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Patrolling the hallways of the F.J Horgan Water Treatment Plant.
20170822. West end perspective on the elevated Gardiner Expressway at Exhibition Place.
20170713. The domes of the City of Toronto’s F.J. Horgan Water Treatment Plant.
20170616. New steel girders add stripes of shadow to the supports of a quickly progressing Gardiner Expressway Simcoe off-ramp.
20170609.The shape of the F.J. Horgan Water Treatment Plant Ozone Building is defined by its landscape.
20170529. Simple and striking precast concrete geometry at the F.J. Horgan water treatment plant.
20170522. Knocking down large steel girders like Dominoes at the Gardiner Expressway York Bay Yonge off-ramp demolition.
20170520. The Gardiner York Bay Yonge off-ramp demolition has reached York St which will be cleared this weekend.
20170515. Two excavators bar passage to the denuded and abruptly ending York Bay Yonge off-ramp. #simcoeramp #toronto #infrastructure #demolition #gardiner
20170506. A support bent lies in the dirt at the abrupt end of the York / Bay / Yonge off-ramp.
20170421. Demolition of the Gardiner Expressway’s York / Bay / Yonge off-ramp has progressed rapidly in four days.
20170413. A wide-angle view of Nathan Phillips Square.
20170408. The Gardiner Expressway’s York St. / Bay St. off-ramp closes for imminent demolition on April 17. Come on a walk tomorrow and check it out before it’s gone: http://goo.gl/EijOH8
20170329. New and old bents (support columns with horizontal caps) stand side by side at a Gardiner Expressway off-ramp.
20170327. The new anodized-aluminum-clad SQ Spadina Queen Condos is very close to completion.
20170218. Skateboarding under murals on an unseasonably warm February afternoon.
20170112. The Nathan Philips Square colonnade. ( col·on·nade \kä-lə-ˈnād\ – a series of columns set at regular intervals and usually supporting the base of a roof structure).
20161108. The early 20th-century mid-rise commercial and industrial buildings of the Fashion District between King and Wellington Streets.
20160926. Danforth Avenue stretches east into the distance.
20160918. A different perspective on the Freedom Arches at the Nathan Phillips Square reflecting pool.
20160911. This is where the Gardiner Expressway’s future Simcoe Street off-ramp will land.
20160904. Nail-polish scented steam escapes as a PVC liner is cured within a watermain requiring rehabilitation.
A PVC liner is inserted into a watermain between two manholes. Hot steam is then used to expand the liner to the width of pipe. The thermosetting resin in the liner is then cured by the steam and hardens. After cooling, the liner is now waterproof. This trenchless technology is used to stop leaks from imperfections or gaps in piping.
20160628. Commerce Court North Vestibule Ceiling.
20160622. An aerial view of Toronto Union Station’s historic exposed train shed steel structure.
Progress on the train shed has stalled as the future electrification of Go Transit trains will require either modifying the overhead wiring system to fit under the shed, lowering the floor or raising the roof with the latter being the worst case scenario as it involves considerable cost and harming the historic steel structure.