Contra
Senior Member
Well, since it appears the show is back on the road....let's refresh where we're at. (Scroll wayyyyyyyyyyy down)
Toronto The One | 328.4m | 91s | Mizrahi Developments | Foster + Partners
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LMVDR
Active Member
That's probably better building conditions for the next developer to take over this project and start again.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
WTF, is that all you hope for?
ChesterCopperpot
Senior Member
He's been like a broken record on this thread repeating the same rubbish since he joined the forum
Lenser
Senior Member
In any case, it will be nice to see actual new photographs of progress being made on continued construction of The One. What we've been enduring in this thread over the past several weeks has been at times nauseating.
Say UrbanToronto had been around in 1914. Forum members would have been totally trilled to to see construction start on Union Station. The forum would have lit up like a pinball machine (we are going back after all). Tons of updates over the next 6 years as construction reached completion. A lot of great updates mixed with a lot of complaints about the length of time it was taking to work on Union (sound familiar?). 1920 comes and it was done. Awesome! But then something happened that caused great consturnation in the forum. It sat empty for the next seven year until it finally opened in 1927. 13 years from start to finally opening to the public. A boondoggle. Toronto can't do anything right. Look at any number of world class cities etc. etc. etc.
en.wikipedia.org
93 years later does anyone remember any of this (save for Wikipedia)? The reality is projects take time. Some run into issues but those issues are long forgotten. This could be delayed a 2 months or 20 but once done no one will remember or care. The internet has sped many things up. We need everything yesterday. But that's not reality. We should all just chill a little. Our need for updates will fulfilled soon enough.
Union Station (Toronto) - Wikipedia
93 years later does anyone remember any of this (save for Wikipedia)? The reality is projects take time. Some run into issues but those issues are long forgotten. This could be delayed a 2 months or 20 but once done no one will remember or care. The internet has sped many things up. We need everything yesterday. But that's not reality. We should all just chill a little. Our need for updates will fulfilled soon enough.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
Union was delayed since they took forever on how to decide to grade separate the rail corridor. One faction wanted to trench it and one wanted to elevate it, and there was a lot of disputes on who should pay for it as well as I recall. Even in 1927 they opened the station with a long walkway over York St to the old union station platforms. The elevated rail corridor and new train shed didn’t open until 1930.
Lenser
Senior Member
Benito
Senior Member
Today they are working again.
madknife
Active Member
yay!!! exciting stuff!!!
mizrahi please make sure you have your ducks in a row this time... this forum will self-implode if you get into trouble again!
mizrahi please make sure you have your ducks in a row this time... this forum will self-implode if you get into trouble again!
westtoeast
Active Member
Cloverfield
New Member
They're finally back to work
))).. i thought it was gonna take a long time...
))).. i thought it was gonna take a long time...
Benito
Senior Member
It isn't as large a compliment of workers on site, but there is work going on including the yellow crane.
Kenojuak
Active Member
They are still stuck on below-grade work. They can't take the project above grade yet.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
I imagine they have a week or two's worth of work to complete the grade slab pour, but yes, after that, it's back to "on hold". At least until they get the above grade permit. They may have it by the time that comes around however.