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July 12 Evening: Still somewhat doubtful about the anticipated late this year for planned residential occupancy, looks like there is still much to be completed, unless lower portions of the buildings are completely self-contained with all necessary building operations and life-safety systems...

July 12 Evening - from Wellington and Portland. West mountain is still going up.

The building was only ugly as when 555 Richmond was built, the post and beam warehouse was reclad to mirror 555 building exterior. Inside, the post and beam building was quite spectacular, with an atrium, and a number of open facing offices. Except for the basement, which housed an underground...

August 12 - Five roof trusses now up on the north side of King Street temporary structure. Lots of overhead work going on today.

August 12: Front Street sidewalk Portland Street sidewalk Still missing some cladding sections. And not sure about the terrace door surrounds - detailed photo of one of the terrace doors below. Nice terrace facing Portland Street and Victoria Memorial Square Still not sure...

List of Homonyms, Homophones, and Homographs Here is a list of some of the most common homonyms, homophones, and homographs. The first column contains homonyms in alphabetical order, while the second and third columns list the corresponding homonym, homophone, or homograph, as applicable...

The company is gone now though? I guess SmartCentres will need to find a new tenant. 1. SmartCentres owns the building - SmartCentres was the original developer on behalf of their signed tenant Bad Boy. 2. My understanding - at the SmartCentres first quarter results conference call in...

Cladding installed to date on the north side of 400 King West: And the view from Charlotte Street:

August 7 - The Bathurst Street sidewalk area has been cleaned up a lot, much of the building material being staged there and associated equipment has been removed.

August 7 - Clifford Heritage Restorations on site today, along with a shiny new piece of their equipment. Normally one might not expect them back until time to work on the restored facades, closer to completion, but... Apparently, some of their stabilizing framework on the south side front...

August 7 - From a bit higher up:

August 7 - A long time coming, but the sidewalk in front of Maverick is finally getting close to the finish line. Concrete is complete, the decorative stone section along the street edge is in progress, and the landscape contractor is preparing the sidewalk planters.

August 7 - 400 King West is definitely moving quickly.

TTC drivers about to start their training will take drivers out of their regular cycles - some backfill required. Walking along King between Spadina and Portland around midday today, three streetcars went by with operators on training runs.

August 6 - Two more trusses assembled with additional components stacked on site for assembly.

August 6 - West Mountain has at least one more floor to go.

This is going back a long way - CP was trying to get out of its passenger services even before VIA was established - CP abandoned its Montreal / Toronto passenger service leaving the field to CN I believe in the 1960's. CN at the time increased its service as a consequence, publicly announcing...

July 2 - The steel girder framework for the mechanical penthouse areas on top of the taller tower was installed this week - went very quickly.

August 2 - Evening, and the exterior lighting is on. Also, the asphalt has been lifted from the areas behind this and the Le Select building in preparation for resurfacing - outdoor patio and landscaping areas.

July 31 - On a different note - seen outside the Whitby GO Transit Maintenance Facility today: