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Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 26). Since the post I did last Friday, more progress on the tower, with all the scaffolding now removed from the top, the blue scaffolds on the east, north and west-facing sides now gone, after the corner scaffolds were taken down in the weeks before. Presumably...

Went over to take a look after I saw the above - viewed from Dundas at Sorauren today, Tuesday (Sept 23). Perhaps that was one reason for the crane to be raised - so the remaining blue scaffolds at the top can be placed on the roof (as seen above) briefly.... anyway, the blue scaffolds are now...

Got a lot of reaction a few weeks ago when I posted a photo of some of the tower's crew outside the tower. So, here are some shots of the guy I saw on the crane this past Friday. He was out there when they were attaching one of the crane brackets for the brace on floor 83 or so.... So, he's...

Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 19). Since I posted last Friday, a lot of movement on the tower, as the last two blue corner scaffolds at top were removed, giving the tower a skinnier appearance. The crane has been raised, with another section soon to be added. Happened to photograph a brace...

Looks like 1 Bloor W is becoming a pilgrimage site! I'm sure anyone who takes photos of the tower from downtown has seen this guy wandering around. Saw him posing here so I hadda get the shot - he was fine with it. Sorta looks like he's blessing the tower or something... cross and bread in hands...

Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 12). A quicker note today... Some visible milestones since I posted last Friday. Two of the blue corner scaffolds at top are now gone, maybe more as I was there noonish. Maybe that means world on the crown will soon start. The external elevator now goes up to...

Photos taken today, Friday (Sept. 5). Since I posted a week ago, the only visible movement at the very top of the tower is now that both elevators have been installed to the 84th floor. Will it go up to 85 once they have something there? We shall see. But all the corners are presumably complete...

Photos taken today, Friday (Aug. 29). The top of the tower looks much the same as it did last week when I had my post last Friday, with the blue forms all now at the highest they presumably will go, at the rooftop level 85. One of the external elevators has now been installed all the way to the...

Another pile of photos taken today, Friday (Aug. 22). Pretty well everything has moved up since my last post a week ago. All four of the blue corner forms have reached the final level - 85 meaning those floors will soon be complete and the concrete portion of the tower essentially completed. The...

Another pile of photos, taken today, Friday (Aug. 15). Progress has been rapid on pouring the corners at the top - all the corner blue forms have moved up a level, to 84, since last Friday - only one more floor until the main concrete portion of the tower is complete! It will be interesting to...

Photos taken today, Friday (Aug. 8). More movement at the top since my post last Friday... all of the blue corner scaffolds have moved up a level, and as can be seen in hawc's photos above, they are working on pouring the corners of the 83rd floor. Only two more floors to go until the main...

Photos taken today, Friday (Aug. 1). Since I posted a week ago, all the blue corner scaffolds have been placed to around level 82 to install the concrete corners for the last stretch of floors to the top. Last week, only the SE corner was up, with the NE corner being pulled up as I shot. Also at...

Photos taken today, Friday (July 25). Since I posted last Friday, more movement on top, as some of the corner scaffolds were raised for the final stretch of concrete pouring, and some more glass is visible. The last of the inside corner blue scaffolds have been removed, allowing the corner...

Photos taken today, Friday (July 18). Since my update post from last Friday, more scaffolds are gone from the top, the corners being poured are all up to level 81 - 4 more to go - and more skin is visible on the tower with the east Rail Climbing System (RCS) up to level 65 - 20 more to go...

Here's a photo from today, Tuesday (July 15). A single image, from Dundas and Sorauren in the west end... looks like the blue scaffolds at the top, south face by the crane, are now gone. Happened to be photographing Friday when the first of the 3 scaffolds on the south face were removed, now the...

Photos taken yesterday, Friday (July 11). Steady progress on the tower since I posted a week ago, including somewhat of a milestone as the first section of blue scaffolding along the sides at the top was removed yesterday. Chronologically, the shots I took from Yonge and Dundas yesterday were...

Photos taken today, Friday (July 4). Since I posted last Friday, the work on the corners has moved up all around the tower, to level 80. Presumably, the inset blue forms at the top will soon be removed as the corners rise. Also, presumably, the final look of the top will start to take shape once...

Photos taken today, Friday (June 27). As seen above, since my regular Friday update post a week ago, the tower has reached supertall status, the first to do so in Canada, crossing the 300 m height threshold, with two beams on the south side added. Incredibly, in a few years we'll likely have 3...

A big moment for Toronto architecture for sure! And here are some photos I took today of something I had never seen here in the 55 years since I took my first photos of Toronto's skyline - a supertall building! Of course, that term didn't exist until recent decades and back then the threshold to...

Photos taken today, Friday (June 20). As documented above, the final set of hangers was installed during the week as the scaffolds for the final mega column were removed from the top, clearing the final attachment point. Also gone is the central core at top, leaving those steel beams extending...