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Not to be annoying, but here's another follow-up from the Vancouver SkyTrain Broadway Extension. Posted at SSP today - here you can see tunnel segments being installed in the Mt. Pleasant Station pit. The tail of the TBM in the background is still in the station. The TBM is moving from right...

Hopefully better engineered than the one at the L Tower.

In Coquitlam outside Vancouver, T&T is going into a free-standing former HBC Home Outfitters store. If there's an empty Home Oufitters or future empty Bed, Bath or Beyond near Sherway Gardens, then they could take that space.

I think the beige panels and gray mullions have a bit of a mid-century vibe to it.

I just see supports/scaffolding in there. Aren't the mechanical floors also intended to be flow-through floors to lessen the wind load on the tower?

Interesting that there are vents behnd the cladding pieces, that exit through narrow slits at the bottom.

I'm curious why the two towers have different slab edges at the roof and how the cladding will be finsihed up there. It looks like the flush concrete may remain exposed, painted or clad with a flashing? Just adds to the oddities around the cladding.

From SSP Vancouver - Elsie TBM broke into the Broadway City Hall station box today (back right of pit)

Yeah, I thought the standard is about 7 floors behind to allow the concrete to properly cure? I think the cladding looks okay - there's a consistency to it. I like symmetry.

WOW! It has a finished ceiling above the platform AND tracks! That's impressive. Usually you see bare space with everything unfinished or painted black above the tracks.

For one, Oakridge is off the list as it has been almost completely demolished for redevelopment, so that would bump Square One up a notch! Oakridge: https://skyscraperpage.com/forum/showpost.php?p=9900865&postcount=1842

Yes, that's standard procedure here in Vancouver.

Thanks. I was wondering about that big blank area.

What's the building in back with the peaked roof and dormer windows? Almost looks like a church. Edit: From Google streetview from behind the Chelsea Inn. St. George's Hall: https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=12139

Maybe they think people working from home don't leave as often 😅

Another "back to basics" hobby that took off during the pandemic (along with baking).

With those massive platform station name signs, where's the space for advertising (seriously)? Are they not generating advertising revenue?

This screams "tripping hazard"! (even if you aren't blind)

For the exterior of the trains, TransLink (Vancouver) moved away from white because it got stained by rust from the tracks over time and looked awful.

The white metal panels are going to stand out a lot next to the warmer / concrete tones of the surrounding buildings (1 Bloor West, 2 Bloor West and Manulife Centre)