yrt+viva=1system
Active Member
What I love about this pic the most is how similar it is to skyscraper construction sites in China. The massive ironwork going up paired with people on bicycles, almost looks like something from Shanghai.
The One | 338.3m | 94s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners
- Thread starter urbandreamer
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What I love about this pic the most is how similar it is to skyscraper construction sites in China. The massive ironwork going up paired with people on bicycles, almost looks like something from Shanghai.
cityspace
New Member
The base width appears to be at least 5 meters smaller than 2 Bloor West which google maps measures as 37 m wide. I was curious to picture how a roughly 300m tall tower looks from street level so had a little sketch up fun by doubling 2 Bloor's current height. For comparison 432 park avenue in NY square base is 28.5 m wide. The one may not come close to 432's huge height to width ratio but is quite remarkable – The gold outline attempts to show the approximate proportion of The One. Anybody know what the actual width is? On a side note: 2 Bloor’s stacked/wedding cake mock up is reminiscent of BIG’s design for Two World Trade Center for some reason. It would have been cool to see that design also get built close to the current 2 world trade center. Oh well…hope you don’t hate my mediocre attempt at 3d modeling hah…p
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Benito
Senior Member
Today, some of the cross beams have been installed to connect the corners together.
androiduk
Senior Member
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I'm quite interested to see where this goes from here. Do we see some large scaffolding reach up to pour the second floor slab? Does it just keep going up in steel for a while? What happens?
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
Do you ever leave your place? If you live right there ya wanna take more ground shots... thanks. We appreciate it. One above shot is great and all but seeing as your literally right there. You should be the one taking all the pics from every angel. I would. No disrespect to you and do appreciate what you post. but just an observation that I had to ask. And laugh about.
khaldoon
Active Member
I guess it will be like they did the floor for the ground level. So they will need scaffolding to hold the forms/ rebar for the concrete:
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...i-developments-foster-partners.18167/page-444
skycandy
Senior Member
Cross-beam installation...taken midday-ish.
N-S oriented piece lifting...
Close-up of north tip...
Working south end into place...
North end activities...
Meanwhile on SW corner....this area is getting decidedly blocked off due to rising forms...
Looking through towards Yonge St.
N-S oriented piece lifting...
Close-up of north tip...
Working south end into place...
North end activities...
Meanwhile on SW corner....this area is getting decidedly blocked off due to rising forms...
Looking through towards Yonge St.
Benito
Senior Member
You know that when someone says “no disrespect” that is exactly what they are doing don’t you? I’m not getting paid to take photos of The One, I have a full time job that is even more stressful since the pandemic started. So no, I don’t just sit around at home waiting to take photos of this site. When I think of it and I’m on the street I’ll take some photos from the street, but that isn’t everyday that I’m on Yonge or even Bloor. In my first post I was apologetic, but on second thought there is no reason for me to feel apologetic.
Thankfully I know most of the people here appreciate those of us who do take photos as this place wouldn’t be the same without the participation of its members. However, comments like this certainly are quite a turn off from doing so.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...besides there's enough ground shots taken by others (as demonstrated aptly above...and no pun intended), I think it's safe to say we got everything covered for awhile for this project. So we're good! 
The Preservationist
Active Member
I appreciate the photos from your unique perspective Benito. The construction process is novel to me and you document it very well.
Bjays92
Active Member
Im gonna have to agree as well. Nobody is under any obligation to take pictures of anything. Communities and forums function like this due to shared passions and interests, and as soon as people expect certain members to do things it becomes more of a chore and less of a passion. Benito should be posting not because other people want him to but because he likes photographing buildings and wants to share those photographs (or at least that's how I see it) and as a result, he should only take and share the photos he wishes.
I for one know that almost every time I come on to UT I look forward to seeing Benito's photos in this thread, but constantly taking photos and posting is quite time consuming frankly and I certainly dont expect anything. It's a treat to be able to visit a forum and have someone post reliably, and it's just that, a treat and if you cant appreciate that or have some entitled expectation for someone else to do something for you, then I recommend buying your own unit next to The One and taking the street level photograph yourself every time you leave your house and then you can post it on here.
I for one know that almost every time I come on to UT I look forward to seeing Benito's photos in this thread, but constantly taking photos and posting is quite time consuming frankly and I certainly dont expect anything. It's a treat to be able to visit a forum and have someone post reliably, and it's just that, a treat and if you cant appreciate that or have some entitled expectation for someone else to do something for you, then I recommend buying your own unit next to The One and taking the street level photograph yourself every time you leave your house and then you can post it on here.
ciceror
Active Member
You should appreciate the birds eye view shots while you can... Soon the One will exceed the height of his building and we will only be seeing ground shots
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
@Benito has a privileged view of the site - I for one welcome every pic we get from that perspective, as we had since the beginning of this project. In general it is important for UTers to remember and appreciate that other members taking pics and posting them on here as acts of service, not obligation.
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steveve
Senior Member
Same. Either that or I think we’ll be seeing the super columns encased in concrete.