Toronto L-Tower | 204.82m | 58s | Cityzen | Daniel Libeskind

The perpetual tower of temporary platforms...

Though Mr. Libeskind is not of the Catholic persuasion; you've convinced me his offspring is!

You've christened the building to reflect its state of unending purgatory! How apt!
 
From the Blue Jays broadcast on Sportsnet:

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Clarification: This is actually from 2013 with the L Tower being under construction at the time (CIBC Square, 160 Front West, and many other buildings did not exist at the time of the original video); Sportsnet simply recycled a decade-old video of the Toronto skyline in the sunset to obscure the fact that the video is outdated
 
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Sportsnet simply recycled a decade-old video of the Toronto skyline in the sunset to obscure the fact that the video is outdated
Off topically: They must not think highly of their audience's intelligence by trying to...er, "deepfake" their sunset shots like that...
 
Off topically: They must not think highly of their audience's intelligence by trying to...er, "deepfake" their sunset shots like that...
We're not dealing with the same audience as UT. With skyline imagery, the process for Toronto establishing shots is likely:
  1. CN Tower ✔️
Great, now let's get go for lunch!
 
We're not dealing with the same audience as UT. With skyline imagery, the process for Toronto establishing shots is likely:
  1. CN Tower ✔️
Great, now let's get go for lunch!
I was not indicating we where.
 
Probably more of Meridian Hall post than Ltower but..
I have not seen the BMU working yet but they are installing a new Parklio RETRACTABLE DRIVEWAY CHAIN / AUTOMATIC CHAIN BARRIER
to protect the Meridian Hall back of the house parking.. It will be interesting to see how well that works. (Durability, ice in the well, damage to poles/chain and damage to other cars/bikes/pedestrians due to visibility. I give it less than a year before it’s gone. Nice concept thou.

Product video of operation .

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Flash back
September 2019. An appearance of the BMU!
I’m still waiting for my chance to sit on a park bench at Berczy to watching the window washing crew in action. Maybe this will be the year?

FYI. The automatic chained gate above has not been put into service. It seems like they have been testing with yellow caution tape only to be safe and prevent damage to the system. (?)
Maybe it will just be used as a deterrence.

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Probably more of Meridian Hall post than Ltower but..
I have not seen the BMU working yet but they are installing a new Parklio RETRACTABLE DRIVEWAY CHAIN / AUTOMATIC CHAIN BARRIER
to protect the Meridian Hall back of the house parking.. It will be interesting to see how well that works. (Durability, ice in the well, damage to poles/chain and damage to other cars/bikes/pedestrians due to visibility. I give it less than a year before it’s gone. Nice concept thou.

Product video of operation .

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It has been installed but it appears not to work! I have never seen the chain in a raised position and it actually looks to be unattached at both ends.
 

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