Less than a year after Nahid on Broadview’s tower crane first went up in Toronto’s Danforth neighbourhood, it has now been dismantled, having been used following the initial excavation until the building was topped-off. Designed by Options Architects for Nahid Corporation and Options Development, this six-storey mid-rise is across Broadview Avenue from Broadview station on Danforth Line 2. Enhancing the local…
Metrolinx and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for stations on the Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown West Extension. Besides the stations, the RFQ targets the rail and systems, making up what’s called an SRS package, for the design, construction, and commissioning of the extension’s seven stations. Primarily underground but with an elevated guideway over the Humber Valley, the extension…
Next stage announced for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension as Province has issued a request for qualifications; pre-construction condo buyers forced to off-load units for as much as $150,000 less than they paid; issues with Eglinton Line 5 Crosstown LRT software persist; and other news. Next stage announced for Eglinton Crosstown West Extension (CBC) Pre-construction condo buyers forced to off-load units…
The articulated arm of a concrete pump, known as a boom, stands ready atop the 18th floor of the SkyTower at Pinnacle One Yonge in Downtown Toronto. Captured with a telephoto lens by UrbanToronto Forum contributor mburrrrr last week, the boom is just one of hundreds that are in use across the city, literally making us a boomtown, even more…
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