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Originally Posted by Remy_Bork
Some of those floor levels look awfully squat in the middle. Those must be for parking, no?
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Yes most are for parking, but the floors are not as short as they appear. I would suspect the concrete beams are simply thicker (taller) at the perimeter in some places, for partial shear-wall structural purposes.
In particular, floors 5 and 6 on the Erie Street face might be using this in order to compensate for the extra-tall opening that you can see on floor 7. The oversized opening might be needed either for carrying in extra-large equipment (mechanical for the vehicle elevator?) or maybe for future emergency access into and/or out of the parking floor. Or maybe it has something to do with the double-height space on floors 6 and 7.
Anyone else have any ideas?