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rfmcdonaldWalking home last night along Bloor Street, I was just approaching the Bedford Road entrance of the St. George TTC station at the intersection of Bloor Street West and Bedford. When I got to the corner I saw that the front of the One Bedford condominium tower that I have photographed in the past was all taped off in crime-scene yellow with a half-dozen sweepers at work.
What happened? More falling glass from a condominium.
The glass panel that had fallen came from building's uppermost balcony, the second panel from the left. It fell 32 stores down to the ground, hitting ground and shattering just in front one of the tower's entrances. I took a photo of the CITY-TV cameraman/journalist who interviewed me for a quick quote, but the photo shows the scene of impact and its cleaners all the better.
It was chance no one was bisected, the glass falling where it did (at the tower's entrance, just across from the entrance to a busy TTC station, on a street dense with pedestrians). I can't imagine the condo owners, or the City of Toronto's regulators, are at all pleased.
What happened? More falling glass from a condominium.
More glass has rained down on Toronto streets, this time from the 32nd floor balcony of a condominium under construction in the Annex.
Toronto police said Bedford Rd. has been closed between Prince Arthur Ave. and Bloor St. since 2:25 p.m., while the fire department and provincial Ministry of Labour investigate. The road is expected to reopen around 6 p.m.
No one was injured when the single, large pane of glass fell, bounced off the front-door overhang and smashed onto the ground, police said. But numerous instances of falling glass from downtown buildings have been reported this year.
Glass has fallen from a Grosvenor St. highrise in at least four instances this year, including three times in July and August. Glass from the tony condominium building over the TIFF Bell Lightbox has fallen at least twice onto John St., shattering all over the road. And in the spring, glass fell from a highrise near Yonge St. and Eglinton Ave.
The glass panel that had fallen came from building's uppermost balcony, the second panel from the left. It fell 32 stores down to the ground, hitting ground and shattering just in front one of the tower's entrances. I took a photo of the CITY-TV cameraman/journalist who interviewed me for a quick quote, but the photo shows the scene of impact and its cleaners all the better.
It was chance no one was bisected, the glass falling where it did (at the tower's entrance, just across from the entrance to a busy TTC station, on a street dense with pedestrians). I can't imagine the condo owners, or the City of Toronto's regulators, are at all pleased.
