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Lisbon, Portugal ... The Hospital de Bonecas in the Praca Da Figueira Or. The oldest doll hospital in the world. It has been repairing dolls since 1830.

Renos currently taking place in the old TD Bank/Elephant & Castle spot @ Yonge & Gerrard. No idea who's going in there.

North crane is coming down this weekend.

^ Does that look familiar. I think it's the same hoarding they used on 1 Bloor East.

Maybe the Weston family has a thing for heritage. I'm sure converting Maple Leaf Gardens to a Loblaws wasn't cheap. But yes, it is surprising for such a relatively small property.

New opening date is Dec 18. Thankfully they're re-installing that curved glass window on the corner. Because it's heritage, signage will be very discreet. Gold or bronze lettering lit from below on the horizontal brown section above the windows. Apparently the new sidewalks and city inspections...

Maybe he's thinking of their development in the west end, on Sterling I think. It went belly up and caused a big uproar.

Elmsley Place near Bay & St. Joseph St. Originally part of John Elmsley's Clover Hill Estate and now a private road owned by the University of Toronto. This was Toronto's first subdivison, originally containing 6 houses (5 remain) built in the 1890s. The street is named after John Elmsley, who's...

^ Yup, this could be another Yonge & Eglinton?

Saturday. About a half dozen workers on site today. Forms are being installed around the supercolumns. If you look right centre you can see the massive amount of rebar being installed to connect the supercolumns.

James Canning Gardens on the east side of this condo. I believe the improvements here were funded by section 37 $ from Clover Condo. Improvements are pretty substantial here and it has a very different look than the other parks running adjacent to Yonge.

Only about a dozen workers on site today and most of them were working on those rebar walls that are connecting the supercolumns.