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August 18, 2015

Looking at some CFMS Projects from a New Angle

The past weekend I did the “Edge Walk” at the CN Tower.  For those who don’t know what that is, it’s when you put all your trust into hoping a couple ropes will prevent you from falling off the CN Tower, while you take a 360° walk around the top of the CN Tower.  Outside.  With no railings.  While terrifying, it was a great perspective to take a look at the Toronto skyline.  It also gave me a chance to look at some of our CFMS projects, past and present, from a new angle.

I often look at all the residential buildings popping up downtown, and feel blown away thinking about all the people they represent!  I could see some of CFMS’ residential projects from up above, including the Railway Lands (TCHC), 1 the Esplanade, and Aura at College Park (with its’ fancy new lights at the top).  It’s not as easy to see the Fashion House Condos or Thompson residences, but I know they are somewhere in the sea of buildings I am looking at below me (even if I am not sure I want to look down while hanging over Toronto in a Titanic pose) in the downtown core.

I can also see the exhibition grounds (which will soon be very busy), home to Hotel X, and wonder if future Edge Walkers might stay at that hotel when it opens next year, as most people doing  the walk with us are from further afield than the GTA.  We also did commissioning for Allstream Centre, and in our group of Edge Walkers, there are a couple of people who are in town for a conference that perhaps was there.

And looking at the office buildings, I am reminded of the 20+ LEED projects alone we have done inside many of the buildings I am looking at.  I am glad that so many buildings are going green.  Our guide tells us a fun fact about one of the LEED EB project locations – the windows of the RBC Plaza are not just gold tinted, they are actually coated in a layer of gold!  Of course I had to look this up when I got home to confirm it, and found out another fun fact – gold is apparently an excellent insulator.  Along the waterfront, there is Corus Quay, which reminds me I am overdue for a trip to the restaurant there and visit to Sugar Beach before summer is over.  Maybe my next thrill will be a little less daunting – I have always wanted to go down the slide inside the Corus building.

I am not sure I will do the Edge Walk again any time soon – I think that filled my “one scary thing a day quota” for a while.  But it was a great way to take in Toronto from above, and see some of our CFMS projects from a new perspective!

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