Tag Archives: construction
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.
20220329. Three of four corners at Front and Parliament currently await redevelopment including the First Parliament site and land needed for building the Ontario Line subway.
20220325. The new entrance to Kennedy station and the Eglinton Crosstown is an excellent place to mount a cell tower.
20220316. #Rexdale 4. Mounds of dirt stand where a new mall will replace the demolished Sears warehouse in Rexdale. One of the first Contact Photo exhibits I went to featured photos of mounds not unlike these ones. Guess it stuck with me.
20220315. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway (a park under an elevated railway). Once past Wallace Ave, the guideway returns to ground.
20220314. As the GO grows. GO Expansion includes the Davenport Guideway and Greenway – a park created by an elevated railway crossing over the CP Rail tracks at the Davenport Diamond.
20220225. So that’s how big the concrete pad for a tower crane is. Jac Condos, 308 Jarvis St, Turner Fleischer Architects Inc.
20211222. The twisted form of York University’s new School of Continuing Studies has exterior walls that are upright onlyat the centre.
20211121. Where once Wing’s plum sauce packets were made now sits a condo tower with the same name as a type of pizza – Bianca.
20211120. Portable walking signal lights wait together to once again fulfill their life’s purpose at Victoria Park Ave and Eglinton Ave in the Golden Mile.
20211102. Wrapped heritage facades along King Street West mark the front of the King Toronto construction site.
20211101. Looking into a big old brick box at the King Toronto Construction site.
20211030. The Well is rising fast.
20211029. The Entertainment District (now the Toronto Downtown West BIA) is construction central with tower cranes active at Nobu Residences Toronto, Maverick, 55 Mercer and 19 Duncan.
20211002. Why not use a cold milling machine to tear up that concrete? Queen Street gets some much needed track replacement near City Hall.
20210926. Mount Dennis, the western terminal station of the The Crosstown LRT, includes a new station on both the Union Pearson Express and GO Transit Kitchener line and a Toronto Transit Commission bus terminal.
20210912. Meet your LRV on The Crosstown LRT. Line 5 opens in 2022.
20210911. Science Centre Station on the Eglinton Crosstown LRT is nearly complete.
20210909. Dynamic testing of the Eglinton Crosstown LRT coupled light rail vehicles has begun between Laird Dr. and Kennedy Rd.
20210507. Workers renovate an apartment building at 205 Morningside Ave.
20210308. Only the braced facades of heritage buildings remain along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.