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New year, new construction milestones
2011 is getting off to a foggy, soggy start in Toronto (it’s 10 degrees Celsius and pouring rain as I write), but the wet weather won’t put a damper on the frenetic pace of building activity across the...
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Living Shangri-La Toronto hotel & condo tower construction site signs have...
Just one of several hot pink signs atop the Living Shangri-La Toronto tower Think pink: You can’t miss the Living Shangri-La Toronto construction at 180 University Avenue (at Adelaide Street West),...
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City Scene: Adelaide Street keeps growing taller
Towers rising: This view of Toronto’s Financial District — seen yesterday from the intersection of Adelaide Street West and Widmer Street — will change considerably in the next few months as the...
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Angular cube frame draws eyes to northeast corner of Living Shangri-la...
The large metal frame at the Living Shangri-la Toronto construction site University Avenue median view of the cube frame on March 29 2011 Big white cube: Downtown Toronto has been teeming with...
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The skyline and CityPlace on a sunny winter day
Toronto growing taller <> A view of the downtown Toronto skyline, looking east from the Bathurst Street Bridge this afternoon. The cityscape boasts three new skyscrapers, including Charlie...
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Demolition clears site for Tableau condo tower
January 14 2011: This photo is a year old, but this was basically what the Peter & Richmond Street site for Tableau Condominiums looked like the last time I passed by a little less than two weeks...
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Living Shangri-la to unveil Zhang Huan sculpture
May 4 2012: Rising, a dramatic sculpture by contemporary artist Zhang Huan, will be unveiled Saturday at this location outside the Living Shangri-la Toronto tower on University Avenue, between...
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TIFF crowd gets first look at Living Shangri-La as new 5-star hotel/condo...
August 22 2012: The city’s newest 5-star hotel, the Shangri-La Hotel Toronto, looms to the northwest of the Fairmont Royal York, the grande dame of Toronto luxury hotels Star attraction: The cachet...
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Above is a link to my February 2013 Flickr album of building and construction photos I shot during walks in the downtown area. Click once on the image to view a small-format slideshow of the pictures,...
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Theatre Park condo climbing higher on King Street
August 19 2013: Nearly 1/3 of its way to 47 storeys, the Theatre Park condo tower already dwarfs Toronto’s historic Royal Alexandra Theatre Stealing the show: When I last posted photos of the...
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