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[skycandy]

Those concrete blocks with the shim doesn't look terribly permanent to me.

AoD

Yeah makes more sense to sit farther down on the new concrete. Not sure how they plan to get it there...if those higher concrete structures are temporary.

 

[Red October]

Now the city just has to keep it clean.
(glances over at Puente de Luz)

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Now the city just has to keep it clean.
(glances over at Puente de Luz)

I don't think Puente de Luz was dirty - I think the paint just faded.

AoD

 

[Lenser]

Or perhaps it's merely stained from all the exhaust smoke from the daily barrage of trains passing beneath.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Or perhaps it's merely stained from all the exhaust smoke from the daily barrage of trains passing beneath.

Nope - you can compare the pics of the bridge when it opened to the more recent ones:

Puente de Luz Opens at Concord CityPlace | UrbanToronto

Puente de Luz, the pedestrian connection spanning the rails halfway between Bathurst and Spadina, opens to the public. The $8 Million connection links CityPlace to to city north of it, and is made a work of art by Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua.

urbantoronto.ca

Puente de Luz – as I walk Toronto

Posts about Puente de Luz written by Mary C

mcfcrandall.blog

Deposits from diesel exhaust is black - it would have darkened the bridge, not making it look faded.

AoD

 

[evandyk]

Since the crane got some love in this thread...

 

[3Dementia]

That's quite the optical illusion the way the struts looking like little more than cables when viewing the bridge square to camera.

 

[globalexpress]

Taken around 10 AM. Appears to be just inches above its final mounting position. (Note barge depth compared to yesterday's pics).

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North end...
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Very cool shots ! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Undead]

I was so turnt when this thing was fully turned

 

[Irishmonk]

I don't think there's anything in the city that combines function and jaw dropping beauty like these bridges. They even surpass the Humber bicycle bridge imo.

 

[kotsy]

Does anyone know when the steel beams underneath will be removed?

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Does anyone know when the steel beams underneath will be removed?

Those are the supports that the bridge was delivered on? If yes, when they remove the barge it all came on I suspect.

...in the meantime, it's dying for a "kotsy" tag! >.>

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

Sorry, I haven't followed this thread too close for the last little while. Do we have an ETA for the other bridges?

 

[globalexpress]

Too busy to head over but here's how it looks from our balcony today at noon ...

 

[architecture fan]

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Taken just now at 5:55 pm. Barge is gone only the temporary supports are in place.
(sorry for the quality, it's worst than I thought when viewed on a large screen).