Toronto First Canadian Place Rejuvenation | 298.08m | 72s | Brookfield | MdeAS Architects

[Mongo]

Probably because they intend that every two weeks, the stage drops two floors, revealing two floors of replaced cladding.

 

[Jasonzed]

From a far...

 

[steveve]

Beautiful shot! I love how the highway curves to reveal the metropolis that is downtown toronto
* and for a second there i thought there were 2 ritz slants!

 

[urbandreamer]

Looks great from 400&9 north of the city--couldn't get a photo maybe next time.

 

[MileHigh]

Probably because they intend that every two weeks, the stage drops two floors, revealing two floors of replaced cladding.

this is almost like watching a water boil... they still haven't moved.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I figure they are probably working out the kinks and getting the teams up to speed with removal and replacement. They also have a roof-line to work around plus the four BMO signs which probably account for the project starting off a little slow. I'm sure we'll see some movement in the next week or so.

 

[Mongo]

^ Plus the total time for a given tile to be removed and replaced would be 4 weeks (2 weeks for removal and 2 more weeks for replacement), once the system is running and all kinks have been worked out. Add in the start-up issues and I am not surprised that the stages have not yet moved. They should start to move in the next week or two, though.

 

[hkric88]

It was twilight from about Gerrard + Parliment, but it looks to me like the south east corner is being moved down..

 

[raptor]

Forms

Forms on the southwest corner are finally lowered. Sorry, no pics, but you can't really see the newly installed cladding as the forms still obstruct the view.

 

[CharmAlarm]

Does anyone recall when some of the marble cladding will be made available to the public? I recall there had been some interest expressed and Brookfield said that they would be making it available I just don't recall when.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

From Queen & Euclid today, nothing revealed yet

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.

 

[nicetommy]

Here's a pic of the west side. A few feet of the very top portion of the new cladding is visible:

 

[Traynor]

Under extreme magnification, I can see the faint edge of a distinctly bright, greenish-white cladding on the topmost Southwest corner.

YAY!

 

[Traynor]

Actually, I am most looking forward to the bronze glass of the corners. I think this simple effect will help to update the look of the tower more than anything else.

 

[nicetommy]

Here's a quick comparison of the top few feet of cladding

Now (updated Friday, Aug 6):

Before: