November Chill Friday Westside Way UP1 Westside Middle Westside Bottom Eastside General New Glass on the Southwest Retail New Glass on the Foodcourt Floor Level #4

1, 2, 3, Gone

Construction Notice Dear neighbours, Please be advised that our contractor will be undertaking crane work at the 81 Bay Street site this weekend. Crews will be on-site to dismantle crane #4 in the east podium area, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. In addition...

Gloomy Friday Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside DOWN Eastside GENERAL New glass being added to the southwest low rise retail A closer look at the eastside midrise post and beam steelwork Final bits and pieces to complete the steelwork on this portion of the building...

Closing In Fast Friday Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside Down Eastside General More 'jump form' coming down and being disassembled Closer look at the continued post and beam steel installation on the east side

Turkey Friday Westside Up Westside Middle Westside Bottom Eastside General New glass added to the fourth level of the southwest retail lowrise, and glass on the colonnade. They've been installing this during the night. bringing a new surprise every morning Covering up and...

Jump Form Coming Down

Construction Notice Dear neighbours, Please be advised that our contractor will be completing an extended concrete pour as part of work on the rail corridor overbuild park tonight, Friday, October 4th. The pour is expected to start at midnight and will take roughly 6 hours to complete. For...

It's all falling apart, Friday Westside TOP Westside MIDDLE Westside BOTTOM Eastside GENERAL New glass has been added to the Southwest Retail Lowrise A closer look at the south end steel post and beam installation for level#7 and Level#8 Lucky 'right time/right place' shot of...

Midweek Special through the Kitchen Window Eastside Midrise continued work on post and beam steel assembly. Please notice that the central section of level seven is open to level#6. The level#8 roof beams are very thick and have larger perforations along their length. Floor plate for...

Gretta Rules Friday Westside Way UP Westside Regular UP Westside Middle Westside Bottom Eastside General (good luck Stitcher!) New glass on the Southwest Retail building Update on those zigzag framing uprights which were I am told, and now agree, were probably just shadows

Mid Week Special The fifth floor was poured yesterday, you may still notice the concrete is darker than the completely cured sixth floor above Steel posts and beams are filling in the last two levels (level#7 and level#8) The exterior framing walls of the bus depot and mechanical room...

UP is done, there ain't no more UP from my side Friday Westside UP (last core jump from my side) MIDDLE BOTTOM Eastside General A close look at the final concrete work on the south-west retail. The top perimeter formwork is creating a parapet edge cap. This will eventually be a...

5th-floor schematic 6th-floor schematic

Midweek Special Pouring the west side of the sixth level Adding steel posts and beams to the east side to form the 5th and 6th levels

This one is probably the best one you've done in a while, the distortion is minimal. I enjoy these because I'm too close to see the whole picture Cheers

Construction Notice Dear neighbours, As a reminder, Bay Street will be fully closed to all traffic and pedestrians between Lake Shore Blvd. W. and Front St. W. from 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, September 14th until 5 a.m. Monday, September 16th for installation of a new PATH pedestrian bridge over...

Messy Friday Storm a'Comin' Westside UP Westside MIDDLE Westside DOWN Eastside A closer look at the southeast elevator/stairs service tower, which shows the final height of the eastern lowrise building

Drippy Friday BONUS PIC! Looking at the exterior of the walkway from the present bus terminal towards Union Station, usually called Platform 3. It was raining and I didn't want to stop to take more, but the steel beams (Clifford Restorations) cross Bay St on the north side between the East...

5 o'clock update Bridge Crane and pedestrian bridge structure reflected in the Scotiabank Arena Office building. Crane#1 is getting a sectional lift, you may notice some concrete counterweights hanging from the crane pully