Toronto The Taylor | 121m | 36s | Tricon | Diamond Schmitt

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There was an OMB approval for a tower in the 140m range a year or so ago. Radio silence since.

It's evolving. Different firm than when the approval was granted.

 

[tstormers]

Taken this morning.

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Apr 8, 2018

 

[AHK]

The 57 Spadina building is almost completely gone - just a stub of the back walls left standing, and some piles of sorted demolition materials (bricks, metal components) remaining to be removed. The front of the building above grade is completely gone - just the Spadina frontage hoarding is now visible.

 

[junctionist]

I thought at first that they were demolishing the narrow and long 1980s office building with the pink mirrored glass and the vertical stripes along the western sidewall. Losing 393 King Street West would be unfortunate, even though a quick Google search shows that it was converted to condos at some point.

 

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Very blurry, apologies…

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[Red Mars]

Pic taken Apr 18, 2018

 

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Yesterday:

 

[PMT]

Yesterday:

 

[AHK]

The next phase of construction - shoring - is now actively underway, Rumble Foundations started work at the site, 57 Spadina, on Wednesday, May 30. A slow start, as on the very next day, a service truck lost control on Spadina northbound early Thursday morning, crashed, was moved into the driveway abutting the site, and proceeded to block any access to the site, with a concrete truck stuck there for a number of hours.....

Anyway, here is a picture of the Rumble crew starting their setup - from Wednesday morning, May 30,

 

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A second shoring machine was delivered to 57 Spadina yesterday. Shoring activities are now well underway.

 

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Another photo of the steel shoring beams on site at 57 Spadina. While it is hard to tell from the angle at which this photo was taken, the three beams in front are 60 feet long. The beams in the piles to the left of the first three are a little bit shorter, still over 50 feet long, but not quite as long as the ones in front. Seems to be very deep for a residential building - typical slab-to-slab for the parking garage areas would only be in the 9 - 10 foot range (maybe even a bit less), so that would equate to six levels below grade - which seems a lot.

 

[tstormers]

Just another view from my office window. Going to add to my skyline view once it is above grade.

 

[Red Mars]

Pic taken June 7, 2018

 

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