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

[Midtown Urbanist]

Starting to stand out from the Gardiner now. Taken last Friday.

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It's poking through the skyline from over here on Eglinton too.

 

[Razz]

Taken March 29, 2015:

 

[androiduk]

Canopy is going up on the Yonge St. frontage topped by 2 storey high slim vertical glass panels.

 

[Benito]

They are installing glazing on the second floor, commercial level now. Very exciting.

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Yes you can see the glass on the second floor in this photo I posted on the weekend.

 

[Kraylin]

Yes you can see the glass on the second floor in this photo I posted on the weekend.

Oh Oh, careful... I think quoting yourself is the first sign of over urbantorontoism setting in... Thanks for the pics! =)

 

[LNahid2000]

Looks like they're getting ready to finally open the 2nd northbound lane on Yonge again!

 

[cliffy]

Are these dates too conservative?

Topping out - Oct 1 2015
Glass cladding - Jan 1 2016
Balconies - May 1 2016

 

[cirez]

Looks like they're getting ready to finally open the 2nd northbound lane on Yonge again!

i think so. i walked by the other day, and a lot of the hoarding panels were removed and just had a chain link fence in some spots.

 

[Nastapoka]

The glass mounting brackets add some nice fine grain detail to the facade.

 

[androiduk]

 

[Miscreant]

Nice...I really like the look of those.

 

[waterscapes-guy]

I was told that the move in date is still on schedule (although I'm sure it will change). The finishes and upgrades have already been selected for the floors below 65 with a move -in date of June 2016 for the level around the 60th floor.

Are these dates too conservative?

Topping out - Oct 1 2015
Glass cladding - Jan 1 2016
Balconies - May 1 2016

 

[urbandreamer]

6 months 'til t/o? I think it might be sooner.

 

[whatever]

That's too bad the grid for the glass fins doesn't match up with the grid for the canopy. It's one of those little details that makes a difference.

 

[modernizt]

That's too bad the grid for the glass fins doesn't match up with the grid for the canopy. It's one of those little details that makes a difference.

Decisions always have to be made about where this will end, though. Should the balcony glass above line up as well then?

From what I can tell in the design of this elevation, the second floor is not intended to line up with the ground level since it's a separate entity in the design; it's an element that expresses itself separately from the ground floor glazing.

Not trying to say your opinion is wrong or that you shouldn't feel that way, but I don't think it's a detail that was simply overlooked.