Holiday Weeks Begin Friday Westside UP MIDDLE BOTTOM Eastside GENERAL A closer look at a big blue redundant chunk of the climbing form Doing a lip edge around the perimeter, meanwhile, the little blue crane is ready to disassemble the big yellow crane

Noisy night - more sign mount stuff

Looks like we're getting a new electronic billboard type sign Progress slowly continues on the recladding along the south-facing facade

Friday the 13th, Friday Westside TOP MIDDLE BOTTOM Eastside GENERAL with the glass for the lowrise building almost complete. Close - I was hoping for a whirly-gig but I think is a small crane being assembled Closer - small crane assembly to dismantle Crane#3 Closest - Final...

Train Shed Lights Up! This is the first time I've seen this part of the train shed lit up

Almost nothing new to photograph Friday Eastside Lowrise A closer look The final addition of galvanized/aluminium post and beams surrounding the elevator and emergency stairs on the east side

Friday Scaffolding Southside cladding additions Eastside facing Bay Street, new scaffolding is being added, causing the sidewalk to be blocked along Bay Street. It has made this area very dangerous for pedestrians as there are no exits except two pinch points at the north and south ends of...

I am at my height limit Friday Westside UP I can't continue with vertical shots as the increase in building height results in me now getting the bottom of the balcony above me in the shot. Oh dear, the end is nigh ? Westside MIDDLE Westside DOWN Eastside GENERAL A closer look at...

Tuesday's Kitchen Window Tint Surprise (looks like Kodachrome) Crane moving up one more time Window installation continues Level #8 roof finishing up the diamond drainage slopes toward the drains

Blustery Friday Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside BOTTOM Eastside GENERAL You may notice the portable concrete pump machine has completed the Level#8 roof and is now finishing up filling in the hole left by Crane#4 A closer look at the south side glass installation Level#4 and...

Some black cladding being added to the south side, it's going to take forever at this rate

Wednesday Floor Pour They completed the level#8 floor pour on Monday and today they are completing half of the roof of level#8 The crane will have to come down soon. There are only a few pieces of steel needed to complete this lowrise building and some continued work to help complete the...

Construction Update Dear neighbours, Below is a brief update on the CIBC SQUARE project: Construction at 81 Bay Street We’re excited to share that concrete core walls are now complete to level 54. With the concrete reaching the top floor of the building, our crews are now dismantling the...

Glassed In Friday Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside DOWN Eastside GENERAL A closer look at the eastside glass They had a difficult week removing the snow from the 8th level roof, there were multiple workers using leaf blowers and shovels to collect the snow and put it into...

Snow sticks to diamonds? Who knew? Update on glass installation

Saturday Morning Glass Party Closer look Level#2 Bus Depot White Wall Continues

I moved down here 12 years ago. At the time we were the tallest building in the area, I could see Humber Bay, the Exhibition, Bremner to Spadina, SkyDome all of the CN Tower and all the bank buildings to the north, Metro Hall, east to the Don River, Tommy Thompson Park and the Hearn Plant. Now...

My Usefulness is Waining Friday Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside DOWN Eastside GENERAL A closer look at the closing in of the southwest retail building More glass panels being installed on the south side of the level#2 bus depot (It glows at night) Bonus Night Time Shot...

Tuesday Glass Long shot New panels facing what is the second level of the bus depot. The panels are extended away from the wall I assume to allow air circulation to enter this part of the depot where busses with diesel exhaust will be operating More glass has been added along the south...

Scaffolding being assembled along the south side of the building facing the Gardiner. Scotia Bank sign and logo have been removed along the south wall. Unassembled scaffolding is being stored on the top of the east wall facing Bay St