Toronto 160 Front West | 239.87m | 46s | Cadillac Fairview | AS + GG

[lego.technic]

Just arrived. Time to start drilling....

 

[khaldoon]

Most of the site had been drilled/shored already. They brought back the drilling machine to do the south east quadrant of the site that up until now had the remnants of the old building on it.

 

[lego.technic]

some pics from today

 

[someMidTowner]

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[raptor]

The shoring machine has completed its duties. Full steam ahead now for excavation.

 

[Contra]

It's an impressively massive sight once you see it with everything cleared out of the way. Will be putting together a progress drawing for this one once it starts going upwards since it seems we have some pretty solid angles being posted!

 

[lego.technic]

 

[Red Mars]

Sept 27, 2019

 

[officedweller]

Saw the demolition of this building on an episode of Salvage Kings last night on History Channel.
They salvaged the wood beams - but had a tough time removing all the nails.

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They also sold the old brass sconces from the Royal York lobby for $10,000 (for all 10, 8 complete, 2 missing glass shades)
The 3 pronged sconces are shown in this video here:

 

[innsertnamehere]

Unrelated, but I still hate how the Fairmount removed their lobby staircase. I'm not sure if it's original or not, but that was my favourite part of that building.

 

[lego.technic]

From today....

 

[someMidTowner]

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[Gizmo]

 

[lego.technic]

 

[someMidTowner]

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