Rascacielo
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Maybe the new government will finally let foreign telcos in and we’ll get Orange there instead.
Toronto One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners
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TossYourJacket
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It'll be a bank. This is Toronto after all.
Or maybe a weed store, and those giant windows will be covered entirely in window film...
Or maybe a weed store, and those giant windows will be covered entirely in window film...
xmyth_
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I don’t know Apple’s retail strategies, but seeing as they pretty much built it for them. I could almost see Apple taking a second glance at it upon completion. I guess the thing I didn’t get is- what was Apple losing? It’s not as if they had money in the deal right? Building reputation? Shouldn’t matter. Scheduling? It’s not like they built elsewhere since backing out. So unless they’re still fussy about seamless glass or whatever- maybe they take the space when it’s done?
Nonetheless. Glass walls. Dead wide sidewalks. Feels like a big disappointment for such an important intersection.
Nonetheless. Glass walls. Dead wide sidewalks. Feels like a big disappointment for such an important intersection.
stevedean
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Thats a joke right? lol
Johnny Au
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Given that Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2, I am still hoping Nintendo would use this retail space for a Nintendo Toronto location.
Nintendo Toronto would be similar to that of Nintendo New York. I visited the latter back in 2016.
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Nintendo Toronto would be similar to that of Nintendo New York. I visited the latter back in 2016.
Nintendo New York - Wikipedia
jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Jan. 17). Since I posted a week ago, no visible progress at the top of the tower, where work continues on the 4th mechanical levels, up around floors 77 & 78. The last of the blue scaffolds below on the corners has moved up to join the three others around level 68. A fair bit of progress with the black Rail Climbing Systems (RCSs) installing the skin. The east RCS is up two floors to level 52, matching the highest level of installed glass/cladding on the south face. The north RCS is up a level to 50 as far as I can tell, while the west RCS remains at level 49. Meanwhile, scaffolding on the 3rd mechanical level corners are being taken down, presumably in preparation as the RCSs soon hit that level.
Starting with the view from Yonge Street to the south from Dundonald, then closer to Charles with some detail of the rising east RCS and south face, with reflections of light. A very vertical view from across the street on the Yonge side. Then the view from by Holt Renfrew on Bloor east of Yonge, with a tighter shot of the west face showing the scaffolds mostly removed at the 3rd mechanical level, the RCSs immediately below. The view from Cumberland east of Bay with tighter shots showing the north and west RCSs and workers at the 1st mechanical level. Several views from Bloor and Yonge, at the NE corner and a bit east, including a closer view of the east and north RCSs, having moved up this week. And finally, the south west view from Queen's Park Cres. W, north of Hoskin.
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Starting with the view from Yonge Street to the south from Dundonald, then closer to Charles with some detail of the rising east RCS and south face, with reflections of light. A very vertical view from across the street on the Yonge side. Then the view from by Holt Renfrew on Bloor east of Yonge, with a tighter shot of the west face showing the scaffolds mostly removed at the 3rd mechanical level, the RCSs immediately below. The view from Cumberland east of Bay with tighter shots showing the north and west RCSs and workers at the 1st mechanical level. Several views from Bloor and Yonge, at the NE corner and a bit east, including a closer view of the east and north RCSs, having moved up this week. And finally, the south west view from Queen's Park Cres. W, north of Hoskin.
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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Johnny Au
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January 17, 2025:
Dufferin and Bloor:
Dufferin and Bloor:
UpwithOlives
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Agree with xmyth_ that it’s possible the fruit company will still end up here. Unless they’ve given up on the idea of a Toronto flagship completely, they haven’t moved forward with anything else.
UtakataNoAnnex
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*Imagines a huge floor to ceiling plushy of Pikachu prominently looking out onto the street from that glassed corner* <3Given that Nintendo unveiled the Nintendo Switch 2, I am still hoping Nintendo would use this retail space for a Nintendo Toronto location.
Nintendo Toronto would be similar to that of Nintendo New York. I visited the latter back in 2016.
Nintendo New York - Wikipedia
christiesplits
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Today.
jackattack
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This morning 
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Johnny Au
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New York City has Nintendo New York. Los Angeles has Super Nintendo World (inside Universal Studios Hollywood). Orlando will have Super Nintendo World (inside Universal Epic Universe).
The One is a prime location for Nintendo Toronto as there are no official dedicated physical Nintendo retailers in Canada that are publicly accessible. It would also serve as a great tourist trap for Nintendo fans visiting Toronto. It could even be even more popular than an Apple Store there.
The One is a prime location for Nintendo Toronto as there are no official dedicated physical Nintendo retailers in Canada that are publicly accessible. It would also serve as a great tourist trap for Nintendo fans visiting Toronto. It could even be even more popular than an Apple Store there.
jackattack
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a little editing fun using my earlier pic (the 91-storey version) -
and the shorter (85-storeys) version -
and the shorter (85-storeys) version -
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KAR246
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Great editing! Really puts into perspective just how massive this thing is going to be, even without the height extension.