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I thought I read somewhere that the "crown" is actually a mass damping system to reduce building sway. Which means it is not optional, and will be completed no matter how tall the building ends up.

Two square miles.

The new old wall looks fine. Let it weather in for a few years, and nobody will remark on it being out of place.

So, how about those Maple Leafs, eh? Are they a great team or what?

WOW. So they've finally decided to pour a new curb on Bloor Street? Maybe they'll even deign to open a sidewalk to public use again in 2024! Wonderful. Great project. But, blocking public passage on public land since December, 2017 (it will be seven years before it re-opens), is too freaking...

Trades who are not being paid are never found at the worksite. I know this from personal experience, being a construction worker. Their *contractor employers* might not have been paid, but that is a separate issue. Trades go where the paycheques flow on a predictable basis, and there is no...

The older guy in brown seems to be a suit/engineer/owner supervising the first installation. I bet they really hate having to do this with such public scrutiny right now. But they'll be crowing about the attention once they work out the bugs and this spectacle is nearing completion. As a...

Unfortunately, wrecking balls only exist in Bugs Bunny cartoons today. And given the hazmat suits with respirators, there probably was evidence of asbestos in the building, so they had to do it the expensive way.

Yeah, probably three pieces per column. The Alfrex website (they make the aluminum cladding plate) shows shaped coverings usually have noticeable seams. Adds to the dramatic effect.