Toronto One Bloor East | 257.24m | 76s | Great Gulf | Hariri Pontarini

[androiduk]

^ I wish I could've snapped it but I won't have my new camera 'til March.

 

[caltrane74]

I'll be downtown later this afternoon... I see if I can grab a cellphone snap.

 

[hawc]

Here you go folks. Went out and snapped one just now. You can just barely see the glass behind the plastic sheet.

And here's a panoramic of the building from the west side.

 

[innsertnamehere]

This one will have to wait until we get balcony cladding to really see its final look anyway.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

That pano sure does accentuate the beautiful curves of the base. I really hope this building turns out well and brings some respect back to Y+B.

 

[kotsy]

Today

 

[ushahid]

thanks Kotsy for taking a glass snap.

 

[kris]

way to early to make any judgement

 

[got it right]

Could get ugly? Let's hope this "Harry Potter" design doesn't turn ugly real fast with cladding.

 

[hawc]

For anyone who hasn't seen it in person, the podium is H-U-G-E!!!!

 

[whatever]

Just looking at where they've drilled for anchors, it looks like the curve in that wall is going to be made up of a series of short, straight pieces. I wonder if that's an indication of how curves will be handled throughout the rest of the tower.

 

[Big Daddy]

This one will have to wait until we get balcony cladding to really see its final look anyway.

In order for this design to work properly, the balcony glass will have to be largely opaque.

 

[JasonParis]

I took this the other day via Instagram...
http://instagram.com/p/kkWgD2swOp/

 

[metropolis]

They must be reaching the base of the tower...or just about ?

 

[someMidTowner]

They must be reaching the base of the tower...or just about ?

It looks like the podium is indeed at its final height on the east and south sides. We should see tower floors start to sprout up in the coming weeks assuming there aren't too many complicated elements to pour.