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A few shots from a week ago. Better late than never! Forgive the dirty windscreen!

This is probably the ONLY Metrolinx project that is running ahead of schedule so I'm sure they would like to boast about it as much as possible. To be fair this is also one of the easiest projects that Metrolinx is running too. Underground TBM, lots of space in the ROW for underground station...

Remembered something from one of the previous open houses focusing specifically on the station entrances of the Kipling-Eglinton station. They put a lot of emphasis on this station as it had to navigate the preservation of the woodlot as well as deal with the gas main on the south side of...

Do subway lines only have to terminate at important nodes? Let's go through the historical terminal stations for the TTC. Union (Yes), Eglinton (No), St. George (No), Keele (No), Woodbine (No), Islington (No), Warden (No), York Mills (No), Finch (Yes), Wilson (No), Kipling (No), Kennedy (No)...

Well by that logic then we shouldn't have built a subway station at Kipling. Here's an aerial view of the Kipling Station area around the time that the extension from Islington was being built. Talk about a train to nowhere: The redeeming aspect of Kipling was the number of bus connections...

This picture has me thinking which of the 2 supertalls will be taller overall from "sea" level. The Sky Tower shows the tallest point to be 428.65m from sea level which equates to the 351.85m height from the local ground level. 1 Bloor West doesn't show the final height relative to the sea...

A few pics from this evening:

A few shots from tonight: (edit: attached the correct pictures now)

From in front of Union:

A few night shots:

A few shots from today:

Couple of shots from today:

Continuing my deep-dive on this matter, if in case there should actually be a total of 11 white architectural elements in the elevation drawings, this is approximately what that would look like! Compared to what is currently shown:

Ok, so please take the following for what it's worth and by all means critiques are welcome! This is the rendering that is included in the cover page of the most recent revision of the Architectural Plans: Paying attention just to the top section of the tower as shown below we see that there...

Night shots: