Smiffy
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Amazing photo, I thought I noticed on my commute yesterday that the RCS on the north side is one floor away
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jer1961
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Photos taken today, Friday (Jan. 16th). Lots of visible progress on the tower since my post from last Friday. There is now some of the skin installed on level 79, the bottom floor of the last section before the top, and all 3 of the remaining Rail Climbing Systems (RCSs) installing the skin have moved up (the 4th, the mini-RCS on the south side, was gone as of last week). So the east and north RCSs are at level 79, with some of the cladding visible on the east face in some shots. The west RCS is up to level 77, by the 4th mechanical section. Work also was being done at the top as I shot these, around the dampener enclosure, workers are visible there in some of the shots.
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One Bloor West (The One) "time-lapse"
From October, 2020, as above-ground construction started in earnest at The One (1 Bloor W.) in Toronto. More or less a weekly photo usually taken on a Friday, with some gaps during early-on construction hiatuses. The initial photographs are from 2015, during demolition at the site, 2018, during...
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Johnny Au
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mburrrrr
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Today
A slow time of the year.
What’s going on here? Rooftop washing machines? Boilers without burners.
A slow time of the year.
What’s going on here? Rooftop washing machines? Boilers without burners.
ImmenselyMental
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Here are a few photos I took of One Bloor West earlier this afternoon:
Since I last shot from the following vantage point two weeks ago, the west RCS has moved up one level:
Since I last shot from the following vantage point two weeks ago, the west RCS has moved up one level:
Smiffy
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These are all great photos, the RCS on the east side is almost at the roof!
UtakataNoAnnex
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...and weather permitting. >.<
There were two posts that made it up to above the 300m mark back in June. Here's one of them:Right. There was a steel beam they added with a line on it marking 300m... which was removed when they were actually ready to build up to 300m.
That's a time capsule attached to to it, so I don't believe that the posts were taken down, rather they just kept adding to the steel framework at the top, incorporating it into the whole.
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mburrrrr
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SorryThere were two posts that made it up to above the 300m mark back in June. Here's one of them:
That's a time capsule attached to to it, so I don't believe that the posts were taken down, rather they just kept adding to the steel framework at the top, incorporating it into the whole.
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June 24, 2025 300m party
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What happened to the time capsule and the 300m mark? Maybe they moved it to Sam’s house.
I’m not sure they maintained possession all the way through the 300m mark. It was a close call. Pinnacle was at level 95 ~297m so no need to throw the flag for a review.
kotsy
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There were two posts that made it up to above the 300m mark back in June. Here's one of them:
That's a time capsule attached to to it, so I don't believe that the posts were taken down, rather they just kept adding to the steel framework at the top, incorporating it into the whole.
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From what I can tell from shots I have before and after, the two beige posts that made it a supertall were swapped out for longer grey ones that match the colour of the others. The original smaller posts are about the same height as the posts below them that start at the roof line.
The change is very obvious from my before/after photos on the post closest to the south/east corner.
The one closer to the south/west corner is a bit harder to see after the swap because of the crane tower rising, but you can see the original 'super tall' post is also beige and its height stretches to the height of the crane tower (below the cab) and a little higher than top of the other post close to the south/west corner (behind it) that touches the roof from this angle. When it's replaced, there is no more beige to be seen and the former top of the post near the old top for the crane's tower and top of the other post close to south/west corner is gone. God bless you if you can understand what I'm saying
Next time I'm over that way I will get a shot a better angle to see it more clearly.
edit: @mburrrrr I wish I saw your post earlier
. Leaving this here because of all the time I invested 
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MJS
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Thanks, I appreciate the clarifications!!From what I can tell from shots I have before and after, the two beige posts that made it a supertall were swapped out for longer grey ones that match the colour of the others. The original smaller posts are about the same height as the posts below them that start at the roof line.
The change is very obvious from my before/after photos on the post closest to the south/east corner.
The one closer to the south/west corner is a bit harder to see after the swap because of the crane tower rising, but you can see the original 'super tall' post is also beige and its height stretches to the height of the crane tower (below the cab) and a little higher than top of the other post close to the south/west corner (behind it) that touches the roof from this angle. When it's replaced, there is no more beige to be seen and the former top of the post near the old top for the crane's tower and top of the other post close to south/west corner is gone. God bless you if you can understand what I'm saying
Next time I'm over that way I will get a shot a better angle to see it more clearly.
edit: @mburrrrr I wish I saw your post earlier
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fanoftoronto
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A few night shots:
