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A Torontonian Now said:
Taken yesterday, while I was impersonating one of @hawc's drones:

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This photo shows well where the new pedestrian/cycling bridge will be going. They are supposed to be starting the preparation of the 'landing points' soon..

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I may have just missed it earlier, but I think that's the first shot I've seen of what they've done with the "spillway" south of the bend in the river mouth.
 
A Torontonian Now said:
Taken yesterday, while I was impersonating one of @hawc's drones:

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Ha! Great shots. They really show how what feels like half of the project is still mud. Like everything west of Cherry is just a waste land still. I know it's all being shaped and contoured and stuff but man this is a big project.

Also, love the landing gear shot. My grandfather designed and engineered that landing gear. Cool to see his work every time I fly a Q400. He also designed and engineered the landing gear on the Arrow and if you're a plane nerd and like to watch planes like the 777 touch down you'll see the back wheels of the main gear touch down before the front wheels (they don't all touch down at once) that was one of his patents to prevent wheel shudder. Now you know! ;)
 
Out of curiosity, what did that concrete encased bridge contain? I always assumed it housed utility pipes crossing the Don...but recent shots here suggest that it was much more pointless then that.
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
Out of curiosity, what did that concrete encased bridge contain? I always assumed it housed utility pipes crossing the Don...but recent shots here suggest that it was much more pointless then that.
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The concrete Enbridge bridge held a large and major gas pipe that ran from the Enbridge hub on Eastern Avenue (just east of the rail berm) and served most of west side Toronto. They moved it underground a couple of years ago and upgraded their line going to the west end under Lake Shore last year. There is a thread on their work on Eastern at https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ue-22-98m-3s-enbridge-walterfedy.30735/page-3
 
DSC said:
The concrete Enbridge bridge held a large and major gas pipe that ran from the Enbridge hub on Eastern Avenue (just east of the rail berm) and served most of west side Toronto. They moved it underground a couple of years ago and upgraded their line going to the west end under Lake Shore last year. There is a thread on their work on Eastern at https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threa...ue-22-98m-3s-enbridge-walterfedy.30735/page-3
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Actually, it is even more important than that, as it is the bottom end of a major Enbridge gas distribution pipeline that comes via the Don Valley from north of Richmond Hill where it is supplied with transmission gas from others and now is also fed from other reinforced sources from further west as well (ask me how I know!). It does connect to Eastern Avenue station, where the pressure is cut and then a lower pressure pipeline extended west into the City and I believe also provides for the Portland Energy Centre. It's a lotta gas!!!
 
Okay I was in the camp that the crane, despite its heritage status, wasn't really working for me as public art/statue/whatever you call it for this new park (mostly because the city is so blanketed with cranes that it doesn't feel novel.)

But now I think we should definitely keep it so long as there is an old streetcar permanently suspended in the air.
 
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