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Gerrard Portal

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Dundas Bridge

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Restored backyards on Dundas

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Queen & DeGrassi

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81-717 said:
I know, right? Can't believe my dislike of these (and these) vs. my preference for houses in suburbia & apartment buildings puts me "firmly in the minority". This is one of the things I can never understand.
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Those working class row houses were simply the 1910 equivalent of the 600-sq ft studio condo… ie all that the buyer of that era could afford. Nicely kept up at least. Far more sprawl-resistant than post WwII ranch homes, so worthy of appreciation.

But all that new expensive wood fencing…wow.

I’m less sure I like the stark bland massing of these new retaining walls. Soon to be tagged, no doubt. I don’t know how one makes a six-track railway corridor unobtrusive, but this may not be it.

- Paul
 
crs1026 said:
Those working class row houses were simply the 1910 equivalent of the 600-sq ft studio condo… ie all that the buyer of that era could afford. Nicely kept up at least. Far more sprawl-resistant than post WwII ranch homes, so worthy of appreciation.
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We have that in Cabbagetown too.

There are little rows they call 'workers cottages' quite modest in front but then a lot of people open them up in back and build extensions on and they get huge.

So from the front they all look the same and look like it's still the 1800s, but inside it's all modern and like the Dr. Who TARDIS.

If people can keep these heritages properties looking original and up kept I think that's ideal.

I just smiled because in these cases the new Metrolinx backyards look so clean and perfect by comparison.

Then this is my street (Salisbury) which isn't the workers cottages exactly I think it's called Bay & Gable or something. But all from the 1800s.

 
Lower Don Crossing update:
The West section they built over the last couple weeks has been shifted to the West. They've added more suspension cables as well.
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Exhibition TBM update:
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TBM Support Area:
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urbanclient said:
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"In total, Toronto had 106 active cranes, followed by 42 in Los Angeles, 24 in Calgary, and 17 in Seattle. This landslide comes even after RLB reduced Toronto's survey area to only the downtown core in Q1 2024. Now, just cranes located within 3.5 kilometres of the Bloor Street West and Avenue Road centre are included."
https://storeys.com/toronto-crane-count-q1-2025/
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Interesting methodological change. What is the point of it? Does construction not taking place in the downtown core not count?

Or were they tired of getting accused of having bad data because Toronto was off the charts?
 
hawc said:
Great Shot Kotsy. So is all that white structure permanent or just part of the temporary set up to get the tunnel boring machine underground?
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The first machine is (mostly?) in the pit already. The white superstructure is the conveyor system that brings the excavation spoils out of the tunnel and places it in holding areas at the far east end, to be transferred to dump trucks to be hauled away.
What hasn’t appeared yet is any sign of the tunnel segments that the TBM will install as it proceeds. Looks like there is still plenty of assembly and testing before the whole system is ready to begin boring.
Hard to say whether they have started to assemble the second machine, doesn’t look like it feom what we can see.
- Paul
 
I wouldn't be surprised if they stagger the launch of the two TBMs by a few months - the first one may be out of the pit digging by the time the second one is assembled.
 
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