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spiral_static said:
It looks like you live in the Pinnacle Centre. What's the overall noise been like? Is it pretty bad? I live in Pinnacle too, but facing east on Yonge. I'm worried about the noise in the upcoming One Yonge project.
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The noisy work is pretty much over, it was mostly the shoring equipment doing the drilling and the pneumatic hammers digging into the bedrock/shale that caused the most problem. We have received letters from the engineers working on the building letting us know when noise might be an issue, but generally it's really not too disturbing.

Night work along the tracks is always bothersome, it's been going on for 10+years on and off and will continue into the future. Union Station has a 24 hour work schedule which we were aware of before we moved into the building. We purchased sound blocking drapes which solves about 90% of the problem. Again the biggest problem are vacuum trucks and the pneumatic hammers. The trains themselves just give off a low humming sound which can be quite pleasant. If however someone gets on the tracks or in the way of a train all hell brakes loose when the trains start blasting their horns. Multiple trains will blast their horns to sound the alarm. We also get to hear the Island Ferry horns and of course ACC 'He shoots H scores' horn, or Raptors 'We Win, We Win' horn, or even the BlueJays 'It's a Home Run' horn when the dome is open and the wind is in the right direction.

The joys of living in the city and we love it. :)
 
Michael62 said:
The noisy work is pretty much over, it was mostly the shoring equipment doing the drilling and the pneumatic hammers digging into the bedrock/shale that caused the most problem. We have received letters from the engineers working on the building letting us know when noise might be an issue, but generally it's really not too disturbing.

Night work along the tracks is always bothersome, it's been going on for 10+years on and off and will continue into the future. Union Station has a 24 hour work schedule which we were aware of before we moved into the building. We purchased sound blocking drapes which solves about 90% of the problem. Again the biggest problem are vacuum trucks and the pneumatic hammers. The trains themselves just give off a low humming sound which can be quite pleasant. If however someone gets on the tracks or in the way of a train all hell brakes loose when the trains start blasting their horns. Multiple trains will blast their horns to sound the alarm. We also get to hear the Island Ferry horns and of course ACC 'He shoots H scores' horn, or Raptors 'We Win, We Win' horn, or even the BlueJays 'It's a Home Run' horn when the dome is open and the wind is in the right direction.

The joys of living in the city and we love it. :)
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Thanks for the response. I didn't realise how much you can hear from your side of the complex. All we can hear is the Gardiner, and sometimes the trains. Those vacuum trucks, though, are on a different level. Thankfully they just finished up on our side! Btw your updates in this thread are fantastic.
 
Happy Friday, this is getting a bit more difficult to describe because the site is starting to resemble a 3D chess board as they are now working on three levels. Hopefully my descriptive skills will be strong enough not to confuse

Westside Story: Looking towards the north-west corner, along Bay Street near the north wall, the entire corner has been formed and some rebar work has begun on the P2 floor Looking between crane #2 and crane #1 between the P2 core formed walls and moving towards Bay St, the forming of the floor for next level, P1 has begun. More vertical walls have been added to the core area that runs north to south. All of the P2 level south from the west wall towards the east is complete. Hoped that worked :)

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Eastside Story: More of the P3 level has been poured, as work continues north to south near crane#3. The north wall has received the black plastic undercoating with a white plastic like overcoat and extensive rebar work being 'knitted' together continuing the north wall towards the east. They are nibbling away at the access ramp to Lake Shore Blvd. Cement trucks can no longer reach the P3 level. Slightly north of crane#3 there is a new pad that looks similar to the pads that were made to accept the permanent concrete pumping machines. I'm assuming that crane#3 will get it's own concrete pump shortly.

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Strange Advance said:
Benito and a few others also keep us well-stocked with updates, unless you mean this particular development.
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Yes, in this thread. Though @Michael62 offers not only great photos from a great vantage point but also does so like clock-work every week AND gives a commentary and explanation.
 
A couple of shots here from the east end of the Bush shed at Union. Nothing too obvious re: the future park deck above other than equipment strewn about, but…

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Does anyone know what they are doing in the small area north of 18 Yonge Street, against the rail yard? They've dug deep in that area too, but it's very small and extends to Yonge Street. It doesn't seem like they can do much there, but I'm curious as to what their plan is.
 
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