Toronto Lower Don Lands Redevelopment | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

milkycontent said:
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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Actually, they could run the Cherry line down to its base and then, rather than building a loop, have the crane lift and turn it round.
 
The Drum118 Bridge still seems to be taking forever with no progress, but again I'm probably missing massive progress that's staring me right in the face.


Looks like we've got nice stone on the corner of Keating Channel and Lower Don to break up those massive ice flows.


And last but not least, looks like Ookwmin Minising is currently not an Island but just a huge peninsula owing to this tiny temporary land bridge.
 
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hawc said:
The Drum118 Bridge still seems to be taking forever with no progress, but again I'm probably missing massive progress that's staring me right in the face.


Looks like we've got nice stone on the corner of Keating Channel and Lower Don to break up those massive ice flows.


And last but not least, looks like Ookwmin Minising is currently not an Island but just a massive peninsula owing to this tiny temporary land bridge.
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I think that the Lake Shore bridge will suddenly be 'finished' as the time-consuming thing is to build the new piers/supports and they seem just about done. Adding the 'spans' is comparatively simple but I do not know if they will be poured in place here or built off-site and 'only' mounted on them. I guess we will see soon enough!
 
Can anyone tell if this bridge is now disconnected from either side and resting entirely on the barge under it, or not yet?



I strongly doubt they would 'disconnect' the bridge until it is reduced to a skeleton and see no reason why they would want to.
 
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This link has likely been posted before (I missed it) but they added a ton of pics last summer… I stopped clicking “NEXT” after 100 photos lol.

If you are obsessed with the project (like me ;-) click on “Photographs” for a cornucopia of playground construction, planting etc shots … including some great close-ups of workers doin’ their thing.

https://portlandsto.ca/construction/pictures-2/
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I was on (New) Cherry today and they have totally cleared the site at SW corner of Lake Shore and New Cherry and done more clean-up on the site on SE corner too. They are also starting to do minor excabvation along the north side of the Keating Channel, presumably to fix the (quite deteriorated) dock wall - on both siders of New Cherry. In general lots of work going on with pouring concrete paths and moving earth around and spreading grass seed beside the old Fire Hall and on north side of Commissioners. Also note they are putting up a new fence parallel to Cherry and about 30 feet north of the dockwall

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hawc said:
The Drum118 Bridge still seems to be taking forever with no progress, but again I'm probably missing massive progress that's staring me right in the face.


Looks like we've got nice stone on the corner of Keating Channel and Lower Don to break up those massive ice flows.


And last but not least, looks like Ookwmin Minising is currently not an Island but just a huge peninsula owing to this tiny temporary land bridge.
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By the look of your photo for the new Lake Shore bridge, they have to excavate the existing land between the new piers to the west first before placing the steel beams on the piers. Then, they need the new west retraining deck wall in place as well and then can remove the existing land to widen the mouth of the Don there.

I have seen work on that new deck wall up the river.

looking at the piers, the bearing support, some piers have more as well wider space to the north.
 
3Dementia said:
This link has likely been posted before (I missed it) but they added a ton of pics last summer… I stopped clicking “NEXT” after 100 photos lol.

If you are obsessed with the project (like me ;-) click on “Photographs” for a cornucopia of playground construction, planting etc shots … including some great close-ups of workers doin’ their thing.

https://portlandsto.ca/construction/pictures-2/
portlandsto.ca
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Amazing pictures. Everyone one of them. I wonder if this job pays more than my UT job.
 
Always loving the aerials. Keep up the great work.

1. Little dismayed we haven’t seen any progress on the sediment diversion area. That whole area by lakeshore was supposed to be carved out no? Big ol swampy marshy area?

2. Are there parts of this area that are up in the air still? I haven’t the foggiest whether we’re ever seeing the “hybrid” Gardiner option, but feel like that was before the Ontario Line, and have no clue whether that effects the sediment area or if the GO/Ontario Line stuff does

3. I’m all in on suspending a classic train car. It can replace the CP24 truck on 299 Queen as our cities flying vehicle

4. Are there any records or expiring permits for the shelter that may indicate the time frame on the Queen’s Quay extension? The way things get cleared for construction in this city , I can’t see that adjacent site being left operational

5. Here’s the crane from afar
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DSC said:
I was on (New) Cherry today and they have totally cleared the site at SW corner of Lake Shore and New Cherry and done more clean-up on the site on SE corner too. They are also starting to do minor excabvation along the north side of the Keating Channel, presumably to fix the (quite deteriorated) dock wall - on both siders of New Cherry. In general lots of work going on with pouring concrete paths and moving earth around and spreading grass seed beside the old Fire Hall and on north side of Commissioners. Also note they are putting up a new fence parallel to Cherry and about 30 feet north of the dockwall

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It does look nice and tidy.
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The dredging of the Keating Channel has apparently re-started and will be 'finished' in 2025.

City and TRCA staff have recently finalized a delivery agreement, dredging work has commenced and it is expected to still be completed by the end of 2025. From: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ex/bgrd/backgroundfile-251008.pdf Page 39. (Ports Toronto used to dredge the Keating but decided they no longer wanted to a couple of years ago so it has been taken over by the City.)
 
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