Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

[ImmenselyMental]

Where did @Bibi L go? Last seen August 16.
@ImmenselyMental from Markham joined Aug16. Hmmm
What have you done with Takara the killer whale? It wasn’t me officer or UT police. No jealousy motivation here.


Working the 39/40th floor.
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Replacement part for the dragging TOWE?


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I previously mentioned @Bibi L in my post on August 19:

Yup, that's it.

I had previously taken note of the watermarking discussion on this thread that has since been deleted, and I remember one image was mostly @Bibi L watermarks all over the place, with the photo of Pinnacle One Yonge being secondary.

When I saw saddle bronc events at the Calgary Stampede on TV back in July, I immediately thought of the Broncos, although the player I was interested in is now a Steeler. That being said, we can take that discussion somewhere else.

Anyways, I am definitely looking forward to this project rising into the skyline, given its size and design quality.

I guess Takara swam away and left behind watermarks, which grew into the logos in my photos. Anyways, here are photos I took this morning:

My usual angles with the logo watermarks:

 

[DavidCapizzano]

 

[Collingwoodbuildinglover]

I really want them to start working on the railings of those balconies to get that rib look going up the tower

 

[BoomOne]

Where did @Bibi L go? Last seen August 16.
@ImmenselyMental from Markham joined Aug16. Hmmm
What have you done with Takara the killer whale? It wasn’t me officer or UT police. No jealousy motivation here.


Working the 39/40th floor.
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Bottom left corner.
Replacement part for the dragging TOWE?


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That was an old protection panel from the Southwest side by the crane, 3 were replaced last Friday.

 

[Johnny Au]

In other news, @Bibi L’s orca named Takara was traded for a certain quarterback named Russell Wilson.

 

[skycandy]

Two distant views (morning versus dusk):

 

[WalkieScorchie]

Starting to become visible from a distance (Lawrence East and DVP)

 

[artemperederii]

It feels enormous, I can’t imagine it’s going to be 3 times bigger

 

[ImmenselyMental]

It feels enormous, I can’t imagine it’s going to be 3 times bigger
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Nice nighttime photo. What phone or camera did you use to take it?

Peeking out from the courtyard of Time and Space this afternoon:

A few more photos from closer to the site; it appears they have installed another level of cladding on Sky Tower:

I had yet to take a photo from directly west of Sky Tower:

 

[Amare]

One last remaining unit is left to be leased over at Phase 1; a convenience store will be opening soon along with a TBD retailer.

 

[rdaner]

^Thanks! I can’t wait for the street to open on the south side as that will transform getting around Lower Yonge!

 

[whatever]

I didn't notice that before, on the Yonge side. If that's curtainwall I'm not sure how they skipped floors for the crane's braces. Don't think I've seen that before. I'm curious how that gets filled in later

 

[ImmenselyMental]

I didn't notice that before, on the Yonge side. If that's curtainwall I'm not sure how they skipped floors for the crane's braces. Don't think I've seen that before. I'm curious how that gets filled in later

I also noticed how the cladding installation on the southwest side has been trailing the other sides by a few floors.

When Sky Tower reaches its full height, crews would remove mast sections from the crane the same way they add sections as the tower rises. As they do this, they also remove the crane braces, which is likely a requirement for installing the curtain wall, as the braces attach to the tower where the curtain wall would otherwise be installed.

 

[whatever]

Yes, I'm aware of how a crane comes down. But I don't understand how they secured the bottom of those "floating" frames above the opening if there's no chicken head for the frame to lock into, and how they're going to slip unitized curtainwall frames into that opening afterward.

I'm sure they have a plan, but I'm curious how they're solving those problems. Stick framing, I guess?

 

[ImmenselyMental]

Yes, I'm aware of how a crane comes down. But I don't understand how they secured the bottom of those "floating" frames above the opening if there's no chicken head for the frame to lock into, and how they're going to slip unitized curtainwall frames into that opening afterward.

I'm sure they have a plan, but I'm curious how they're solving those problems. Stick framing, I guess?

In that case, there are at least two theories I have:

1. Curtain wall panels with a slightly different design, enabling installation even after panels on adjacent floors (above and below) have both been installed
2. Detach the top of the panel below (or bottom of the panel above) the opening, to re-attach it after the new curtain wall panel has been installed

Of course, this is coming from someone who has limited knowledge of what is going on on-site, so take these with a grain of salt, but these seem realistic and reasonable to me.