Alarming “glass towers” syndrome sends shards onto Bay

There has been another fall of glass windows from a high floor of the Four Seasons Hotel at Yorkville and Bay Sts. Thursday afternoon. This is the fifth such rain of glass onto the street since the hotel opened in 2015. The fall was called “substantial” by the fire service and occurred about 1.30 p.m when people and cars were in the street. Engineers are said to be at the scene assessing the structural stability of glass panels on the building. There has been concern elsewhere in downtown Toronto about falling glass as the City deals with an apparent syndrome of collapses from glass towers.