Toronto Paintbox | ?m | 26s | Daniels | Diamond Schmitt

[skycandy]

Insulation installation...

Liking the multi-level narrow connecting bridge between the two buildings.

Multitude of supports for (hopefully) upcoming brick-finish on one of several faces.

SW corner...nice to see the heating elements under the floor sections which overhang balconies/terraces.

RP becoming more visible from so many vantage points now compared to yesteryear.

 

[SelenaL]

Block 24 south is set to be completed by Spring 2018 according to Toronto Affordable Housing website. The official address is 50 Regent Park Boulevard and will offer 18 2 Bedroom units and 29 3 bedroom units apart of affordable housing. If you would like to move into this building, TCHC will start taking applications in Fall 2017.

 

[skycandy]

Dismantling of the crane this morning.

Cable spooling etc.

Most weights removed for balancing, prior to taking off first crane extension.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Very jealous of your view skycandy. I regret moving out of Paintbox a few years back.

 

[achender]

From today.

 

[skycandy]

Brick - laid brick by brick - spreading across the building. Just completed and being cleaned on connecting bridge (first two pics).

Looks deep burgundy on a cloudy day like today. (And darker/richer looking than the rendering as posted on previous page by @interchange42 ).

All the blue is prep prior to brick laying. NE view.

SE views.

North view with brick on building's SE corner...

 

[TheKingEast]

Not liking the white. It's going to get so dirty.

 

[skycandy]

Not liking the white. It's going to get so dirty.

A gleamingly white Paintbox to its north, and OPP to its immediate east would suggest this should be fine too. And it sure beats grey!

 

[Torontovibe]

It's amazing to me the difference red makes over gray! For me, it makes a huge difference, just the way those colours make me feel. White is harder to keep clean but the red and white look so good together.

 

[condovo]

Handsome project. The strip windows give this a vaguely German, modernist vibe.

 

[Torontovibe]

 

[Skeezix]

Do you really need to post the same video in more than one Regent Park thread?

 

[buildup]

Growing up in a construction zone, there's a good possibility a lot of these young kids, new to Canada, will become inspired to join construction, trades, engineering, urban design. At least I hope so. I'm huge fan of Daniels.

 

[skycandy]

The greening of Toronto, one roof at a time. A few shots over the past few days.

And taken this morning... (beginning to add sod on northern roof as well)

Taken late last week ...filling in the holes where the scaffold supports were...

And this morning again...all the blue will soon turn to rich burgundy.

 

[interchange42]

Great shots, thanks @skycandy! I've seen cross section diagrams of green roof plantings before, and I swear that there are normally more layers than what we are seeing in your shots, but I suppose there's more than one way to do it.

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