officedweller
Senior Member
That's a big tree on the deck. Never noticed it before.
Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre
tstormers
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I'm pretty sure that is an art piece tree and not a real one. Definitely large though!
ProjectEnd
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Correct, @tstormers, it's chrome. Looks pretty incredible in person!
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Yes several photos above. e.g. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...-241-39m-50s-hines-wilkinsoneyre.674/page-521
urbanexplorer
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I wonder if it'll get chrome leaves in the spring/summer
bbto32
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Today you can see the steel beams that support the building over the rail corridor put into place. Based off the photos from yesterday they are moving fair quickly on them. You can learn about how they work in this video 1:14:30 in
westtoeast
Active Member
Wow - this video is completely fascinating, thank you for sharing. Would love to see similar in depth breakdowns for the structural challenges of similarly scaled buildings!
Rascacielo
Senior Member
So the tower will rise over the two arms of the "Y" seen above and the sky park will extend only to the Y's junction?
fanoftoronto
Active Member
A couple of evening shots from yesterday!
trtcttc
Active Member
An odd quirk of the diamond design is there are no blinds on those windows, which is a bit annoying on sunny days
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Weirdly, more of a problem in the winter months as the midday sun, when it's out, is lower on the horizon...
trtcttc
Active Member
Heard from some workers today that this can be opened up into a patio in the summer. It’s on the 4th floor just outside the food hall connected to the park. Previously there was an alcohol license sign for Jacob’s Stakehouse, not sure if that’s the only restaurant
Johnny Au
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November 16, 2022:
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
I just realized from the renders how much the 2nd tower is going to balance on the elevator core without really any other support columns, outside the ones funneling the weight into the core. That's a little scary come to think about it.
daptive
Active Member
Kind of crazy to me that the lights are on on practically every single floor. Surely they can turn some of those off when they’re unoccupied.