Construction Sites In your City II - Page 9

Maldive · #**161** Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 12:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by zoomer

Whoever is taking these pics deserves this jacket I observed on an 80+ year old man I saw in Victoria a couple weeks ago. Clearly this is the SSP equivalent of the high school football letter jacket. He better not go to Toronto or he’ll die of a heart attack.

Taking a photo of THE photographer - March 16, 2024 by JohnnyJayEh, on Flickr

I want one of those letter jackets! but mine should read "Construction Project Curator"... 'cause I just gather the good stuff to share (my camera's been dusty for years).

Those talented drone flyers have really changed the game.

WhipperSnapper · #**162** Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 2:20 PM**

I wonder what possessed him to have the jacket made? Are Victorians suspicious of an octogenarian camera wielding terrorist? Some retired office drone living out his dream hobby?

zoomer · #**163** Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 5:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

I want one of those letter jackets! but mine should read "Construction Project Curator"... 'cause I just gather the good stuff to share (my camera's been dusty for years).

Those talented drone flyers have really changed the game.

Curators are like historians as long as they are also archivists - very important people

And the drone shots are an amazing addition to city photography - although I haven’t yet given it a shot due to the many apparent restrictions.

Whippersnapper - I see this guy around town quite often, he’s a bit of a character. So I think it’s 50/50 that had the jacket custom made, or because he’s always hanging around this construction site taking pictures that the site construction manager got it for him as a gift. Next time I see him I’ll ask him instead of taking his pic, lol.

TorontoDrew · #**164** Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 6:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Maldive

Those talented drone flyers have really changed the game.

Despite this being incredibly dangerous, this is still one of the coolest videos I've seen.

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WhipperSnapper · #**165** Posted **Mar 24, 2024, 10:43 PM**

Something a foul about that video. It's next to impossible to sneak onto the roofs of the bank towers. There's always security and maglocks.

Staged or faked.

Maldive · #**166** Posted **Mar 26, 2024, 4:11 PM**

Bathurst Quay Revitalization | City of Toronto | Kearns Mancini l u/c

Beautiful restoration of the silos including the reanimation of the Canada Malting typeface.

The Canada Ireland Foundation has secured $5million in new funding towards an Irish cultural centre called the Corleck Centre, located just west of the silos. They also just received another $2million donation from the Government of Ireland to support the project.

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New park and water’s edge:

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Hope the City finds the money to move forward this fab waterfront public realm addition to Bathurst Quay (which incorporates a large existing pier to the east of the silos with a now closed underwater parking lot).

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The Charles at Church | 152.7m | 47s | Aspen Ridge | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

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55C: 55 Charles Condos | 167m | 50s | MOD Developments | a—A l u/c

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2444 Yonge Street | 114.27m | 31s | Main and Main | Hariri Pontarini l excavation

Height increased for both towers from 27 & 21 to 31 & 25-storeys in a CofA submission. New renderings.

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Untitled Toronto | 121m | 37s | Reserve Properties | Arcadis l u/c

Lol… commentary on a certain musician who is supposedly the design consultant for the project. Not everyone is "Happy" I guess.

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U of T: Academic Wood Tower | 77m | 14s | U of T | Patkau l u/c

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265 Balliol | 91.43m | 27s | Park Property | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

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The Capitol | 56.35m | 14s | Madison Group | Turner Fleischer l u/c

Retains the original marquee and façade along the street.

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Reaching grade.

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Queen & Ashbridge | 60.15m | 17s | Context Development | Teeple Architects l u/c

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Reina Condos | 30.95m | 9s | Urban Capital | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

Tasteful BDPQ mid-rise on The Queensway.

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11 YV | 213m | 62s | Metropia | Sweeny&Co l u/c

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Northern Light

WhipperSnapper · #**167** Posted **Mar 26, 2024, 5:42 PM**

Charles in Charge is looking decent. Same for Q &A

niwell · #**168** Posted **Mar 26, 2024, 6:15 PM**

Cool to see the Academic Wood Tower go up. An architect friend of ours was involved in the initial designs and while I don't claim to understand the specifics there's some neat engineering work involved to tie into the existing structure.

Was at Rorschach brewing the other week and had no idea Queen and Ashbridge was a thing - looked pretty good in person.

Maldive · #**169** Posted **Mar 29, 2024, 5:53 PM**

Alias | 159.5m | 48s | Madison Group | Teeple Architects l u/c

Some nice renderings of Alias from Teeple’s web-site.

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The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini l nearing completion

Just a bit of brick cladding and some glazing where the hoist lived to finish all exterior elements of The Well. Concord Canada House photo-bombing on the right.

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ANX | 48.07m | 13s | Freed | Teeple Architects l u/c

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The neighbourhood.

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Lakeside Residences | 158m | 49s | Pinnacle | Hariri Pontarini l excavation

Excavating in earnest and gettin’ deep. Glad this long-stalled project on a huge waterfront site is back in action after Pinnacle rescued it.

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Artists' Alley | 121.91m | 39s | Lanterra | Hariri Pontarini l u/c

Nice ceiling in the drop off area.

