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

taal · Jul 1, 2022

amh said:
The tower is all kinds of gorgeous - love the curtainwall and the corner detail.

But why go to all that work and then make the podium such an afterthought? It compromises everything else.

Completely agreed, and I made the comment earlier. That 4 story building is pretty terrible. I think many are cutting it slack given the main building, but if it went up as a standalone development I think most wouldn't be happy.
I do admit it looks like a completely unrelated building so there's that.

Johnny Au · Jul 1, 2022

160 Front Street West peeking out just to the left of the centre of the photo:

Source:

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/voi45a

brianyyz · Jul 2, 2022

DSC said:
Though I agree that the 'podium' is less than exciting, it really looks like a separate building and does nothing to detract from the tower - which looks better and better in comparison.

Walked by with a friend who studied architecture but has moved on in life. he was surprised when I told them the low rise building was part of the same development. best way to cheap out a building—make the cheap parts look like a different complex altogether!

Otis_YVR · Jul 2, 2022

The low rise matches the section around the heritage facade where the main curtain wall sweeps back.. I feel like it’ll all come together nicely when it’s done.

: @Red Mars

Bjays92 · Jul 2, 2022

Last night:

yyz222 · Jul 4, 2022

A few photos taken on Canada Day except photo with RBC lighting in Blue is previous day.

G.L.17 · Jul 5, 2022

Taken Saturday:

daptive · Jul 5, 2022

I have no idea if this is real and I’m sorry if I fell for a fake but it looks like there was an incident at 160 Front recently.

Warning: Video has coarse language

my_s1 on Instagram: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thishappensheretoo #staysafe #workers #employers #constructors #heights #falls #crazy"

2,989 likes, 430 comments - my_s1 on July 5, 2022: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thisha...".

www.instagram.com

C-mac · Jul 6, 2022

daptive said:
I have no idea if this is real and I’m sorry if I fell for a fake but it looks like there was an incident at 160 Front recently.

Warning: Video has coarse language

my_s1 on Instagram: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thishappensheretoo #staysafe #workers #employers #constructors #heights #falls #crazy"

2,989 likes, 430 comments - my_s1 on July 5, 2022: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thisha...".

www.instagram.com

Sure looked real to me. Hope the guy was okay.

Northern Light · Jul 6, 2022

daptive said:
I have no idea if this is real and I’m sorry if I fell for a fake but it looks like there was an incident at 160 Front recently.

Warning: Video has coarse language

my_s1 on Instagram: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thishappensheretoo #staysafe #workers #employers #constructors #heights #falls #crazy"

2,989 likes, 430 comments - my_s1 on July 5, 2022: "Meanwhile in Toronto today.... Wow 😳 Dm me for a tag 👍🏻 #mys1 #safety #wildwest #toronto #wow #highrise #worker? #insane #thisha...".

www.instagram.com

C-mac said:
Sure looked real to me. Hope the guy was okay.

BlogTO w/the story: https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/07/toronto-construction-worker-dangles-crane-video/

Most important bit first, (according to the article/reddit link) the worker is more or less ok, just some bruises and a broken wrist............not nice, but could obviously have been so much worse.

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What happened:

Video via Reddit: Crazy Video

C-mac · Jul 6, 2022

Northern Light said:
BlogTO w/the story: https://www.blogto.com/city/2022/07/toronto-construction-worker-dangles-crane-video/

Most important bit first, (according to the article/reddit link) the worker is more or less ok, just some bruises and a broken wrist............not nice, but could obviously have been so much worse.

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What happened:

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Video via Reddit: Crazy Video

This building seems cursed sometimes. With the crane collapse and now this.

interchange42 · Jul 6, 2022

C-mac said:
This building seems cursed sometimes. With the crane collapse and now this.

The boom of the north crane hit the building next door, there was no collapse… and there's no curse, puh-leeze, other than how bad the podium looks!

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UtakataNoAnnex · Jul 6, 2022

When something that seems benign in incident turns into a life fleeting horror show...

"...We are working with all appropriate authorities and the incident is currently under investigation."

Source: Same BlogTO link.

...I certainly hope so.