20241120. A) Another pic of the doomed west-side blocks of Pape for the Cosburn Ontario Line station. B) With the PRIVATE sign in the background, I won a challenge by the security guard returning to his car.
Monthly Archives: November 2024
20241119. Catching a glimpse of the CN Tower between the Distillery and Canary districts.
20241118. Say goodbye to the buildings on the west side of Pape between Gamble and Gowan for construction of Cosburn Station on the Ontario Line (Image 1: S of Cosburn, Image 2: N of Cosburn).
0241117. These houses at Eglinton and Bayview are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will also rise above the Leaside Crosstown station.
20241116. This house and the one next door, at Eglinton and Bayview, are to be replaced by a 120 metre high residential rental condo tower that will rise above the Leaside Crosstown station.
20241115. I document change in Toronto’s cityscape and sometimes the changes are personal. For 20 years, I went to see my dentist at this house on Bayview just south of Eglinton. Now it’s a presentation centre for a condo development just down the street.
20241114. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (Crang & Boake, 1960), a mid-century modern office building slated for redevelopment.
20241113. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (Crang & Boake, 1960), a mid-century modern office building slated for redevelopment (2 photos). Tomorrow will feature 3 more photos.
20241113. Leveling a hill to create a second access road to the Crothers Woods Ontario Line work area.
20241112. To facilitate work on the Ontario Line (ET Seton Park south of Science Centre). new transmission lines are being added. Note that the transmission towers only have arms on one side to fit into the hydro corridor.
20241111. Work on the Ontario Line is underway in ET Seton Park by the Archery Range and south of the closed Ontario Science Centre. The area has been cleared and new transmission lines have been added.
20241110. Night and day (2 photos).
20241109. Working on the plug between the existing Don River and the new Don River mouth.
20241108. Notice anything missing?
20241107. Rental Living Reimagined.
20241106. Ripping up the tracks on defunct Line 3 (Scarborough Rapid Transit) near Ellesmere Station. Wouldn’t this make a great busway with ramps bringing buses up to platform level at existing stations?
20241105. Painting the 300-ton heritage-designated Atlas Crane in Promontory Park in the Port Lands.
20241104. Fenced mounds. Strada Aggregates Toronto Depot.
20241103. Bridge at TorontoHenge.
20241102. Mural just west of Church and Shuter.
20241101. CIBC Squared.
20241031. Goodbye to my favourite shoe store D&M Clearance. They were friendly, had great prices, and did excellent shoe repair work behind this storefront at Yonge just south of Wellesley.
20241030. Approaching Old Mill.
20241029. Lowering a rebar cage underground at Pape and Danforth. The cage will be inserted into formwork and filled with concrete to make a foundational support.
