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This week's Throwback Thursday takes us to the Cherry Street Lift Bridge in Toronto's Port Lands, comparing a pair of west-facing views from the bridge over the Keating Channel captured two years and ten months apart. Traveling back to May, 2018, the view from the bridge focused on the creation of new land in Toronto Harbour. Crane-topped barges could be seen working away on piling for a new seawall along the channel, while lake filling activity was visible to the rear. In the background, the Aquavista at Bayside development had topped off in the East Bayfront, while further to the right, a crane was visible rising behind the completed Monde, working on the Lighthouse Towers at Daniels Waterfront.
Fast forward to March, 2021, and the new land has extended the Keating Channel westward, while it is now spanned by the Cherry Street North Bridge, which will replace the existing lift bridge on a realigned Cherry Street. In the background, the now-complete Aquavista has been obscured by sibling development Aquabella at Bayside to its immediate east. The completed Lighthouse Towers now join the East Bayfront skyline, while cranes mark the locations of the new 65 King Street East and Scotiabank North Tower at Bay Adelaide Centre office towers on the right side of the image.
We will return in a few weeks with another look at the changing face of Toronto. In the meantime, you can submit your own Throwback Thursday comparisons in our dedicated Forum thread for your chance to be featured in next week's edition.
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