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Johnny Au · Sep 16, 2023

Part 2 of 3 taken on September 14, 2023:

Yonge and Bloor (aka the Golden Corner or the Champagne Corner):

For the first photo in this post, I have used the AI to generate a story based on that photo.

You can read it here:

Image to Story Generator

Here is a neat image to story generator using the AI: https://huggingface.co/spaces/fffiloni/Image-to-Story Source image: Generated story: Title: The Tower of Tomorrow It was the year 2022, and Toronto was abuzz with excitement as a new tower was set to change the city's skyline. The...

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You can even try out that feature.

BloorMan · Sep 16, 2023

Lots of work being done this Saturday morning:

khaldoon · Sep 16, 2023

kotsy said:
Aren't they back on mechanical levels, which take much longer than regular floors?

If I am not mistaken, they are done with the mechanical section and they are working on the 39th floor (walls to support the 40th floor). Just like with the previous section (19, 20 floors), this will serve as a weight transfer section since the layout of the floors will change. There will be tons of lateral rebar in the walls as well.

Johnny Au · Sep 17, 2023

Part 3 of 3 taken on September 14, 2023:

Yonge side:

yrt+viva=1system · Sep 17, 2023

9.14.2023

Johnny Au · Sep 18, 2023

Part 1 of 3 taken on September 17, 2023:

Bay and Cumberland:

Balmuto side:

Bloor side:

billyinot · Sep 18, 2023

yrt+viva=1system said:
9.14.2023

Remember when the Manulife Centre was the latest kid on the block?

Riseth · Sep 18, 2023

billyinot said:
Remember when the Manulife Centre was the latest kid on the block?

There was a time not too long ago that you could even see Manulife Centre from the lake.

zang · Sep 18, 2023

Riseth said:
There was a time not too long ago that you could even see Manulife Centre from the lake.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why it has a rooftop restaurant. Now, you just get a view of a dozen condos.

Benito · Sep 18, 2023

Today. Back from Vancouver.

billyinot · Sep 18, 2023

Riseth said:
There was a time not too long ago that you could even see Manulife Centre from the lake.

That should have read “Remember when the Manulife Centre was the TALLEST kid in the block.”

Rascacielo · Sep 18, 2023

zang said:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's why it has a rooftop restaurant. Now, you just get a view of a dozen condos.

Last time I was there (around 2019) the view towards the south was still pretty good. While the Manulife Centre is no longer the tallest building in the area, its immediate sightline to the south (ie. just east of Bay) was/is still clear all the way to the Financial District. Wellesley on The Park may have partially blocked that view now, and 8 Wellesley will do more damage , but what would really affect them are the twin St Mary towers (if approved and built as proposed), as they're barely 2 blocks away directly to the south.