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New, freshly poured sidewalk for 88 Bathurst:

October 23 - Next stage of excavation for the south side has started. Along with a site worker putting on a show for the picture. North side - trim being installed along the corner - suspect that it is more to stop the wind catching the canopy covering than for its esthetic effect...

October 23 - Back at work at 8:05 this morning:

October 31 - North side excavation. How it works - after the bin has been filled at the bottom of the shaft, the crane lifts it up and positions the bin beside the blue frame on the right. The blue frame has a flange on its side - the crane lowers the bin against the flange, and as it lowers...

From Monday, October 21: The truck on the left of the photo is from an irrigation systems company, a water supply pipe can be seen in the ground above. Later in the day, a truck was pouring concrete in the curb forms for the sidewalk..

October 21: Really popping in this afternoon's sun. Also - setting up for a major event this evening.

Gives great confidence when something as basic as Wellington Street West is mislabelled as 'Wellington Street E' in the Massing Perspectives.

Sunday, October 20: From Wellington and Portland - The One is definitely taller than 1 Bloor East.

Final update from late Friday, October 18. The installation crew was finishing up after a long day - additional sections installed. The spyder crane was being moved over to the next section in preparation for the coming weeks work. Interesting unit - it chimes and audibly announces when it...

Some final exterior work - installation of glass awnings over the Adelaide facing ground level sections:

The main visible work at the site is the rehabilitation of the legacy townhouse units. Short note for anyone not familiar with the background on these units. The initial plans for this development would have included a full site basement garage, with these buildings deconstructed brick by...

South side of King Street - still preparing for the next level of excavation to start. The ladder provides an indication of the current excavation depth: Prefab stair sections - and indication of depth to come:

October 18 - Exterior cladding still not quite complete:

October 18 - The amount of rebar for the size of this site is unreal. First project I know where the site is so tight that a separate rebar cage assembly area has been set up off-site on Pearl Street. Nirvana for steelworkers - there certainly were enough of them on the site Friday afternoon...

October 18 - Flying Formwork:

October 17 - Judging by the number of supply vehicles arriving at this site, along with the constant activity of the construction elevators, there is a lot of work going on inside the building preparing all the units and interior common element areas. Visible activities on the exterior include...

October 17 Updates: 1. The East Mountain has been topped off, now at full height. The remaining formwork still to come down from the upper floors will be removed once the concrete has completed its initial hardening process. 2. Glazing installation continues to pick up speed, with more...

October 17 - Full Moon transiting 160 Front Street, peeking through the mechanical penthouse as it goes:

October 16 - 9:30 AM, Ongoing installation, but still only appears to be a single crew on site.

October 15: South west corner station excavation, along with additional core sample drilling on the Spadina Street southbound curb lane on both the north and south sides of Queen Street. Having only one southbound through plus right turn traffic lane at the Spadina and Queen intersection did...