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That's an old photo. The hole was there when I drove by it a couple weeks ago. I thought I saw some machinery in there, but could be wrong

That's more likely to happen with the province in control. The city was headed in the direction of scrapping the DVP/Gardiner connection

Let's go further. The garage gets replaced with a below grade exhibition space devoted to showcasing the history and contributions of Indigenous peoples to Toronto's history. Include an above ground pavilion (could be smaller, even just display windows) to highlight some present day Indigenous...

Downie Wenjack Square. Replace the grey pavers with checkerboard floors. Big upgrade to the stage. Put a giant tophat with a feather in it at the Yonge/Dundas corner. Instant landmark. Celebrates the current cultural norms. Who would possibly oppose it?

Neat word, I'd totally be down to have an actual Sankofa Square somewhere in the city, maybe in a space set up to promote some intergenerational interactions (chess boards? communal seating?), but Yonge-Dundas Square is so obviously not that space

I thought Canadian Tire rented all its locations from its own REIT?

Did the supplier change from phase 1? I was told it was to be high performance windowwall, but that was probably a year ago

These recreated/restored buildings always feel a bit like a theme park diorama. I think it's partly because they're too clean. I guess I expect 150 year old buildings to have a bit more patina

The supplier went bankrupt. This and a handful of other buildings were impacted. https://mnpdebt.ca/en/corporate/corporate-engagements/integrobuilding

Elevators, stairwells, and often washrooms. The core shrinks as it goes up, since not every bank of elevators goes all the way up. So it'll take up less space on higher floors.

I haven't heard that, but I have heard a different trade on site is having trouble and may be replaced. But other than a bit of a hiccup when the changeover happens that shouldn't have an impact on progress. This thing is probably so heavily bonded that it'd be almost impossible not to build at...

I was on Maritime Life, and that was in 2001, so that gives a pretty good reference point in time!

Ha. And like that, the question is solved! I think I liked my head canon that he was AP. I may stick with that, seeing that it's really inconsequential

I remember French Quarter, Spire, and Radio City being actively followed on the forum, back before we had threads per project and the updates were a bit more scattered. I'd also think the forum is more than 20 years old. Something I used to wonder about and sort of put out of mind was Billy...

It's curtainwall. Look directly above the installed frames. You can see the pockets for the curtainwall anchors right on the edge of slab. Now, whether curtainwall makes sense in this application is a whole other question. But those are curtainwall frames.

Curtainwall installation has started. Just a couple frames up so far. The glass block looks neat

I've seen one fall in many, many years. And yes, two of us grabbed him and got him up enough that he could get a hold of something and pull himself up. Most harnesses have built in foot straps now so that you can lift your feet and extend how long you can dangle. Theoretically, any worker who...

Depends where it is, how high it is, and a bunch of other factors. Ideally it's tempered *and* laminated though. There's at least two panes of glass in each unit. Tempering the inside pane to protect against kicks isn't really helpful. It's the outside pane that would need the protection, if...

Not sure if it's the case here, but sometimes they have un-glazed curtainwall frames for where the braces are, and they coordinate with the crane to temporarily reposition the brace, install the frame, then put the brace back through the frame. That might be what they're doing here, since they...

It's remarkable how different this stretch of Yonge feels with this tower. It's really fleshed out the streetscape