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I don't even care if we get 30+ at the intersections. I'd be fine with a consistent 8, maybe 10-12 at the major nodes, but with provisions for useful retail units, 2+ bedrooms in at least 25% of the units, articulated facades, space for patios, and so on. It's not like it's rocket science to...

I don't disagree with you, but a park like this was either going to be a) a POPS or b) an exclusively private amenity with keycard access for building occupants. There was no possible scenario where we would've gotten this park as a City-owned and operated amenity. I'll take "open to everyone...

I'd be ok with an 8 storey limit if they turned everything within 75m of Pape or Danforth into 8 storeys as-of-right, including along the sidestreets lined with SFH.

It's not a public park, it's a POPS. It's open during business hours.

I noticed they opened a new centre on O'Connor just west of Victoria Park. Probably cheaper real estate out that way

There's no single r value for concrete, it's dependent on a bunch of stuff (concrete mix, placement of reinforcing rods, etc). And the r value of concrete doesn't scale linearly. Doubling the thickness doesn't double the r value. Also remember that that column may be 36" face-to-face, but what's...

Reinforced concrete is notorious for thermal bridging. Leaving out that insulation would lead to enormous heating/cooling bills, particularly given that there are enormous metal panels attached to that concrete which transfer tremendous amounts of heat/cold

Looks like they're expecting curtainwall on site soon. That loading ramp on the NE corner has to be for them to recieve frames.

Those rebar columns also look taller than on the previous floors

I know at least one trade has today recognized as a stat holiday

I didn't realize how large the floor slab is on this one. It's not a svelte building. It's going to go a long way to filling out the Main Square cluster

Yes, it's a different mix. They also have more and less viscous mixes for getting into denser rebar mats. It's not the same concrete in every truck

If this building does go ahead, I'd prefer to see the tunnel/station incorporated into it. Or, minimally, give this building a parking reduction in exchange for a transit concourse to improve connectivity to both lines (and, potentially, to allow connections to the other corners when they...

Jeez, that's the "after" for the heritage facade? Might as well have just done a reinterpretation

I like how they're calling it a "20.0m setback to tower" to disguise that it's a 0m setback to the north property line. I hope the planning dept is able to just give this a summary nope. They shouldn't have to expend energy to articulate why this won't happen.

I don't know if they're all hollow/solid, but I've seen the mock-up and I've seen some of the frames, and in the frames I saw there were some broken glass blocks that appeared to be hollow within. Again, I haven't seen all of the frames, but in the frames I saw there was some kind of paper-ish...

Pouring the next corner already! They're picking up the pace

They'd have needed a full dome to hide the concrete from those neighboring towers that are 20+ storeys taller. You buy a unit in a tall tower, you're going to see lots of mechanical when you look down.

How visible will the concrete be once this gets taller neighbours to the west, north, and east?

I drive by it a couple times a week. The ground floor columns are poured and mostly stripped, I'd imagine they'll be forming the second storey slab shortly