Let me try and make them easier to compare side-by-side:

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urbandreamer - where you there this afternoon- also I noticed the Timmies as well, looks very odd somehow. nonetheless..

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Toronto Living Redefined - ummm, maybe. Toronto skyline redefined - for sure!

I'm hoping to make my first trip of 2008 into the city on Sunday, camera in hand.
 
Shangri-La Toronto groundbreaking photographed by UrbanDB - Toronto Real-Estate Database.

Making sure valet parking is ready for the crowd.
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Fair sized crowd.
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Everybody gets a gold helmet but the shovels weren't for general distribution.
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Speeches with a backhoe digging away in the background.
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Official photo-op.
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Congratulations all around.
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Workers playing in a very dirty trench.
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Workers trying to figure out how to accomplish something very quietly so as not to disturb the ceremony.
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Haha, I am just to the right of that first image of the valets (I was also wearing a red jacket)

Some of my shots I took

April 8, 2008

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I love this project. Great design, quick sales, construction. Bang, bang, bang. It made Trump look silly with his endless delays and intrigue.
 

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