Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

[skycandy]

This fellow seemed to be the all-knowing lead on the current frontage final work on Phase 1. Here are some tidbits....(pics taken this afternoon). He was excited about the staircase (seen in the reflection here), which will have LED lighting along the railings and fancy stonework all the way up.

He estimates about 6 more weeks to pretty much wrap things up along the sidewalks, landscaping, entranceway. There were some unexpectedly shallower conduits/elements (he had a fancier name for them), which precludes deeper planters for larger trees out front. But there'll be plenty of shrubbery. And the grey piping sticking up are for upcoming street light standards to line Bay.

Phase 2: Will involve 5 cranes, and going down 5 parking levels at the east end (shallower west side), and the tower will cantilever over the railway lines...

East side....

Overview facing east...

Ok, back to Phase One...

Hot water piping for snow-melting....

One tenant has moved in...so the lobby seems to be more or less 'open'.

Peering in through the glass...

And from inside.....buddy told me these beauties also extend up to the next level...

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Turnstiles in the elevator lobby? Don't tell me those take Presto cards... >.<

 

[Amare]

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Amazing pics @skycandy!

I've always wondererd about heating pipes, does anyone know what happens when they need to be replaced? More specifically how do they replace them? It looks pretty intricate.

 

[Neil]

Amazing pics @skycandy!

I've always wondererd about heating pipes, does anyone know what happens when they need to be replaced? More specifically how do they replace them? It looks pretty intricate.

You dig them up and replace them. PEX pipe in a stable environment with no UV exposure could last a century though. By then, with global warming, we won't need to heat our sidewalks, or you'll drop a few nanites in the glycol mix that will crawl down and repair the leak.

 

[allengeorge]

That artwork - and the choice of detailing on the tiling complements it. Wow.

This building is gorgeous, and I wish we'd more that took the same care in Toronto.

 

[Riseth]

That artwork - and the choice of detailing on the tiling complements it. Wow.

This building is gorgeous, and I wish we'd more that took the same care in Toronto.

Leave it to the banks to give us stunning buildings. Historically most of the best architecture in our city has come from the big banks...

LHP_1245 by Liang, on Flickr
TO skyline from Tommy Thompson Park, Toronto by Paul Prior, on Flickr

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Something is a little off with the Square on the bottom one.

Edit/Update: Oh, I'm seeing it from its corner...giving me the impression it had 3rd sets of diamonds instead of 2 on the Eastern flank. So NM then.

 

[Dustin William]

probably the most impressive modern office lobby in the city.

 

[CanadianNational]

By gum, that lobby is impressive! Lofty, lovely, and just a touch severe.

 

[innsertnamehere]

This project in general just knocks it out of the park in almost every way. One of the best buildings of the decade, easily. Looking forward to its twin and seeing it full of people.

 

[macro]

Google earth updated. I was excited to see the completed tower but I guess we have to wait a couple more years

 

[mburrrrr]

Pictures from this week
The Yonge St parking entrance should be done soon as the under bridge concrete resurfacing portion seems complete.
Maybe they will finally remove the graffiti along this ramp and hand the problem over to the next party. They had 24 hour supervision at this entrance for months. My two pet peeves; graffiti and skateboard damage.

 

[DSC]

Pictures from this week
The Yonge St parking entrance should be done soon as the under bridge concrete resurfacing portion seems complete.
Maybe they will finally remove the graffiti along this ramp and hand the problem over to the next party. They had 24 hour supervision at this entrance for months. My two pet peeves; graffiti and skateboard damage.

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Great views, thank you! The Yonge Street entrance/exit to/from the parking looks to me like a nightmare as Yonge is a busy street and getting into and out of it will be difficult at rush hours; I guess we will see!

Metrolinx says the abutment work will last until end of May.

" Yonge Street abutment work continues overnight between Lake Shore Blvd and The Esplanade until late May. This work is part of the 81 Bay Street Overbuild associated with CIBC SQUARE construction work."

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Those rooftops look so green I'm tempted to lawn bowl on them...

 

[ushahid]

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