Tag Archives: construction
20210222. The slender north facade of the Monde Condominiums on the East Bayfront. Moshe Safdie and Quadrangle Architects, 2016.
20210202. The anatomy of construction at 75 The Esplanade.
20210115. In the construction pit at Kennedy Station where the Eglinton Crosstown will end.
20210114. Putting into perspective just how big a traffic light is with an unusual installation at a parking garage entrance.
20201220. Inside the facade of the 1942 Administrative Office of the Drug Trading Company and soon to be EQ Bank Tower.
20201212. The new Storm Water Quality Facility (SWQF) at Lake Shore and Cherry to treat urban run-off from new West Don Lands development.
20201208. Capturing the past and the future of Toronto’s Port Lands (Don Mouth Naturalization Project by Waterfront Toronto).
20201011. Demolition of heritage buildings behind braced facades continues along King St West for the King Toronto mixed use redevelopment.
20200825. Mirror Town circa 2014.
20200716. Charles Street will soon have an 8th high-rise – 68 Charles St E may be known as The Manhattan for this heritage building’s style.
20200619. Removing a section of the Jarvis Street on-ramp.
20200617. A piece of old on-ramp sits above Jarvis Street waiting to be removed.
20200531. Dismantling the Jarvis Street on-ramp to the Gardiner Expressway.
20200509. The next piece of the Gardiner Expressway to be transported into place waits overnight at the fabrication site in the West Don Lands.
20200502. Moving a prefabricated steel girder for the Gardiner’s rehabilitation involves 2 tractors, 2 motorized trailers and 90 wheels.
20200316. From here, Yonge Street seems to be a boulevard of facades.
20200312. Pretty lights on a construction site that is now a Nordstrom – from 2015.
20200309. A new rental tower has attached itself to LuCliff Place resulting in a consolidated structure that leaves me speechless.
20200308. Inside the facade of the future 2 Queen Street West.
20200307. A tower crane on a parkade to help build 2 Queen Street West.
20200221. The Scotiabank North Tower at the Bay Adelaide Centre is finally starting to go up.
20200220. I’ve often wondered how cranes are mounted in construction pits and now I have a clue.
20200209. The new pedestrian bridge linking the future CIBC Square (and GO Transit Bus Station) to the PATH via the Scotiabank Arena is looking pretty good. Of course there are windows on the south side.
20200208. The Honest Ed’s redevelopment construction site shows just how big Honest Ed’s was. No wonder I got lost in there all the time.
