Jivey's pictures make it official--in the northeast corner, the pillars are well above grade for the first storey. The rest of the work is all at grade.

That view appears to be from Grenville, beside Women's College--right?

With this height the massing is becoming impressive. Not taking into account any quibbling about textures, colours and glass.

Could you tell us AD if the whole of the ramp is to come down, or if it is just being re-arranged? There appears to be no workers at the bottom of the excavation now--how will they access the site of the crane base? Correction 16-02: The ramp is not being removed; just realigned. The...

Yes correct Vz64, see thumbnails now added.

Now that the crane base is at a specific stage, removal of the ramp has begun. The shovel is at a precarious angle as usual in this work. We noted today that a berm or a curb was fashioned out of the excavated soil to aid in holding the dump trucks in place. Here are a couple of photos...

There is not just Grand Genesis, but also the development at Yonge & 16th and the Grand Palace that is going in on the former Richmond Hill (Kinnear) Pontiac site. Incidentally, I have not seen a thread for that last one, but it could be started. They have been working on the old dealership...

To update Jivey's photo from yesterday, no pouring today, but constuction in the base for the crane. Location of base is about half way between the base of the ramp and the west wall. A little difficult to see the crane base because of glare.

It looks like sepia tones--was that just the light or is androiduk using special effects? The 19th century meets the 21at.

Maybe you would prefer a 15 to 40 story glass tower with this buiding serving as a podium. Perhaps a replacement in 30 to 40 years.

I tried a photo today, but it did not turn out well, too much glare--will try again. As AD 27 says, is at the base of the ramp, but to the west, close to middle. They have the set in some of the bars for the base and began pouring concrete this afternoon. Is moving along.

Just a thought, but does the new design of the top give more floor area to the upper floors? I did read the Planning Board report, but I do not recall seeing whether that was any part of the rationale for the change.

The excavation work for the base of the crane is now begun. No photo available, but the water is reduced to a pool in the southwest corner of the site, The excavation for the crane is quite dry. It appears to be below the level of where the water is, so they should be ok. There are...

You should look back to the first two or three pages of this thread for the discussion of the TTC preferred use for this site. This small project is definitely short term.

I did a search of your reference on the City of Toronto Website, 17 Annadale is part of the Menkes Savvy condo development those townhouses are already up. There are two sets of buildings on the east side of the Savvy condo that includes the 17 Anndale address running parallel to Tradewinds...

The area of the water that I had remarked on in my previous posts is just blocked by the white crane in Jivey's picture. It is to the west of the ramp and up against the wall. From my vantage you can see that there has been only one backhoe able to work over the last few weeks (it too is not...

Those are great shots Jaycola, the best I have seen to give an idea of the extent of this site. It is like a woodlot of cranes as you approach.

I do not claim to have any inside knowledge; I note what I see. Weather is obviously a factor, I expect that this would be a difficult time of year to be doing excavation.

I do not know about a crane; today there was a stream of water flowing across the width of the site from the north side to the south west corner. It looked to be about four or five feet wide. The backhoe continues to excavate at the centre, but no sign of the base for a crane. Underground...