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.
Tag Archives: Ontario Line
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).
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.
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.
20241021. Waiting for Ontario Line bridge construction to begin in the Don Valley II.
20241018. A clearcut just below the top of Pape Avenue is where the Ontario Line will pop out of a tunnel and venture out over the Don Valley.
20241014. Putting up a big tent to work within at the future Osgoode Station.
20241013. How to build a bridge III. With the steel cylinder (previous photo) sitting over the cylindrical-shaped rebar (2 photos ago), you now pour the concrete in and let it set. Repeat the process, and you have 7 columns to support your bridge as illustrated here at Dundas near Carlaw.
20241012. How to build a bridge II. So first you build the reinforcing rebar structure as illustrated in yesterday’s photo and then you take these steel cylinders and place them around the rebar skeleton. Then…
20241011. How to build a bridge I. #ontarioline #metrolinx
20240925. King and Bathurst sure looks different II.
20240924. Some parts of Toronto just don’t look like Toronto anymore.
20240918. The top of Pape Avenue where the Ontario Line will venture out over the Don Valley III. Before, during and after demolition (3 photos). #Toronto Metrolinx #transit #construction
20240914. Goodbye Riverdale Shopping Centre.
20240911. The Crothers Woods clear-cut a few months later.
20240910. Expropriation Street. Also known as Pape Avenue.
20240908. 2 Thorncliffe Park Drive is where the Ontario Line maintenance and storage facility will be.
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!
20240906. The Don Valley where the Ontario Line Bridge will cross into Thorncliffe. The exposed hill is where I imagine bridge construction will be focused and where a support pier will be built.
20240905. The top of Pape Avenue where the Ontario Line will venture out over the Don Valley.
20240731. King and Bathurst sure looks different.
20240505. All that sky on the Danforth means a redevelopment is happening. Here comes Pape Station on the Ontario Line.
20240428. The future location of King-Bathurst station on the @ontarioline is behind the south facade of the Canada Biscuit Company (A.R. Denison, 1900) I am hoping more of the west facade is retained than pictured here.
