Monthly Archives: May 2012
Photo 20120529. Inside the pedestrian footbridge at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute – St. Michael’s Hospital.
Photo 20120528. What 15 million kilograms of sugar looks like in the Redpath raw sugar shed.
Photo 20120527. Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool from observation deck atop City Hall’s East Tower.
Photo 20120526. An square complex of square townhouses (Jarvis north of Carlton).
Photo 20120525. Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute pedestrian overpass at night.
Photo 20120524. Light in a matrix of stone.
Photo 20120523. Old stacked railway tracks in the Junction.
Photo 20120522. The Terex of the Junction (at construction site of future GO Transit rail underpass).
Photo 20120521. Commerce Court South, East and West through window blinds.
Photo 20120520. TD Centre buildings – TD Waterhouse Tower and 100 Wellington West.
Photo 20120519. Looking up at the corner of Bloor st. and Avenue rd.
Photo 20120518. The Canada Life Building pedestrian overpasses over Simcoe.
Photo 20120517. The old brutalist Four Seasons hotel is closed and being converted into luxury condos.
Photo 20120516. Dufferin St. underpass art ‘Spirits of the Grotto’ installed.
“Three years in the making, Luis Jacob’s Spirits of the Grotto consists of 34 large metal panels, each bearing a pair of mosaic tile discs representing eyes. Arranged within the underpass like heroes in a Hall of Fame, Spirits of the Grotto turns an otherwise dull transport corridor into a vibrant passageway.”
The dedication event will take place from 5:00-5:30pm on Friday May 18th at the Dufferin Amphitheatre (parkette) just west of the underpass with Councillors Ana Bailão (Ward 18), Gord Perks (Ward 14) and the artist Luis Jacob.
Photo 20120515. The Cave Man’s Pub under the Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway.
Photo 20120514. The Plasser GRM-2000, a heavy-duty switch and production tamping machine.
“Over time the constant movement of traffic over the track causes gaps to form in the rock bed on which the track is laid. Often, from the trackside, rail ties can be clearly seen bouncing up and down as the wheels pass over them. Excessive movement is dangerous, of course, so the gaps need to be filled to give a firm base for each rail tie. This is done by the tamping machine.”