Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini

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Okay, some shots from the way up, and then stopping at the 84th floor for a look around...

The red tint on the right side of this photo is from the coated grilled that the lenses were poking between. Still a fan of Alice Aycock's public art pieces down there, "A Series of Whirlpool Field Manoeuvres for Pier 27"

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[3Dementia]

@steveve

Only fitting you got to paraglide to the 100th floor given you've drawn the future in stunning fashion for all of us geeks for years.

 

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A shot south from the 89th floor…

...and then we walked the rest of the way up to the 100th floor, still being formed, and then mounted stairs up to the top of the elevator core form, equivalent to about the 101st floor:

Here's what it looks like upon arrival:

Going to the south end:

...and gradually moving along the work area on the west side of the 100th floor to the north end:

More than just a media event, this was a big deal for Pinnacle overall, who brought in higher-ups from across the country to celebrate being the first company in Canada forming a hundredth floor:

In the gold hat in these two pics, Michael De Cotiis, President and CEO of Pinnacle:

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[evandyk]

That's cool. I have a great job that I like a lot, but sometimes you get just a wee bit jealous about how other people get to spend their day.

 

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Some last shots of views from the top!

Back down to the 84th, waiting for a cab ride back to earth...

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[artyboy123]

On the news!

 

[Johnny Au]

Pinnacle One Yonge is at the point of being able to see more of Niagara Falls.

 

[steveve]

Short vid from the top:

 

[Natika33]

That's cool. I have a great job that I like a lot, but sometimes you get just a wee bit jealous about how other people get to spend their day.

I'm glad for you!
I'm not so keen on mine. If anyone has an opening for a project coordinator/manager with a health industry background & a smattering of public affairs, advocacy & regulatory work, but a far greater passion for urban design & architecture, I'd welcome your DMs.

 

[hansboyca]

So yet another change for the top of the building, specifically, the 106th storey. Previously, plans had been submitted to use half of the top floor for an observation amenity for residents. The other half was to be used for "pop-up" second storeys for the two units on the 105th floor. Now the 105th floor will be a single floor at $30 million, whilst the 106th floor will become a restaurant.

So questions are posed: Will residents still be able to see the views without having to pay for an expensive meal? Who will be able to use the restaurant: residents and their guests? Also hotel guests? Also the general public? And how will diners get to the restaurant? The hotel lifts only go to the 12th floor. Will they - and everyone else - need to use one of the five lifts for residents from floor 57 to the top? Will the residents of the most expensive floors take kindly to their elevator times increasing with the added traffic? Toronto Star article

 

[GenerationLee]

Plus, shipping everything needed to operate a restaurant in its day to day operations would be added traffic to however many elevators go to the top. While I can see an establishment being viable and likely to do okay business, I still seriously question the motivations behind a rooftop restaurant, especially given it's somewhat constrained physical dimensions.

 

[rdaner]

^I imagine that supplies are taken up during the 2-6 am period.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...I imagine also turning the elevators into DoorDash dumbwaiters for the uppers floors won't go over well with other residents either. >.<

 

[Edward Skira]

 

[ImmenselyMental]

As I have been very busy over the past few weeks and will continue to be for the next month, I managed to take the rare opportunity to take photos of Sky Tower under construction this morning, as I have not done a comprehensive update since late September:

Glazing being installed on the ground floor:

It appears Pinnacle has confirmed the existence of a restaurant on the top floor: