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This week's Throwback Thursday takes us 342 metres above Downtown Toronto, comparing views of the city captured just over two years apart from the CN Tower's main observation level. Back in June, 2018, the view west from the tower showed a number of active construction projects. Starting from the left side of the photo, we can see the sites of the Canoe Landing Community Centre & Schools, as well as the West Block Est. 1928, The LakeShore, and The LakeFront complex within the Fort York-CityPlace area, and more unfolding directly across the tracks to the north with Minto Westside topped out, and excavation as well as the first crane visible for The Well. At the far right, the King Portland Centre and Kingly Condos complex was topped out and largely clad. Further to the west, (and getting increasingly hard to make out further into the background) the Ordnance Triangle area was home to construction of the first phase of the Garrison Point community, while a crane was visible for 99 Atlantic Avenue a few more blocks to the west. To the north (right) of 99 Atlantic, work was wrapping up on another wedge-shape stretch of land for the Kings Club complex. Across the tracks to the north of Liberty Village, a trio of cranes can just be made out, working on the expansion of CAMH. Barely visible in the distance across the bay, a pair of cranes mark the Eau du Soleil towers in the Humber Bay Shores area.
Just over two years later, all the projects mentioned underway in the 2018 photo have completed aside from The Well. In the foreground, a pair of cranes are partially obscured, marking the site of Concord Canada House. To the northwest across the tracks, multiple buildings are now rising at the site of The Well, while the newly-cleared site of Portland Commons is visible just to the west on Front Street. North of The Well, excavation is now in full swing at the large site of KING Toronto. To the west, the Garrison Point community now includes the topped-out Novus rental tower, partially obscuring the under-construction Liberty Central by the Lake.
A GIF further illustrates the changes in just over two years.
We will return next week with another look at the changing face of Toronto. In the meantime, you can submit your own Throwback Thursday comparisons in our dedicated Forum thread for your chance to be featured in next week's edition.
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