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Interesting article in the New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/05/06/can-turning-office-towers-into-apartments-save-downtowns

I believe this is the next section west of that, only 800 metres, but somehow going to take 4 years.

I would've expected them to build the new concrete barriers before paving, I guess they'll be doing on top of the asphalt?

there's a treaty in place for Canada and the US to share water that's diverted from going over the falls https://www.niagarafallsinfo.com/niagara-falls-history/niagara-falls-municipal-history/boundary-waters-treaty/niagara-river-water-diversion-treaty/

. Edit: turns out theres's a UT thread with tons of amazing photos! https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/70s-era-cn-tower-photos-wanted-inside-construction-antenna-signing-opening-day.18892/page-4

they were delivered by flatbed truck, I got held up by one for 15 minutes going west on Lakeshore while it backed into a driveway. As you might expect in Toronto, this was during rush hour instead of at an off peak time like, say, the middle of the night.

that looks like a 3rd Gen Honda Accord (1986 - 1989) so probably around 1988/89 if it's indeed in the 80s

why on earth didn't they bury the hydro wires when redoing the streetscape, they look terrible. is there a plan to remove them?

hopefully on his way to upgrade his phone!

At least the commercial spaces are all occupied with generally useful businesses. Compare this to the retail stretching along the south side of queen, west of woodbine where most of the units for 3 or 4 blocks are vacant and have been for years.

I think a major factor which is rarely mentioned is how absurdly slow the typical streetcar seems to go, even with no traffic they never seem to go over 20km/h. Then there's the stop and crawl through intersections and a really long dwell time at each stop even to let 1 person on. I remember...

there were dug up areas that aren't part of the concrete walkways, you can see one to the right of the walkway in my pic. Contractors weren't Toronto Hydro

well, they managed to go about 5 months before digging up the pristine street, already a couple of asphalt patches also

I like it the best but it does look like they pulled it out of a catalogue of 100s of bridges they have already designed, for when competitions require a response lol

don't forget about the wooden pole, installed in 2014