Toronto 160 Front West | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

[3Dementia]

Stunning... look forward to completion and “magic hour” pics, given that zigzag curtainwall on the left side faces west…maybe going to give CIBC’s diamonds a run for the money? (well both towers are banks so they don’t have to run for money ;-).

 

[Rascacielo]

Wish this was 50m taller ...

 

[3Dementia]

I'll call your 50m, and raise you another 10.13m ... obvious reasons.

 

[daptive]

Looking absolutely massive and beautiful, and also exposes the neighbouring RBC Centre for how boring of a design it is...

TD definitely has the best towers in the city, followed by CIBC, Scotiabank, and a tie for last between RBC and BMO (mostly cause they only have 1 notable tower each)

I'll call your 50m, and raise you another 10.13m ... obvious reasons.

Ah sorry, best we can do is is 9.13m..

 

[3Dementia]

Ah sorry, best we can do is is 9.13m..

I knew you worked in city planning.

 

[Rascacielo]

I'll call your 50m, and raise you another 10.13m ... obvious reasons.

This is Toronto - curb your enthusiasm

 

[Bjays92]

Even the original 260m would be nice. It's the same thing with CIBC square. Such great buildings deserve to stand out more.

 

[C-mac]

Even the original 260m would be nice. It's the same thing with CIBC square. Such great buildings deserve to stand out more.

Totally agree, especially since we have these zoning issues in Toronto so there's only so many spots to put big towers. Both these projects should have really been 40-50M taller.

 

[Johnny Au]

Distance shots from June 25, 2022:

From atop the City Hall's green roof:

From the Staples on University Avenue across from the American consulate:

 

[BermudaTO37]

After work on Saturday I wondered around and took in the changing views.

 

[DSC]

This is a very general 'construction question' but I will pose it here. There are currently three main construction methods in use in Toronto for mid and high rises: steel- beam frame as here, concrete and rebar as in many buildings and wood as in T3. Clearly wood cannot (or may not) be used in buildings over ca 10 floors but which is faster. Why did this building use steel beams rather than, the more common, rebar?

 

[3Dementia]

I'm no expert but if memory serves, almost every major office tower in the financial district (including this one)... was/were built with 1. reinforced concrete cores + 2. steel columns ^ and 3. steel beams > (plus steel decking underpinning floors).

 

[SaugeenJunction]

Early Sunday morning shot from after the bar, which I forgot I took.

 

[C-mac]

Early Sunday morning shot from after the bar, which I forgot I took.

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How many did you have???

 

[3Dementia]

^ interesting that the angled portions of the curtainwall are opaque at night ... should create some neat horizontal banding/framing patterns at night.

This one gets better each day.