AHK
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January 4, 2024
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Conrad Bidet
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Is king and bathurst going to feel like yonge and eglinton where it felt like they were digging to the centre of the earth for the last decade?
adys123
Active Member
There is no underpinning of an active transit station above and the station will be mined. So aside from the two shafts where the headhouses will be, there will not be much disruption to the surface in addition to what is already being experienced.
Conrad Bidet
New Member
Thank you, that is reassuring to hear.
AHK
Senior Member
Friday, January 12: From above - ongoing demolition of both the south and north of King Street buildings. First, the Banknote (south side) building, followed by the buildings on the north side of King Street. A side note - notice has been sent by Metrolinx that the retention structure for the Banknote building King Street facade is due to be erected sometime the week of January 15.
The buildings on the north side of King Street:
The buildings on the north side of King Street:
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irishboy
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Seeing some progress
King and Bathurst station. South side:
King and Bathurst station. South side:
irishboy
New Member
Work is coming along:So does this mean they will be turning 668 King Street into a station too? I am happy they are keeping these heritage buildings but it does suck losing two structures that make for really nice retail/restaurant atmospheres. On the other hand, they will be cool subways stops
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rdaner
Senior Member
I didn’t take a pic but there is a crane base being assembled on the southeast corner. Bright yellow!
AHK
Senior Member
January 23 - morning photos:
The retention structure in progress for the Banknote building front facade. Also a current status of the ongoing activities - the steadily shrinking building on the north side of King Street.
The retention structure in progress for the Banknote building front facade. Also a current status of the ongoing activities - the steadily shrinking building on the north side of King Street.
officedweller
Senior Member
Nice that they preserved a sidewalk within the bracing structure.
tstormers
Senior Member
Was surprised to see a Cottage Springs logo on the wall this morning. Couldn't grab a photo of it, but saw it peaking out in @AHK 's photos above. Not sure how old Cottage Springs is as a company to have a really old logo, or they were tenants and added it, or lastly someone just really wanted it on their wall haha.
Photo by @AHK
Photo by @AHK
sprtn
New Member
They were a building tenant!
tstormers
Senior Member
Thanks for that info! Pretty cool to see it while driving by.
AHK
Senior Member
January 26 - Update photos, work is progressing quite quickly on both the north and south side of King Street buildings. South side first, then the north side. Last photo on the north side shows a detail I have not seen before - a panelized section of the front facade of the main building loaded up and ready to go to its off-site storage location.
North Side of King Street - not much left of these two buildings now:
North Side of King Street - not much left of these two buildings now:
AHK
Senior Member
Monday, January 29 - A couple of photos from above, some more from the street. First, the south building, then the north building:
And the north building:
And the north building: