Concrete slab falls at Olympic Stadium parking lot

[Oldtimer]

How will they take the CN Tower down if they ever have to?

That's what I wanna know.

Probably controlled implosion (the same way the Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga was taken down).

[jazzy]

Good thing our construction standards in Toronto are so high....
http://www.thestar.com/news/article/...part-of-bay-st

this glass issue is a building code flaw.....unlike Europe , even in Chicago where a higher standard of tempered glass is the code in the new construction. Therefore all the condo/office towers never get the higher quality glass due to the typical north american nondemand for quality. Especially when there is the almighty dollar to be reaped, in this conservative hard edged political environment......cut costs at any expense.

[West220Side]

How will they take the CN Tower down if they ever have to?

That's what I wanna know.

[jaahuuu]

How will they take the CN Tower down if they ever have to?

That's what I wanna know.

I'd guess a skycrane and a plasma torch.

[Roogsy]

I am guessing the same way they put it up.

Helicopter!

[Red Rat]

How will they take the CN Tower down if they ever have to?

That's what I wanna know.

well since we live in Toronto and we all know that architecture has a 25 year life span, we should be able to watch this happen

[Ageroo]

Probably controlled implosion (the same way the Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga was taken down).

Please no thank you....I work close enough. Don't need it going wrong and falling on me.

[Roogsy]

Please no thank you....I work close enough. Don't need it going wrong and falling on me.

I am sure your hair will protect you.

[Ageroo]

I am sure your hair will protect you.

Shaved head now bro....come on now! I have lost the powers of the hawk!

[drewski]

I can't remember where I read it, but I thought I had seen that the developers were going to redesign the frame that holds the glass? Dunno...that may have just been PR.

Was in the news late last year when some condo owners are suing the developers because of problems starting to appear less than 10years after they were built.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ed-condos.html

[Roogsy]

Shaved head now bro....come on now! I have lost the powers of the hawk!

Stop biting my style.

Next thing you know, you will gain 40 pounds and wear suits and ties.

[drewski]

Probably controlled implosion (the same way the Lakeview Generating Station in Mississauga was taken down).

that's pretty much the only way I see it, but it'll be tough because there's a lot more around the CN Tower than there was around Lakeview. If It toppled over the way those stacks did, SkyDome, Steamwhistle and/or the convention centre will be hit so they'll have do do some serious protection.

[james]

well since we live in Toronto and we all know that architecture has a 25 year life span, we should be able to watch this happen

so true!

[Redcoe15]

All this talk of Montreal and the Big Ow made me realize. It's exactly one month 'till TFC lays the smack on those Montreal blue turds. I'll be there. Can't wait. But first things first. BEAT LA!!!

[Mulder]

How will they take the CN Tower down if they ever have to?

That's what I wanna know.

When the CN tower opened, a brochure pointed to the towers Life span at approx 300 years.