Toronto Bijou on Bloor | 42.1m | 12s | Plaza | BDP Quadrangle

[A Torontonian Now]

I wouldn't read too much into the speed of demo, but that seems like a very realistic timeframe for a building this size.

 

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Taken today:

Black fabric now loosely obscures the site, but it is not hard to find some spots where pics can be taken:

 

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Nothing remains of any of the buildings here except for the cinema. Taken today:

 

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I was by the site and captured it earlier this morning.

From the front, it looks like there is no change and nothing happening:

The rear of the site tells a different story. The theatre is getting eaten from the inside out:

 

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Yesterday, not much change apparent from outside, but they are starting to fill and level the ground, and there's always lots of GFL equipment and workers on site:

 

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Taken yesterday, the leveling out of the site (excluding the remaining cinema shell) using what appears to be gravel fill has progressed a fair bit:

 

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A lot of very heavy equipment on site today, including a mobile crane, and scaffolding is being raised along the Bloor Street side of the former cinema. My assumption is that this is all in preparation of demolition of the cinema, but would welcome confirmation from forum members with better construction knowledge.

Taken today:

 

[Towered]

Shoring underway.

 

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Shoring, taken yesterday:

 

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Taken today:

 

[tomasblender]

What are those giant things they're putting into the ground in Ottawan's second photo? Also any ideas of the grey things on the ground?

 

[Undead]

What are those giant things they're putting into the ground in Ottawan's second photo? Also any ideas of the grey things on the ground?

The cylinders are piles intended to make the area better for the building's foundation by compacting the earth.

 

[gregv]

November 14

 

[tomasblender]

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Taken today: