Toronto Mirvish Village (Honest Ed's Redevelopment) | 85.04m | 26s | Westbank | Henriquez Partners

[ProjectEnd]

Hurrah! We removed 212 units!

 

[ADRM]

Hurrah! We removed 212 units!

Pretty frustrating to be reminded of the tenor of that debate in our city. And that's from one of the sane councillors.

 

[smably]

On the other hand, the average unit is probably larger now. I'd be curious to see the total number of bedrooms before/after. I'm more concerned with the reduction to residential GFA.

 

[Marcanadian]

Sunday:

Honest Ed's by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Honest Ed's by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Honest Ed's by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

Honest Ed's by Marcus Mitanis, on Flickr

 

[Torontovibe]

 

[ponyboy]

They've been drilling out circular pieces of the sidewalk and putting yellow covers on top. You can see the circular pieces stacked up in the next to last photo. Also, in the back, they have started to remove some of the building. Maybe demo will begin soon.

 

[maestro]

IIRC, the cover with the 4 painted on it is a water shut off value.

 

[ShonTron]

If the rear is cut open, that's to facilitate interior demolition. It's finally underway, yet you can't yet tell from Bloor or Bathurst Streets.

 

[ADRM]

Demo is indeed underway.

 

[smably]

Mike Layton on Twitter: "Sample of Mirvish Vil construction hoarding arrives on Bloor. Maybe it's the development need in me, but that's nice hoarding"

It is indeed some pretty nice scaffolding:

https://twitter.com/m_layton/status/921143501475246080

 

[P23]

Is there any practical reason to use metal panels for the walls instead of plywood? Seems far more costly and would probably look just as ugly after it's been tagged, plastered with posters and dented.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Application:
Building Additions/Alterations
Status:
Examiner's Notice Sent
Location:
571 BLOOR ST W
TORONTO ON
Ward 19: Trinity-Spadina
Application#:
17 230992 BLD 00 BA
Accepted Date:
Sep 11, 2017
Project:
Multiple Unit Building
Work:
Shoring
Description:
Proposal for soil remediation/shoring including vertical drilling, corner bracing and horizontal struts for future mixed use development - Mirvish Village Redevelopment Address includes 571, 581, 585, 593, 595, and 597 Bloor St W, 738, 740, 742, 744, 746, 754, and 760 Bathurst St, 28 lennox St, 581, 583, 585, 587, 589, 591, 593, 595, 597, 599, 601 and 603 Markahm St.

 

[MetroMan]

Is there any practical reason to use metal panels for the walls instead of plywood? Seems far more costly and would probably look just as ugly after it's been tagged, plastered with posters and dented.

The hoardings will have community art applied to those walls. We’ll see if it discourages posters and vandalism.

 

[innsertnamehere]

Also, they got their demolition permits on October 5th. So that is why it is finally ramping up now.

 

[ADRM]

The hoardings will have community art applied to those walls. We’ll see if it discourages posters and vandalism.

Biked by this morning and 100% of the pieces that were up had already been tagged.