jibsta
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so the last 2 pours, there is no more sheer walls anymore?
Toronto One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners
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vinny_the_hack
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I've lived in Canada for 67 years, and have never heard of Portage & Main. People outside of Toronto (or Ontario, or Canada) don't have to know of Y & B for it to be Canada's best known. How many people outside of ANY country do you think can name an intersection from another country? Aside from Hollywood & Vine, what others quickly come to mind? P & M may be more notable, but I'd bet it doesn't get 100th the traffic Y & B gets.
TossYourJacket
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As someone born outside Toronto, I'd argue Yonge and Dundas is more famous than Yonge and Bloor. Within Ontario, CityTV is based there, and beyond that, Dundas Square, for better or worse, generates a lot of attention. Tbh beyond being a transit nerd, I didn't know about Yonge and Bloor that much until I moved here, but I knew about Yonge and Dundas for much much longer. The Eaton Centre is a bigger attraction to the general public than anything at Yonge and Bloor, just by itself. Yonge and Bloor's fame is very much a Torontonian thing. Trust me, anyone who hasn't used the TTC has no idea how important it is. I think you can argue it's our "Most Important" intersection (And I would agree to that), but not our most well-known, if only by virtue of no TV stations facing onto it.
As an aside, you could argue Queen and John is the most famous intersection to Millennials cus of the Much Music days.
As an aside, you could argue Queen and John is the most famous intersection to Millennials cus of the Much Music days.
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Doppleganger
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I realize this is getting way off-topic, but for this Babyboomer, Queen and John, and more specifically 299 Queen St. West, will always be synonymous with City-tv. I still remember the day in 1987 when they moved there, and at the time, it seemed an event of epic proportions(and was played up as such by the station), Somehow, despite its prominence at Dundas Square, their present location just doesn't cut the mustard for me.
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zang
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They’re kind of A-holes in the current location, actually. They use the streetcar turn right of way as a parking lot for news vehicles, and I’m surprised traffic enforcement don’t just camp themselves across the street and rake in tickets like crazy. But then, the police seem to believe traffic enforcement is below them these days.
Of course, since Moses Znaimer sold CityTV, it’s shifted politically to the right, and the police tend to play favourites in this city.
limer
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FastidiousHack
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Not directed to anyone specifically, but cement is an ingredient in concrete, much like flour to bread.
Concrete is poured, cement is a powder.
Concrete is poured, cement is a powder.
BloorMan
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A CONCRETE pour happening now 
UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
...going at a speed of Tesla, the diligence of a LoMein and a decisiveness of a SonyPayStation. 
Collingwoodbuildinglover
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Good news on the Pemberton front at the current pace they are moving it most likely will or at least take the next 3 years to get the ground
vinny_the_hack
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For what it's worth, I came across this partially extrapolated factoid: Roughly one million people cross the Yonge & Bloor intersection daily.
hawc
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I highly doubt that. Would love to see source.
Only 300,000 people cross through Union Station daily, a far busier hub.
And way less stabby.
Only 300,000 people cross through Union Station daily, a far busier hub.
And way less stabby.
khaldoon
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That figure may include those changing subways and not crossing the surface intersection.
vinny_the_hack
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Like I said, some extrapolation was done.
2014 stats - 400k + just from subway traffic.
BTW, it says it is by far the busiest station.
jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Nov. 10). Perhaps a first, at least in terms of these weekly glimpses I post, but every single blue form and Rail Climbing Systems (RCS) went up one floor since last Friday, save one. Just the north RCS remains where it was last week, installing the skin for the 11th floor. The west RCS is now at the 11th floor, while the glass for the 12th floor has now started on the south face, east of the crane, with the east RCS now raised to that level for installation of the skin.
Starting with my usual addition to the "time-lapse" album I have on Flickr, to a view of the east face, now showing the skin up to the 11th floor. Some views of the south side where the 12th floor glass is in place, and a view of the south side, where the external elevator has added new floors, up to level 36, the level under the 2nd mechanical sections. Then, over-exposed but I like it... the west face with some scaffolding moved for no obvious reason. Perhaps a large piece of equipment was either taken off the top or added to it? Then, views from Cumberland east of Bay, and finally some shots from Yonge and Bloor, including, inspired by limer's earlier post, a photo with parallel distortion. Last shot from Bloor and Bedford, perhaps the best view of the second mechanical levels.
And, thanks for the kind words after my post last week, UpwithOlives!
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Starting with my usual addition to the "time-lapse" album I have on Flickr, to a view of the east face, now showing the skin up to the 11th floor. Some views of the south side where the 12th floor glass is in place, and a view of the south side, where the external elevator has added new floors, up to level 36, the level under the 2nd mechanical sections. Then, over-exposed but I like it... the west face with some scaffolding moved for no obvious reason. Perhaps a large piece of equipment was either taken off the top or added to it? Then, views from Cumberland east of Bay, and finally some shots from Yonge and Bloor, including, inspired by limer's earlier post, a photo with parallel distortion. Last shot from Bloor and Bedford, perhaps the best view of the second mechanical levels.
And, thanks for the kind words after my post last week, UpwithOlives!
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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