DaninToronto
Active Member
The article lists Bay-Adelaide East as 49 floors and the North tower still as 43. I wonder how accurate those #'s are?
Actually..Nothing new or high tech here. Extra tall skinny high rise buildings have been doing similar stuff for a long time. The older high rises ( and some newer ones) used lead or layered steel counterweights( sort of like a pendulum). Others use water tanks.
The article lists Bay-Adelaide East as 49 floors and the North tower still as 43. I wonder how accurate those #'s are?
I was under the impression sprinkler systems were always charged so that in event of a fire the system itself had enough water to run for awhile, and then if it were a larger fire the fire department would hook up a hydrant to the standpipe and pump in water from the ground (not using a pump per se, but just the pressure in the hydrant)
Lofty plans
Shoe-horning a luxury hotel and condo tower into the hyper-crowded financial district of downtown Toronto is forcing Donald Trump's real estate company to think small while building tall.
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Lofty plans
Stephen Weir
May 31, 2008
Two Canadian companies, Zeidler Partnership Architects and Wright Builds, have been hired by the Trump Organization to construct one of Canada's tallest residential buildings and perhaps Toronto's first five-star hotel.
I'm assuming the phase II east of BA is 43 and that the north tower is 49.
Isn't the Hazleton the first 5-star hotel? Who gives the stars?? With restaurants the Michelin guide is the standard but what about hotels?
This one sounds like it will be fun to watch, and you gotta love a 60 storey scraper as 'infill'.
Isn't the Hazleton the first 5-star hotel? Who gives the stars?? With restaurants the Michelin guide is the standard but what about hotels?
you gotta love a 60 storey scraper as 'infill'.
I figure the north tower is 43 and the east tower 49.
I figure the north tower is 43 and the east tower 49.