The Mark | 123m | Completed - Page 18

officedweller · #**341** Posted **Aug 30, 2012, 9:27 PM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Where is this photo taken from? Capital Residences?

TD Tower (through tinted glass with UV film, and lots of zoom, so that's why it's so blurry)

vanman · #**342** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 12:28 AM**

Taken earlier today:

Prometheus · #**343** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 2:51 AM**

Interesting. So, according to that angle, there are clearly three more floors plus the mechanical penthouse to go. Cool!

Too bad the glass sucks so bad.

easy as pie · #**344** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 7:04 AM**

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Originally Posted by vanman

Taken earlier today:

looks like a baby version of china

Built Form · #**345** Posted **Sep 7, 2012, 7:17 AM**

Visited my old suite in the 501 last month. Huge difference 1 year makes!

pix by Built Form

Built Form · #**346** Posted **Sep 7, 2012, 7:40 AM**

Here's a good shot of the cantilever; the clerestory windows do not close the entire gap.

Also my rooftop pic from the Metropolitan towers.

pix by Built Form

Klazu · #**347** Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 2:08 AM**

Great new angles to this project and the whole city! Thanks, Built Form!

vanman · #**348** Posted **Sep 13, 2012, 8:08 PM**

Really visible from my place now:

officedweller · #**349** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 7:33 PM**

From CKNW:

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Falling debris at Vancouver building
VANCOUVER/CKNW (AM980)
Jordan Armstrong | Email news tips to jarmstrong@cknw.com
9/20/2012

People living near a high-rise construction site in downtown Vancouver are concerned about falling debris.

This morning, a huge piece of glass fell from the 'Mark' tower at Pacific and Seymour and landed on a car.

Area resident Amanda Bates fears it's only a matter of time before someone's hurt or killed.

"It's a window, you can see from the frame on the pictures -- the window frame has just fallen onto this car. We've had metal studs landing in our sandy volleyball court in the building, we have garbage coming down all the time. There was also a nail that came down at one point and did actually hit somebody in the courtyard the other day -- luckily, they weren't badly hurt."

She says security guards in her building are telling residents not to let their kids play in the courtyard next to the construction site.

"Just in case this kind of thing happens again. We are on the lookout for things like this."

Onni Group is the developer of the tower.

CKNW has called them and we're waiting for a response.

Worksafe BC's Donna Freeman says they're investigating this morning's incident.

"It appears, based on the information we have so far, is that two workers were putting into place, positioning a large piece of glass at the 36th floor, I believe. Something happened with the suction cup -- again this is preliminary information -- but in any event, the glass did fall about 36 stories. This is a 200 pound piece of glass and it's approximately 4-by-8 in diameter."

No injuries reported.

http://www.cknw.com/news/vancouver/s...spx?ID=1777409

osirisboy · #**350** Posted **Sep 20, 2012, 8:43 PM**

Well accidents happen. Shit falls off of buildings even after they are complete as we all know. Anyway 2 more floors to go

BodomReaper · #**351** Posted **Sep 22, 2012, 5:17 PM**

Stop-work order for this: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...-plummets.html

cornholio · #**352** Posted **Sep 22, 2012, 7:01 PM**

There was also a nail that came down at one point and did actually hit somebody in the courtyard the other day -- luckily, they weren't badly hurt."

You know she never took the time to actually "think" about her fears with a statement like that...

How would a nail badly hurt someone unless it was like a railways stud? Falling objects have such a thing as terminal velocity, a falling nail would at worst puncture the top layer of your skin and offer everyone around a good laugh.

Having said that a 200lb piece of glass would kill you on the spot...No one would be laughing in that case.

Canadian Mind · #**353** Posted **Sep 22, 2012, 8:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by cornholio

There was also a nail that came down at one point and did actually hit somebody in the courtyard the other day -- luckily, they weren't badly hurt."

You know she never took the time to actually "think" about her fears with a statement like that...

How would a nail badly hurt someone unless it was like a railways stud? Falling objects have such a thing as terminal velocity, a falling nail would at worst puncture the top layer of your skin and offer everyone around a good laugh.

Having said that a 200lb piece of glass would kill you on the spot...No one would be laughing in that case.

A nail, even a small one, is fairly aerodynamic. Even if they are light, the mass vs. drag could allow it to gain enough speed to cause severe puncture injuries, even then it'd have to impact right. The probability is low, but the risk is there. It's kind of like a bullet, even when it is beyond it's max effective range, well below the sound barrier, losing it's stability and starting to tumble, that 5 gram piece of copper and lead still has potential to cause life threatening or life ending injuries.

officedweller · #**354** Posted **Sep 23, 2012, 5:50 AM**

Pic by me today:

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Built Form · #**355** Posted **Oct 2, 2012, 7:15 AM**

They restarted construction today.

vanman · #**356** Posted **Oct 5, 2012, 12:18 AM**

Took this from the seawall earlier today:

djh · #**357** Posted **Oct 5, 2012, 12:29 AM**

From a vantage point on Cambie/Broadway, the crane for this tower appears to be the tallest structure downtown. So I'm assuming the roof of this tower will *appear* to be above the roof of Shangri-La to most vantage points sount of downtown.

Will this mean the general public will assume this is "the new tallest building" downtown? I wonder.