Every year during the CNE, countless pedestrians coming to and from Exhibition Place traverse the Dufferin Street bridge spanning the Gardiner Expressway. This vantage point is a fairly popular spot for photographers to capture shots of traffic on the Gardiner set against a picturesque backdrop of the Toronto skyline. In this week's Throwback Thursday, we take a look at the changing view east from the bridge between 2011 and 2016, showing the dramatic changes our city's skyline has undergone in just 5 years.

View east from the Dufferin Bridge, 2011, image by Marcus Mitanis

Five years after the above photo was captured, the same view in 2016 shows substantial changes to the cityscape. On the far right of the 2016-captured image below, the addition of several new condominium towers has extended the CityPlace/Fort York neighbourhood's skyline to the south and west. Partially obstructed by the "Exhibition Place" signage to the right of the CN Tower, the mixed-use South Core community has grown from just a few buildings in 2011, to the full-fledged southerly extension of the Downtown Core we know today. A number of new towers have been added to the central Downtown skyline, the most prominent of which is the L Tower, visible just right of centre in the shot below. The most obvious change in the landscape between the two images is seen on the left hand side, with the latter showing the recent growth of the Liberty Village neighbourhood.

View east from the Dufferin Bridge, 2016, image by Marcus Mitanis

We will return next week with another look at the changing face of Toronto!