globalexpress
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Topping off ... on top of. Shot from the corner of Cooper and Downes.
Toronto Pinnacle One Yonge | 351.85m | 106s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini
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mburrrrr
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Great shot. It looks like one building.
AK.ca
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Is there no way for them to cover up the mass damper by extending the glass upwards? Feel like it will be an eyesoreGreat full length view of SkyTower from The Whitfield. Source: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/jare...p&rcm=ACoAACFqwdcBt_JDT35B9j3yn8LYJ4xiTkj6pD4
Also created this comparison diagram a few weeks back showing how this stacks up against the other supertalls in the city:
mburrrrr
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They need something to put the red obstruction lights on.
kris
Senior Member
Today
Amare
Senior Member
I mean they could've covered it up, but nobody knows what the hell Pinnacle was thinking in leaving it exposed.
The pinnacle (pun intended) of Skytower is going to look very silly, and frankly the costs to cover it would've only been a drop in the bucket compared to the overall costs of this project.
DarkSideDenizen
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Beautiful day.
Johnny Au
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March 4, 2026:
Walter Saunders Memorial Park:
It's directly behind First Canadian Place.
Walter Saunders Memorial Park:
It's directly behind First Canadian Place.
DarwinP
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It Looks so cool, so sad we’re about to see them ruin the top with that exposed mass damper/ mechanical box. Let’s hope for a miracle and they cover it last minute.
Cyrobyte
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I don't understand why they don't want to. I don't know how much money they are saving by cheaping out but I would think that it is less than 0.2% of the total cost of this one building but it makes a big difference so it doesn't make sense to me. I could be totally off in that estimate though
kotsy
Senior Member
I still have a hard time believing they won't put glass around at least part of the top when they did for The Prestige (Phase 1).
mburrrrr
Senior Member
My bet is on the Mass Damper and room was bigger than planned due to the height increases while the Building Maintenance Unit still needs to clear the glass wall. I guess they could have added a whole new floor for the BMU clearance or they could ask the LTower construction team how to fix this? Nothing money can’t fix.
Maybe clean the windows from ropes?
Maybe clean the windows from ropes?
bgobgo
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Agreed. The renderings on Hariri Pontarini Architects website, including recent ones like the one below with the future phases shown, has glass blocking the tuned mass damper.
Source: https://www.hariripontarini.com/projects/one-yonge
DarwinP
Active Member
You can also see on these elevation renders how pristige’s mechanical box is semi covered by glass like it did in real life. If they rendered that accurately why would the sky tower render here be inaccurate ?
daptive
Senior Member
Not to be pedantic but I’m pretty sure this render actually shows the TMD will be exposed but it won’t be as obvious as we think it’ll be. I wish it was fully enclosed with decorative crown and lighting though.