Toronto The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners

[Automation Gallery]

Seems like a lot of work to keep that building in place. We might have got some better givebacks (e.g. better 24-hour pop-space inside) by not insisting on that, and allowing a preserved facade instead.

Oh well it's called payback for demolishing Stollerys, city madness by a couple councilors

 

[heatscore]

Seems worth it to have a clean slate at the corner to work with.

 

[Skeezix]

Oh well its called payback for demolishing Stollerys, city madness by a couple councilors

That's not it at all.

 

[Skeezix]

Seems worth it to have a clean slate at the corner to work with.

Yeah, because the whole "clean slate" approach, dating back to the urban renewal and site clearing trends of the 1960s and 1970s, has been so successful.

From a streetscape perspective, "clean slate" can often be disastrous, with monotonous, ground floor animation-killing results.

I fail to understand why some people can't seem to take a more nuanced view of the streetwall here.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Oh well it's called payback for demolishing Stollerys, city madness by a couple councilors

Nonsense, considering similar preservation projects along that strip.

AoD

 

[Benito]

This evening.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Contra]

I assume all that flattened gravel is in preparation for the first pour?

 

[raptor]

I assume all that flattened gravel is in preparation for the first pour?

concrete requires rebar first

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Contra]

concrete requires rebar first

Well, I mean before all that. Just looks like they are leveling out the ground for the first level to be prepared for the pour.

 

[Edward Skira]

Any naysayers still around?

 

[someMidTowner]

Obvious signs of top-down construction here. Unless we're seeing a work platform being formed?

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Contra]

Obvious signs of top-down construction here. Unless we're seeing a work platform being formed?

Seems to be leaning towards the top-down construction theory with Benito's last pic. Unless they're building a work platform that covers nearly a third of the site!