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    Toronto Convention Venues Expanding

    Perhaps this may be part of the preparation for the long pending relocation of the Toronto Fire Department Fire Hall 332 on Adelaide Street to the south side of the Metro Hall building, fronting on Wellington Street.
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    Toronto Toronto | Concord Canada House | 231.97m | 74s | Concord Adex | Arcadis

    May 18. Rebar can still be seen sticking out at the tops of the two buildings (bottom two photos), so maybe not quite topped off yet - some small roof-top structures still to be added.
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    Toronto Toronto | The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

    May 18 - Taken this evening. The section of cladding at the base of the Tridel Signature condominium building is still incomplete, a long time after the rest of the building envelope where the construction hoist used to be was completed. Otherwise - The Well is looking good in the evening...
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    Toronto Toronto | The Capitol | 60.35m | 15s | Madison Group | Hariri Pontarini

    May 17 - The Capitol is definitely well above ground. From Yonge Street first - overview and then a focus shot of the north end of the building: From Castlefield Avenue: Lunch break is over - back to the crane cab for this operator:
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    Toronto Toronto | 2444 Yonge Street | 114.27m | 31s | First Capital | Hariri Pontarini

    May 17: The only movement on this site since TwinHuey's photo on April 21 (above) has been the relocation of the two excavators to the bottom of the ramp. Otherwise, a dormant site - all locked up in the middle of the day, nobody round. The two pieces of equipment are still sitting there, as...
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    Toronto Toronto | Portland Commons | 71.7m | 15s | Carttera | Sweeny &Co

    May 17: Looks like the lifts done yesterday were green roof materials. And the next load, ready to go up.
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    Toronto Toronto | 28 Eastern | 45.4m | 12s | Alterra | Teeple Architects

    May 17: Taken this morning - front and east side views.
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    Streetcar Tracks on Adelaide

    May 15: Streetcar tracks installed on York Street between Adelaide and Richmond. Still nothing, nada, a sleeping Blue Norwegian, between Richmond and Queen Streets. More work on refurbishing the Adelaide street curb lanes between York and Yonge Streets, as well as a couple of photos of OCS...
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    Toronto Toronto | 400 King West | 157.37m | 48s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle

    May 16: The setback on the west side, and the first of the set backs on the east side of 400 King Street are now visible.
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    Toronto Toronto | Portland Commons | 71.7m | 15s | Carttera | Sweeny &Co

    May 16: Roof top / mechanical penthouse materials being lifted by a mobile crane this afternoon:
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    Toronto Toronto | KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

    And now for an actual update on King Toronto. Passed by this truck as it had almost finished unloading in front of King Toronto - Kone equipment - either elevator components, or the other option would be podium level escalator components. Also a mid-day photo of workers on the west mountain...
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    Toronto Toronto House | 186.53m | 58s | Allied | Hariri Pontarini

    May 15: Trees planted on the east podium rooftop terrace - plus current views 19 Duncan from the east and the west:
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    Toronto Toronto | Theatre District Residence & Riu Plaza Hotel | 156.05m | 49s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle

    May 15: A couple of notes. First, there is still a lot of work to do to enclose the openings in the north tower where the construction hoist used to be. The comparable openings in the south tower have been completely enclosed and sealed up. Secondly - a large crew working on the Widmar...
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    Toronto Toronto | KING Toronto | 57.6m | 16s | Westbank | Bjarke Ingels Group

    May 15 - just one detail photo, focusing on the amount of drain piping that can seen. Progress of the mechanical rough-in appears to be picking up.
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    Toronto Toronto | Ontario Line: King-Bathurst Station | ?m | ?s | Metrolinx | HDR

    Confirmed - the shoring rig is all packed up (i.e. removable parts disassembled) and ready to go:
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    Toronto Toronto | 160 Front West | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

    May 15 - Update from April 8: Five weeks later, and the unlit section of lighting on the north-west corner of TD Terrace is still not working.
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    TTC: Electric and alternative fuel buses

    The London Transit staff report was interesting - but not sure how accurate it is. We were recently in Montreal, and saw many hybrid buses in use, including 60 foot articulated units. The Nova Bus web site indicates Hybrid artics are available: https://novabus.com/buses/bus-models/ while the...
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    Toronto Toronto | 88 Bathurst | 68.3m | 17s | Hines | 3XN

    May 14 - Not too much change to the 88 Bathurst building exterior recently - mostly additional balcony railings being installed.
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    Toronto Toronto | Portland Commons | 71.7m | 15s | Carttera | Sweeny &Co

    May 14 - Mostly about the ongoing external construction hoist removal, plus one photo of ground floor finishing activities from Front Street. Disassembled pieces of the hoist mast stacked and ready to ship home: Pouring concrete for the ground floor in from Front Street

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