In the eastern Ontario town of Prescott, the wind toppled trees and damaged roofs. The main street was closed for hours after a powerful gust blew a huge section of the roof off a downtown furniture store.
The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge was closed for several hours after a tractor-trailer toppled onto its side in high winds and pierced the guardrail in Johnstown in eastern Ontario. A portion of the trailer hung over the St. Lawrence River. The driver of the truck wasn't injured.
Special restrictions were also in place on that bridge, where winds of 72 km/h were reported.
Wind-blown debris on the tracks — including a chain-link fence — caused delays for at least three Toronto-bound GO trains.
Toronto's Pearson International Airport shut down some runways to keep planes out of a strong crosswind, causing about 20 flight delays. At the Buttonville Airport north of Toronto, the wind flipped over two light planes.
Fierce winds were also blamed for leaving about 140,000 Hydro One customers without power, as trees fell onto power lines and sent hydro poles crashing to the ground.
All available emergency crews were assessing the damage, especially in the hard-hit areas of Strathroy, cottage country, Peterborough and Kingston, said Hydro One spokeswoman Danielle Gauvin.
The utility expected to restore power to most customers by the end of the day, but warned that some remote areas may be without electricity until later this week.
Wind sends Toronto skyscraper sign flying
OMAR EL AKKAD
Globe and Mail Update and Canadian Press
January 9, 2008 at 7:43 PM EST
TORONTO — The heart of Toronto's downtown financial district came to a grinding halt Wednesday evening after gusting winds sent a massive sign plunging from a the side of a high-rise to the street below.
High winds knocked down a sign from a building near the corner of Bay and King streets. The sign – which measured about 15 feet long and eight feet high – came crashing to the street. As a result, Toronto police cordoned off a large portion of downtown, keeping all pedestrian and car traffic out of the area, still congested with rush hour traffic.
Police said there were a number of unsecured signs in the area that threatened to come crashing down the same way the first sign did. So until crews could be dispatched to secure the signs, everyone was kept out of the area. The cordoned-off area included everything south of Adelaide street, north of Front street, west of Yonge street and east of York street – an area that includes almost all Toronto's major bank buildings.
Police expected the area to be closed throughout Wednesday evening, possibly until midnight or beyond. There were no reported injuries as a result of the falling sign.
Powerful winds blowing across Ontario on Wednesday left about 140,000 homes and businesses without power while also causing transportation headaches and property damage.
Winds gusting between 60 and 90 kilometres an hour pushed away a recent warm spell, leaving single-digit temperatures in the region.
In Cornwall, where the winds tore down signs and sent garbage flying through the air, there were travel restrictions on the Seaway International Bridge.
Tractor-trailers that were not loaded, cube vans, RVs, buses, open trucks with loose material, any vehicles with heavy tarps and all pedestrians were restricted from using the bridge.
In the eastern Ontario town of Prescott, the wind toppled trees and damaged roofs. The main street was closed for hours after a powerful gust blew a huge section of the roof off a downtown furniture store.
The Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge was closed for several hours after a tractor-trailer toppled onto its side in high winds and pierced the guardrail in Johnstown in eastern Ontario. A portion of the trailer hung over the St. Lawrence River. The driver of the truck wasn't injured.
Special restrictions were also in place on that bridge, where winds of 72 km/h were reported.
Wind-blown debris on the tracks — including a chain-link fence — caused delays for at least three Toronto-bound GO trains.
Toronto's Pearson International Airport shut down some runways to keep planes out of a strong crosswind, causing about 20 flight delays. At the Buttonville Airport north of Toronto, the wind flipped over two light planes.
Fierce winds were also blamed for leaving about 140,000 Hydro One customers without power, as trees fell onto power lines and sent hydro poles crashing to the ground.
All available emergency crews were assessing the damage, especially in the hard-hit areas of Strathroy, cottage country, Peterborough and Kingston, said Hydro One spokeswoman Danielle Gauvin.
The utility expected to restore power to most customers by the end of the day, but warned that some remote areas may be without electricity until later this week.
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CIBC sign is loose and may crash like the reputation of said bank.
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18431.aspx
http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_18431.aspx
junctionist
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smuncky
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i call dibs on the marble of FCP!
Jayomatic
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haha. Maybe the building itself realized the logo made it look bad and just tried to remove it.
I thought I was going to be blown away coming out of my building this morning. Could only imagine how windy it must have been down on Bay St today.
I thought I was going to be blown away coming out of my building this morning. Could only imagine how windy it must have been down on Bay St today.
299 bloor call control.
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the sky is falling too often here... i blame rob ford.
CDL.TO
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The wind tunnel effect caused by the narrow space between RoCP and Maclean-Hunter was something fierce.
billonlogan
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To make matters worse, it was blue and grey box and christmas tree pick-up today in our hood. There were newspapers, plastic bags and christmas trees flying around all over the place.
Kudos to the folks in Withrow Park today cleaning up all the dog crap that appeared once the snow melted. It's amazing how much crap they picked up. There was one lady dragging a green garbage bag around and it looked heavy. Thank you and shame on you dog owners who didnt pick-up.
Kudos to the folks in Withrow Park today cleaning up all the dog crap that appeared once the snow melted. It's amazing how much crap they picked up. There was one lady dragging a green garbage bag around and it looked heavy. Thank you and shame on you dog owners who didnt pick-up.
Logo on east side of CIBC is dark so I guess that's it.
Tuscani01
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Its hard to pick up when it just melts the snow around it and sinks down under.
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Hydrogen
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^Some dog owners don't even put in the slightest effort to pick up after their mutt. The hidden dropping becomes a doggy mine waiting for some unsuspecting pedestrian to discover it.
scarberiankhatru
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The wind last night blew our barbecue cover off, followed shortly after by the barbecue lid. I thought the barbecue itself was going to come crashing through the window next.
299 bloor call control.
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King and Bay remain closed this morning til at least 9am, BT reports... I usually take the King streetcar into work but today I think I'll avoid it altogether and deal with the Spadina car.
Everyone is being forced to use the PATH through the area which is leading Tracey Moore to "be like the people" and she's been recruited to find her way around. And as usual, she's overexaggerating every little bit of it. There's no way it takes 10 minutes, unless you're completely stupid, to walk from Union to the TD Centre.
Everyone is being forced to use the PATH through the area which is leading Tracey Moore to "be like the people" and she's been recruited to find her way around. And as usual, she's overexaggerating every little bit of it. There's no way it takes 10 minutes, unless you're completely stupid, to walk from Union to the TD Centre.
Mongo
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10 minutes? 
There's no way that could take more than 5 minutes -- and that's if you take itty-bitty little steps like somebody's great-great-grandmother. I cannot see how anybody could have the slightest difficulty finding their way from Union to the TD Centre unless they are Toronto's own village idiot.
There's no way that could take more than 5 minutes -- and that's if you take itty-bitty little steps like somebody's great-great-grandmother. I cannot see how anybody could have the slightest difficulty finding their way from Union to the TD Centre unless they are Toronto's own village idiot.