Toronto - where the Cranes nest

[ChrisGreaves]

Saturday January 14th Wellesley Street was closed for a Triffid Crane.

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As usual I counted the cranes. I maintain that there is no spot in Downtown Toronto (define “Downtown” as you will) where less than four Tower cranes are visible.

In this shot, four Tower Cranes are in evidence besides the Triffid Crane that blocks the street.
Cheers
Chris

[DaveA]

I see only 3 in this picture!

[ChrisGreaves]

I see only 3 in this picture!

Look again Dave!
I'll provide an annotated image Tues/Wed.
If we include the Triffid Crane, there are five cranes visible. And I mean Construction cranes, not storks-bringing-babies-cranes.

[ChrisGreaves]

I see only 3 in this picture!

here you go, Dave:-

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Note that the lower-right yellow box identifies the crane base, whose jib extends towards the centre of the photo.

I walk by here several times a week, so i can shoot different angles for you if you are sceptical (as you well might be, it's OK)

Having travelled to many different towns and cities over the past four years, I can tell you that one of the first things I notice, anywhere, is the absence of cranes.
Even people who live in the GTHA are astonished when they venture downtown nowadays.
It is a forest of cranes.
Cheers

[viking33]

All this time, with all the "yammer" going on, I thought you were talking about BIRDS, not construction equipment!
Dig we must for a better New York, (Toronto)

[HansV]

At night, when Chris is sleeping, the cranes call out to each other...

[viking33]

At night, when Chris is sleeping, the cranes call out to each other...

Oh.....Chris sleeps too?

[Rudi]

At night, when Chris is sleeping, the cranes call out to each other...

That's quite poetic Hans. It provokes inspiration.

[DaveA]

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[ChrisGreaves]

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"Seattle had 62 cranes dotting the skyline at the end of 2016"

(signed) " " of Toronto

[ChrisGreaves]

Oh.....Chris sleeps too?

I'm usually half-asleep when I'm posting in Eileen's Lounge.
You didn't know that?

[PaulB]

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"Seattle had 62 cranes dotting the skyline at the end of 2016"

(signed) " " of Toronto

Seattle remains behind Toronto, which has 81 cranes, for the North American lead.

Your mission, Chris, is to photograph all 81 cranes and post back here.

[ChrisGreaves]

Your mission, Chris, is to photograph all 81 cranes and post back here.

OK.
The first part will be easy - just Crane my neck out of the windows and press "Rapid-Shoot"

[ChrisGreaves]

Over the past four years I have mentioned in passing (OK, “Trumpeted”) the number of cranes in downtown Toronto.

Now I have found a map that shows current and future development.
I kid you not. Most days this area looks like parts of Manchester ten years after World War two.

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When I speak of walking through this mess, my apartment I have indicated by a small yellow square.
I regularly walk past St Clair Avenue, off the north end of the map, and to Union Station off the south end of the map.
I walk past Spadina avenue to the west and Parliament street to the east, so the area shown here isbut a part of my daily walking tours.

Cheers
Chris