Toronto One Bloor West | 308.6m | 85s | Tridel | Foster + Partners

artemperederii said:
I understand that this may be your assumption, but how would you love that? It would look terrible. It’s like putting a couple of those on Big Ben or hanging a few advertising screens on the Eiffel Tower
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This is neither Big Ben nor the Eiffel Tower — which is itself a telecommunication antenna but I digress. Skyscrapers with spires are very common. I'm not suggesting putting up some cheap radio antennae, I'm proposing that this tower would look better with a pair of spires which could be used for telecommunication.
 
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nightstreak said:
“One Bloor West is a bold new development in Toronto that will set new standards for commercial and retail accommodation in Canada.” — Foster & Partners

One Bloor West is a hotel, retail, restaurant and condominium. It’s a business. If there is an opportunity to monetize its height, Tridel would take it. It’s currently deep in red ink and landing a long term telecommunications deal could help bring it into the black.
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Let's not give them any ideas
 
nightstreak said:
It's odd to say this looks stubby despite being so tall, but I'd love it if Tridel suddenly dropped a pair of radio masts on top of this. There's honestly no better place for another radio tower than right in the middle of Yonge & Bloor that could support downtown unobstructed and reach mid and uptown where the CN Tower is now getting out of view with so much in the downtown cluster.

Diagram from Stephen Velasco with added Willis Tower masts:
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It's so sad that this didn't get the height increase to make it more uniform (3 groups of floors per stack) :(
 
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