Vancouver House (1400 Howe St) | 151.5m | 52Fl | Completed

[officedweller]

Much longer I would expect.
A friend said that the stepped tower at Bayshore took a long time to form, as each floor was different there, too.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by domusile

Correct me if I am wrong but a standard tower floor plate goes up at a rate of ~7 days. Curious what the average will be for Vancouver House given that each floor plate is unique.

Once you hit your stride you can usually cut the per floor rate down below 7 on a standard tower.

I would expect Vancouver house to be around 7 days per floor, perhaps slightly more. Two of the facades are quite standard, it's only the angled facade that requires constant revision, and only for 2/3 of the tower.

[Dimswitch]

My pic from March 8 sorry for delay...

[ranvancan]

My pic from March 8 sorry for delay...

I am sorry, but Dimswitch, is there any chance you can provide several pics of what you see and maybe a bit of commentary? Rather than "my pic today'? The reason I ask is because I get excited to see what is new in the forums only to realise there is one random picture of the site I see everyday.
My apologies but more from you rather than less would be greatly appreciated.

[vanman]

^You say you pass the site daily. Why not take some initiative and post some pics and commentary instead of asking others?

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by ranvancan

My pic from March 8 sorry for delay...

I am sorry, but Dimswitch, is there any chance you can provide several pics of what you see and maybe a bit of commentary? Rather than "my pic today'? The reason I ask is because I get excited to see what is new in the forums only to realise there is one random picture of the site I see everyday.
My apologies but more from you rather than less would be greatly appreciated.

Do you have a camera?

[mcminsen]

Originally Posted by Dimswitch

My pic from March 8 sorry for delay...

Thanks for the pic! I love that angle. It's going to get even more interesting to see as that part that's just being excavated now continues to go deeper as the rest of the tower goes higher..

[ranvancan]

My apologies, it was meant complimentry rather than insulting. I like the pix, I only wished there were more. I am a photographer and I have pics, but unfortunately, they are outdated. I drive by each day on my way to and from work, mostly at night. I will try to contribute. It is just that I love seeing the shots you all provide and quite honestly, too much as I need my fix daily.....lol.

[ranvancan]

[uzi]

Originally Posted by officedweller

Just realized that I can see one of the cranes from my place.

Pic by me today:

what r the two tall buildings underconstruction?

[jollyburger]

There should be an app where you could post photos and automatically resized it and post it to the appropriate thread because I would be posting hundreds of photos a month.

[LeftCoaster]

Originally Posted by uzi

what r the two tall buildings underconstruction?

The Charlston (42 fl) and 498 Drake (43 fl)

Originally Posted by jollyburger

There should be an app where you could post photos and automatically resized it and post it to the appropriate thread because I would be posting hundreds of photos a month.

Just use imgur and resize it in there, it's pretty easy.

[Dimswitch]

Originally Posted by ranvancan

My apologies, it was meant complimentry rather than insulting. I like the pix, I only wished there were more. I am a photographer and I have pics, but unfortunately, they are outdated. I drive by each day on my way to and from work, mostly at night. I will try to contribute. It is just that I love seeing the shots you all provide and quite honestly, too much as I need my fix daily.....lol.

No offense taken, and I wish I knew more about construction details but alas, I'm just an old lady who loves skyscrapers. That day I had walked across the bridge and by centre span I almost got blown off and it was raining hard so my pic isn't all that sharp. I will try to get better.

[officedweller]

From Glotman-Simpson twitter:

Feb 8th:


https://twitter.com/GlotmanSimpson


March 17th:


https://twitter.com/GlotmanSimpson

[Vantage]

That's some serious rebar.

[mcminsen]

Some recent shots from ground level.



March 21 '17, my pics

[dleung]

The biggest tragedy with this otherwise-great design is the lack of street-level visibility across the site to show off the dramatic sweep of the cantilever

[officedweller]

There's a courtyard directly below, and you'll see it from across the street.
Otherwise, you'd get a tower in the park.

[Bcasey25raptor]

Very excited to watch this building rise.

[Vanville]

My rainy day pics taken on Mar.29