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Red Mars

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Booming Church Street:

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Tallest of all the Church Street construction is in the site-prep and heritage retention phase (below).

QueenChurch | 185.9m | 57s | Tridel | Kirkor

Red Mars

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Red Mars

Restored heritage building on the corner.

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Bonus pics

Aga Khan Museum + Ismaili Centre (complete):

Beautiful drone shots on the museum and Ismali Centre at night. Completed nearly 10 years ago.

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Maldive · #**170** Posted **Mar 31, 2024, 4:07 PM**

Aqualuna at Bayside | 61.87m | 18s | Tridel | 3XN l u/c

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Gorgeous. Props to Tridel for keeping their render-promises.

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The Goode Condos | 111.4m | 33s | Graywood | a—A l u/c

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Race to the top…. check out how close together these 2 Distillery District construction projects are (The Goode on the right and No. 31 Condos on the left).

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No. 31 Condos is 41 storeys (this will block 90% of the views to the lake from The Goode ;-):

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Maldive · #**171** Posted **Apr 1, 2024, 2:50 PM**

252 Church | 166.1m | 52s | CentreCourt | Arcadis l u/c

In true CentreCourt fashion, this one is rocketing to the top… just a few more floors to top out.

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George Brown College: Limberlost Place | 52.5m | 10s | George Brown | Moriyama Teshima Architects l u/c

Mass timber on the waterfront turning out great.

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89 Avenue Yorkville | 76.5m | 20s | Armour Heights | Richard Wengle l u/c

A tall Wengle in Yorkville.

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Mid-rises:

252 Parliament Street | 28.7m | 9s | Core Development | Studio JCI l excavation

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This is what Studio JCI does so well.

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Highland Commons | 32.5m | 8s | Altree | Kohn l u/c

Located near a hiker’s paradise.

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East Pointe Condominiums | 39.93m | 11s | Mutual | Kohn l u/c

So many nice mid-rises built, u/c and planned on Kingston Road.

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The Manderley Condominiums | 34m | 12s | Nova Ridge | Arcadis l u/c

Another on Kingston Road.

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Television City | ?m | 32s | Lamb Dev Corp | a—A l excavation

Complicated dig.

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TorontoDrew · #**172** Posted **Apr 1, 2024, 7:18 PM**

Great update!

Was in Yorkville 2 days ago and was amazed how far along 50 Scollard was.

source: urbantoronto.ca
50 Scollard | 147.62m | 41s | Lanterra | Foster + Partners

Maldive · #**173** Posted **Apr 1, 2024, 8:48 PM**

^^ yeah remember seeing this construction photo and thinking 'this location is a perfect match to the rendering' lol.... as you've just demonstrated.

Maldive · #**174** Posted **Apr 7, 2024, 2:48 PM**

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The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini l nearly complete

"The Well’s" picture-perfect family portrait.

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A gorgeous Saturday spring day brings out the hibernators.

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Maldive · #**175** Posted **Apr 8, 2024, 1:22 PM**

One Delisle | 155m | 44s | Slate | Studio Gang l u/c

One of the nicest of new residential designs getting close to grade.

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Adagio | 85m | 26s | Menkes | Giannone Petricone l u/c

Dressed all in black, this is looking much better than the renderings imo.

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Rosehill Tower | 116.9m | 35s | QuadReal | Hariri Pontarini l u/c

A much welcome all rental tower not far from Yonge and St. Clair.

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315 Spadina | 46.29m | 13s | Podium | Montgomery Sisam l excavation

My second fave addition to Spadina Avenue (after 101 Spadina).

Northern Light

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The Saint | 151m | 47s | Minto Group | Wallman Architects l u/c

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Red Mars

Westbend Residences | 44.08m | 13s | Mattamy Homes | BDP Quadrangle l u/c

Not far from High Park.

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GeneralLeeTPHLS · #**176** Posted **Apr 9, 2024, 7:59 PM**

The area around King and Caroline in Downtown Hamilton has really changed a lot, especially since I've been in the area, with two towers (14s and 30s) now rising on the east side of the intersection.

Monday, Hamilton by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

Monday, Hamilton by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

Meanwhile, other large sites are going up elsewhere in the lower city, like this 28 floor condo tower by the Scottish Rites building (west)

Monday, Hamilton by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

75 James is quite prominent now around James and Main

Monday, Hamilton by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr
Design District is above grade and rising

Monday, Hamilton by Josh Kennington Photographics, on Flickr

Rico Rommheim · #**177** Posted **Apr 14, 2024, 1:50 AM**

Square Philips tower

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rdaner · #**178** Posted **Apr 14, 2024, 2:53 AM**

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Some shots of several projects going up around Toronto’s Distillery. Taken 12 April.

Rico Rommheim · #**179** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 1:11 PM**

by Claude on agoramtl
The square Philips second phase (21 floors) is now starting to rise.

WhipperSnapper · #**180** Posted **Apr 16, 2024, 1:40 PM**

Jeez, sprained my finger scrolling.

Wow, phase 1 looks almost down from the outside