Tim MacDonald
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I bought my P950 used specifically for the Antarctica trip and really don't use it much as I prefer my old Nikon D300. What's wrong with your unit that required repair?
Mississauga M3 at M City | 260.29m | 77s | Rogers Real Estate | Arcadis
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drum118
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Took it back to Henery's as I had too many issues and refusing to open to shoot . They couldn't get it to work either. I got the camera mainly for videos and not happy with what I shoot. You cannot set the ISO for various settings as its not like any other cameras I have or used in the past. If I want 250, it has to be a 400,. More bulky when trying to shoot in different positions. Had issisue with the first DSLR 7000 I bought in 2011 before moving to Canon Mark II in 2016 with the 7000 as the backup these days.
Tim MacDonald
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SkylineHorizons
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Why is it that so many tall buildings today require tuned mass dampers? Both FCP and Scotia Plaza, buildings even taller than M3, were designed with structures robust enough to resist sway from wind and seismic activity without them. Their structural integrity served as the primary damping system. Just goes to show, they really don’t build them like they used to.
What went into M1/M2?
Koops65
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Those are office towers, much thicker/bigger, and more solid, than M3, which is residential and slender compared to an office tower.
UtakataNoAnnex
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...this should be considered a good thing.
innsertnamehere
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I think you overestimate how much modern building code is "cheaping out" over how much modern building code is far more "overkill" than in the 1970's.
FCP more likely simply has far lower earthquake and wind-load safety factors than M3 does than it being built particularly "stronger".
It's similar to how people complain that cars from the 60's were 'built like tanks" compared to modern cheap cars which just "fold right in" during collisions - the reality is that modern cars are designed to fold in to absorb crash forces and save occupant lives. It's not cheaping out, it's modern engineering resulting in far increased safety factors.
Tim MacDonald
Senior Member
A water damper. Here is one of my shots from 2022 that was posted in the M1 thread:
mferna
Active Member
Read our new update on M3 at M City; https://urbantoronto.ca/news/2025/10/m3-m-city-prepares-tuned-mass-damper-installation.59705
amlem
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SkylineHorizons
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That's part of what I mean. I wish our skylines had more variety in designs, not just in materials but in shape and proportion.
I'm not sure that comparison holds. I'm well aware that older cars are not safer than modern ones, test have proven that. And I don't doubt that modern buildings are safer on average. But I question whether a pencil thin skyscraper with a tuned mass damper is stronger, more robust/sturdier than those signature skyscrapers I mentioned which have much wider footprints. Also one of the two buildings I mention; Scotia Plaza was built in the late 80's not 70's and it was built using thick far thicker columns using reinforced concrete with a of design strength of 70 MPa (over 10,000 psi). Are M3's columns stronger than that?? I doubt it, but I would love to hear otherwise from someone in the know if I stand to be corrected.
Interesting, I wonder why they didn't use a water damper on m3 as well.
Anyhow, here's a recent shot of the project from the Edge;
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MavisRD
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Do we have an update on the final stages of the tower? If they will infact curve it out? Not much has been confirmed.
OpenClosed
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As other users have pointed out, there’ll be a fake wall convering the TMD which should also extend upwards to complete the curving shape
I speculated on this as well but tbh the people who pointed this stuff out have way more construction knowledge over me so I’ll take their word for it.
Short awnser: yes that upper curve will happen
drum118
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Nov 4
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