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

[urbandreamer]

25 August 2014: Good Morning Yorkville

 

[Benito]

Beautiful new glazing going up on the southwest corner of the tower today. This will be part of the amenities area. Sorry about the poor quality photos.

 

[marcus_a_j]

Beautiful new glazing going up on the southwest corner of the tower today. This will be part of the amenities area. Sorry about the poor quality photos.

You never need to apologize about the quality of your photos! Your contributions are always welcome. Plus the view from your place is awesome!

 

[Benito]

They've now poured the 22nd floor. They have really picked up the pace since they started using that pumpcrete.

 

[ushahid]

^ One Bloor is going up faster than all other U/C towers. it might get slow in winter.

 

[hawc]

They've now poured the 22nd floor. They have really picked up the pace since they started using that pumpcrete.

Interesting that it's 22 floors, whereas the building behind it (33 Bloor) which is the same height is just 17 floors total.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Interesting that it's 22 floors, whereas the building behind it (33 Bloor) which is the same height is just 17 floors total.

Yeah but isnt that an office bldg.?

 

[Benito]

Yes the building behind it is commercial space and has greater height between floors.

 

[hawc]

Yup. Exactly, but I still didn't think they're be'd such a discrepancy between floors. I didn't think two buildings almost the same heigh could already have a 5 floor discrepancy at such a relatively low height.

 

[Benito]

I love the glazing, it is gorgeous. Sorry our building is casting a shadow on One Bloor East at the moment, so the photo is a bit dark.

 

[ushahid]

+1 does look gorgeous. Thanx for the update.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Yup. Exactly, but I still didn't think they're be'd such a discrepancy between floors. I didn't think two buildings almost the same heigh could already have a 5 floor discrepancy at such a relatively low height.

If they've just poured the 22nd floor, from a visual point of view, that slab looks more like the ceiling of the 21st floor, so only a four floor discrepancy.

Also - perspective is everything. To me, these pictures show One Bloor as already being taller than the office tower - or at least matching the upper mech penthouse, which looks to be two stories above the 17th storey top floor. Therefore only a discrepancy of two floors (19 to 21).

 

[interchange42]

And then there's this shot of sMT's from when One Bloor was only in the 20th floor slab, and from that angle it looks pretty close to 33 Bloor's 17th, maybe taller already.

One Bloor's first floor is as tall as 33 Bloor's, and the second and seventh are taller. Three through 6 are comparable. Only eight and higher would be shorter floors. We will need some shots that are from the same height as the top of 33 Bloor.

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[E.B.]

Sorry our building is casting a shadow on One Bloor East at the moment, so the photo is a bit dark.

I know we mean well by saying sorry but we don't have to say it for something that is out of our control.

 

[Benito]

They are putting the forms in place for the 23rd floor now.