[A Torontonian Now]

From Yesterday:

 

[ProjectEnd]

Shoring starting soon:

 

[AHK]

FINALLY - Issued Today- From the City of Toronto Permit Status Web Site (additional formatting by me):

Application Detail
Application: Building Additions/Alterations

Status: Permit Issued

Location: 19 DUNCAN ST
TORONTO ON M5H 3H1
Ward 20: Trinity-Spadina
Application#: 17 128160 BLD 00 BA
Issued Date: Jun 1, 2018
Project: Other
Work: Shoring
Description: Proposed excavation and shoring for soil remediation and Facade Retention with structural supports​

 

[AHK]

Finally, after such a long wait for substantive work on 19 Duncan - first of the steel shoring beams being delivered to the site:

 

[condovo]

I'm looking forward to this handsome building rising in the skyline.

 

[interchange42]

Yesterday:

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[isaidso]

I'm looking forward to this handsome building rising in the skyline.

I'd agree with you if the original design shown below was still being built. After the usual 'improvements' it doesn't look all that attractive any more. We're getting something bland instead.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Glad EllisDon is now on this. It's a complicated build and likely out of Ledcor's ability.

 

[smably]

The latest SPA docs have curtain wall for the entire tower, plus curved glass at the corners, which should give it a nice King Portland Centre vibe. I think this will look very sleek.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Still curtain wall but the shadow boxes have been VE'd out unfortunately. Will still look fantastic though.

 

[isaidso]

The latest SPA docs have curtain wall for the entire tower, plus curved glass at the corners, which should give it a nice King Portland Centre vibe. I think this will look very sleek.

I hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

 

[smably]

Still curtain wall but the shadow boxes have been VE'd out unfortunately. Will still look fantastic though.

I trust that you're more in the loop than I am on these things, but the SPA submission from July still has the shadow boxes!

 

[Dr. Snoot]

I'm looking forward to this thing being finished because it is blocking most of Adelaide Street. 2021 will be great.

 

[RonThom]

I trust that you're more in the loop than I am on these things, but the SPA submission from July still has the shadow boxes!
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I'm trying to understand, in the context of envelope design, what a shadow box is. ELI5?

 

[interchange42]

A shadow box typically has a plate of clear glass fronting it with coloured (usually gray) aluminum panel a few inches behind it. As the sun moves across the sky, you get shadows that slowly change in each box, giving the envelop some depth and texture. It's a subtle but nice effect.

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