20241021. Waiting for Ontario Line bridge construction to begin in the Don Valley II.
Tag Archives: construction
20241016. A mosquelisk, two transmission towers and six traffic channelizers.
20240911. The Crothers Woods clear-cut a few months later.
20240910. Expropriation Street. Also known as Pape Avenue.
20240907. The top of Pape Avenue where the Ontario Line will venture out over the Don Valley. II. I was asked if these houses were expropriated. Here’s the answer!
20240801. Behind the facade at Queen and Church, home of the future QueenChurch condos.
20240731. King and Bathurst sure looks different.
20240131. The Canada Malt Co. (wasn’t it Canada Malting Co.?) silos are looking pretty good these days (J.S. Metcalf, 1928).
20240103. The foundations of the new Glen Road Pedestrian Bridge (or Morley Callaghan Footbridge) and tunnel under Bloor Street East (from December 12).
20231202. From May 6, 2023. TD Terrace with crane and elevator.
20230825. Facadism flyover at the Concord Sky development.
20230809. In with the new and out with the old at Bloor Collegiate Institute. Image 1: the facade of what remains of Kent Senior Public School and soon to be condo front. Image 2: Construction of the new Bloor CI.
20230801. Hollowed not Hallowed II.
20230721. Parking garage and swimming pool cross section.
20230607. Four sides of facadism. In this case, the street-facing facade and half the east and west facades have been saved at the east building of the former Ontario Design Centre.
20230510. Facades are the book ends of redevelopment in Toronto.
20230502. Securing the facadism of the future at 8 Elm Street where a condo tower will rise a mere 69 storeys. IBI Group and GBCA Architects.
20230501. Welcome to Queen and Yonge for the next 4.5 – or maybe 6 – years. Queen streetcars are diverting to Dundas from McCaul to Broadview. Buses will run via King and Richmond from Bay to Church.
20230425. A hollowed not hallowed church.
20230414. Meet me at the scaffolding at the Eaton Centre, not the shooting fountain.
20230413. The tiniest construction hoarding walkway.
20230310. In this case, using the revolving doors will not conserve energy.
20230201. The missing middle. The buildings demolished (Queen and Mutual), from 1874-1893, were constructed of wood and assessed as not heritage-worthy and will be replaced by another condo tower. An area that was mostly low-rise has been revitalized into a high-rise hood.
20221204. Inside a matrix of i-beams and future Nordstrom. Yorkdale Mall. From 2015.
20220921. The mid-rise Maclean Hunter building facade seems secured for the construction of the 55 storey United Building at University and Dundas.
