Marble slab falls from 60 stories in Toronto - Page 2

borgo100 · #21 Posted **May 20, 2007, 2:27 PM**

are those photos taken from Scotia?

hkskyline · #22 Posted **May 20, 2007, 2:49 PM**

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Originally Posted by borgo100

are those photos taken from Scotia?

TD

Amanita · #23 Posted **May 20, 2007, 7:48 PM**

I feel sorry for that Water Tower Place..Not healthy looking!
And FCP might have had new pieces of marble grafted in to replace the most worn tiles. Something needs to be done, that poor tower looks like it's been rolled in the dirt!

Rizzo · #24 Posted **May 20, 2007, 8:02 PM**

Isn't the WTP being repaired as we speak? It's been surrounded by scaffolding for awhile now.

trvlr70 · #25 Posted **May 21, 2007, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Hayward

Isn't the WTP being repaired as we speak? It's been surrounded by scaffolding for awhile now.

God, I hope so. The facade looks dangeously unstable and Water Tower Place is a high profile tower.

Maybe its most famous resident will chip in: OPRAH

zilfondel · #26 Posted **May 22, 2007, 6:03 PM**

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Originally Posted by graham

I had been in the downtown area just a few weeks ago and had noticed how much of the marble tiles had discoloured and the entire building just looked awful because of it.
Some were still the original white but many had gone grey and yellow brown.
you can see in the pic of the missing tile an example of the grey discolouring.
It's even worse up near the top of the structure.

Marble and limestone are seriously affected by air pollution, particularly acid rain. It'll eat right through it...

ocman · #27 Posted **May 24, 2007, 1:16 PM**

Wow! Who thought putting tiles on a sky high building was a good idea?

coyotetrickster · #28 Posted **May 24, 2007, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Amanita

I've always liked FCP..What a shame to see that handsome skyscraper come to this!
If they need to replace the skin, I hope they use something nice like granite..aluminum seems kinda cheap by comparison.
And yes, FCP and Aon are related

The Reichmann brothers (builders of FCP) liked the look of Aon and wanted something similar for Toronto.

The Chrysler Building used copious amounts of exterior alumininum (spire and window mullions). I don't think that building is cheap looking by anybody's standards.

beanhead4529 · #29 Posted **May 26, 2007, 5:45 AM**

all of this looks like a multi-million dollar lawsuit waiting to happen.

rockyi · #30 Posted **May 26, 2007, 6:10 AM**

The Water Tower Place facade really surprised me. It's been a while since I was on Michigan Ave.

lawsond · #31 Posted **May 26, 2007, 9:38 PM**

it's true that t-dot needs a new tallest.
scotiabank could so easily have been taller by just adding a couple of stories when it was built in the 80s but no dice.
it seems like after th c-n tower, no one felt the need to build super-tall here.
originally the trump tower was supposed to be 325 metres to the top of the spire.
but i just looked and it has shrunk to 281.
what the hell?
plus the trump tower will be practically hidden among the other 250+ers.

Amanita · #32 Posted **May 27, 2007, 2:36 AM**

Nothing wrong with Chrysler- the shiny aluminum looks good on that art deco facade. But on FCP, it would not look right at all..if they need to do a replacement, I would go for granite, myself.