jer1961
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Photos taken yesterday, Friday (May 31). Good to meet fellow UT contributor kotsy also taking snaps of 1 Bloor! With all the photos posted here, surprising I don't bump into more UT photographers! Friday, at the top of the tower, the forms are where they were a week ago, with the third mechanical section still being worked on, levels 57 and 58. Read in that report above something about level 62 being the first level that might change depending on if the tower goes to 85 or 91 levels... They are pretty close to that now. The blue corner forms are also where they were last week, at the top of the last-installed hanger section. They can't move up until the next hangers are placed, and that won't happen until the top forms move past the third mechanical section.
Meanwhile, the black Rail Climbing Systems (RCSs) are installing the skin of the building rapidly now, moving up multiple floors since last week in some cases. The east, north and west RCSs were at levels 27, 27 and 25 last week, respectively. This week, they are at levels 29, 28 and 27. And as a result we are quickly getting the true look of the tower emerging.
Starting with my usual "time-lapse" Flickr album addition, showing the near-weekly progress of the rise of the tower since October 2020, then to views from the south, Yonge and Alexander, then from around Yonge and Charles. The crane with shadows, and a view of the east face from below. Next, the view from Bloor west of Balmuto in front of Holt Renfrew, and a silhouette shot with 1 Bloor E reflecting. Some near-diagonal views from Cumberland east of Bay, and a set from the NE area of Yonge and Bloor - the airplane passing overhead shot was taken while meeting kotsy. Finally, a shot from Bloor and Bedford, road construction crews on the westbound lanes. Pretty sure the "thumbs-up" was directed at the waiting line of traffic, now clear to pass. Finally, a shot from halfway down Devonshire.
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Meanwhile, the black Rail Climbing Systems (RCSs) are installing the skin of the building rapidly now, moving up multiple floors since last week in some cases. The east, north and west RCSs were at levels 27, 27 and 25 last week, respectively. This week, they are at levels 29, 28 and 27. And as a result we are quickly getting the true look of the tower emerging.
Starting with my usual "time-lapse" Flickr album addition, showing the near-weekly progress of the rise of the tower since October 2020, then to views from the south, Yonge and Alexander, then from around Yonge and Charles. The crane with shadows, and a view of the east face from below. Next, the view from Bloor west of Balmuto in front of Holt Renfrew, and a silhouette shot with 1 Bloor E reflecting. Some near-diagonal views from Cumberland east of Bay, and a set from the NE area of Yonge and Bloor - the airplane passing overhead shot was taken while meeting kotsy. Finally, a shot from Bloor and Bedford, road construction crews on the westbound lanes. Pretty sure the "thumbs-up" was directed at the waiting line of traffic, now clear to pass. Finally, a shot from halfway down Devonshire.
One Bloor West (The One) "time-lapse"
From October, 2020, as above-ground construction started in earnest at The One (1 Bloor W.) in Toronto. More or less a weekly photo usually taken on a Friday, with some gaps during early-on construction hiatuses. The initial photographs are from 2015, during demolition at the site, 2018, during...
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