Claridge Icon [505 Preston St] | 143m | 45 fl | Completed - Page 85

Multi-modal · #**1681** Posted **May 15, 2019, 3:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Marshsparrow

when u drive down Baseline to the east or Fisher to the north and gaze across the Experimental Farm - the Icon is a beast - really makes a great impression!

This is my favorite view. There is an angle on Baseline, between Fisher and PoW, where the Icon is directly behind a barn on the experimental farm (on Morningside Lane). The juxtaposition of the tower and the barn is very unique.

daud · #**1682** Posted **May 15, 2019, 3:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Multi-modal

This is my favorite view. There is an angle on Baseline, between Fisher and PoW, where the Icon is directly behind a barn on the experimental farm (on Morningside Lane). The juxtaposition of the tower and the barn is very unique.

And to think that Icon from that view is on a much lower elevation, thus, about 10 stories are below the horizon!

Davis137 · #**1683** Posted **May 15, 2019, 8:22 PM**

Funny at how there appears to be heat waves in and around everything in that picture, even though Ottawa has pretty much been cold as ballz for this time of year...lol

OTownandDown · #**1684** Posted **May 15, 2019, 8:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

Last Night's Progress:
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_DSC0570 by harley613, on Flickr[/IMG]

You know, it's too bad that Nuovo cladding wasn't used on the university residences... it's literally the same idea, but looks WAY better.

AuxTown · #**1685** Posted **May 15, 2019, 10:41 PM**

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Originally Posted by OTownandDown

You know, it's too bad that Nuovo cladding wasn't used on the university residences... it's literally the same idea, but looks WAY better.

100% What a missed opportunity those towers are. I guess they couldn't turn down the deal on ugly yellow brick....

Harley613 · #**1686** Posted **May 16, 2019, 3:54 AM**

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Originally Posted by Davis137

Funny at how there appears to be heat waves in and around everything in that picture, even though Ottawa has pretty much been cold as ballz for this time of year...lol

The 'heat waves' are a combination of humidity, a 450mm zoom on my full frame camera, and being shot though a pane of dirty glass at the top of the Marriot.

AuxTown · #**1687** Posted **May 16, 2019, 1:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by Harley613

The 'heat waves' are a combination of humidity, a 450mm zoom on my full frame camera, and being shot though a pane of dirty glass at the top of the Marriot.

Great pic nonetheless! #beastmode

Davis137 · #**1688** Posted **May 18, 2019, 7:55 AM**

This building must be nearing top-out by now...

tmepost · #**1689** Posted **May 19, 2019, 1:11 AM**

Notifications went out regarding construction delays of unknown duration due to tin workers and plumbers strike -- not that anyone was expecting October 2020 to e the definitive date!!!

TMA-1 · #**1690** Posted **May 20, 2019, 2:16 AM**

To the surprise of no one Icon will be a superbe fireworks viewing platform.

icon D820359 by Chuck Clark, on Flickr

TheCanadianPatriot · #**1691** Posted **May 20, 2019, 2:41 AM**

Amazing shot, TMA-1! ^

rocketphish · #**1692** Posted **May 20, 2019, 3:10 AM**

Chuck, you've outdone yourself... fantastic photo!

TMA-1 · #**1693** Posted **May 22, 2019, 1:24 AM**

Thanks for the compliments on the photo. By this time next year one hopes to have shots FROM the building itself. There is, however, nothing like watching fireworks across the water.

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Originally Posted by TMA-1

To the surprise of no one Icon will be a superbe fireworks viewing platform.

icon D820359 by Chuck Clark, on Flickr

Glenlivet Ave · #**1694** Posted **May 27, 2019, 10:36 AM**

Hi guys, this is a picture from up-close on Carling Ave. Interesting effect with the balcony designs.

Harley613 · #**1695** Posted **May 29, 2019, 1:56 AM**

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Last night's progress

J.OT13 · #**1696** Posted **May 29, 2019, 3:46 PM**

Gorgeous picture!

Glenlivet Ave · #**1697** Posted **May 30, 2019, 3:00 AM**

Construction firm charged after worker falls 3 metres at condo site

2018 fall at Little Italy site left worker with serious head injury
CBC News · Posted: May 29, 2019 3:51 PM ET | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

The Ministry of Labour has laid three charges against Bellai Brothers Construction after a worker fell three metres and suffered a head injury at this Ottawa construction site in 2018. (Marc-André Cossette/CBC)
The construction firm facing charges in the 2016 death of a 24-year-old surveyor at a Little Italy work site has now been charged in a separate incident at the same location.

Bellai Brothers Construction has been charged with three counts under the province's Occupational Health and Safety Act after a worker suffered a head injury at the Claridge Icon condo site, at the intersection of Preston and Carling avenues, on March 23, 2018.

Ministry of Labour investigating workplace injury at Claridge construction site
Radio-Canada has learned that Ontario's Ministry of Labour filed charges against Bellai on May 4. The ministry alleges Bellai failed to:

Arrange materials or equipment on a job site so that they didn't tip, crumble or roll over.
Ensure the worker was adequately protected against falls.
Provide the worker with the information, instructions and supervision necessary for the protection of his health and safety.
Paramedics found the unconscious man on the fifth floor of the construction site, where he had fallen from scaffolding. He was rushed to hospital in critical condition but was released within the following days.

The 2018 fall occurred exactly two years to the day that surveyor Olivier Bruneau was killed at the construction site after being struck by a block of falling ice.

The trial against Bellai and developer Claridge Homes in Bruneau's death is expected to get underway Thursday.

With files from Radio-Canada

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/charges-against-contractor-1.5154567

OTownandDown · #**1698** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 1:16 PM**

I took this photo yesterday...

I call it "Square Peg: Round Hole"

Arcologist · #**1699** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 2:55 PM**

I saw this building from several angles and distances over the weekend, and while the height is impressive, the materials are less than stellar and definitely don't match up to the renderings (typical Claridge argh!). It's beginning to look a lot like the Minto Metropole, imo, which isn't terrible, but certainly isn't fantastic either.

OTSkyline · #**1700** Posted **Jun 10, 2019, 5:55 PM**

The thing is that the most interesting part of this tower (other than the height by Ottawa standards) is the wavy pattern of the balconies going up the tower.

I'll wait until the tower is completed to reserve final judgement but so far the balcony pattern is basically unnoticeable unless you are at the Carling/Preston intersection looking up. From far away you can't see it and it just looks like a typical 45 story glass tower. VERY very plain.

Perhaps its the choice of glass or something but I was expecting something similar to One Bloor in Toronto where the tower has a wavy balcony pattern going up and is very sticking from close or afar.