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It's disappointing that the "white" frit in the glazing shown in the renders has ended up as grey, but I guess it was inevitable. Fortunately, it looks like there's less frit on the upper levels, and hopefully the reflectivity of the glass will compensate for it in the right light.

Quite the view terminus on Bremner now.

Just now. More glazing visible.

I don't think it can be flipped, as I believe it's unitized right up to the top panel.

To quote an infamous old TV commercial... "Come on already! Let's go!"

Snowy progress:

You need to look at it through the eyes of younger me, almost 20 years ago, when I was living in a borough where no buildings were taller than 5 storeys. Imagination filled in a lot of the gaps!

Here's a very old image I still have on my hard drive. It's dated 2006-01-12. I was still living in the UK at the time. I remember thinking this was a vision of the future, but in retrospect, this was likely my first case of being deluded by renders!

The (very slow) ascent skyward...

Never thought I'd say this, but I'm feeling a tad sentimental about seeing the demise of Crocodile Rock. It was a bit of a dump, but it reminds me of when I first moved to Canada almost 20 years ago. My first job was just down the street. I hope the giant bottle of Corona that was the roof gets...

Quite the delivery of crane sections today, so it looks like it's in for a serious height adjustment this weekend.

Tall Poppy Syndrome is an attitude I'm very familiar with from my home country (UK), but contrary to your observation, I don't see anywhere near as much of that from Canadians, who I find to generally be supportive of innovators. Not saying it doesn't exist, though.

It is part of the plan.

The crane was raised by one section early this morning (or maybe last night, as I wasn't paying attention). There are two more sections waiting in the wings.

The crane is coming down this weekend, weather permitting.

Perhaps a future UT front page article could be an educational piece on what the roles and responsibilities of a property developer, architect, and general contractor actually are, so people don't get themselves in such a tizz.

There is no spire on FCP, just guyed antennas. A structural spire would be counted in the building height, but antennas are not.

The brightness of the horizontal lights has definitely been lowered slightly over the last few nights. Coincidentally following the news stories on the subject.

^ Agreed. It's a sampling drill, not a caisson drill, so I wouldn't qualify this as "under construction" yet.

Climbing hoarding going up...