Quote:
Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
I don't know what photos 4 & 5 are. Doesn't look like the CT, but it's in his CT folder.
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by NuclearFart
The brick smoke stack, the adjacent 9-10 storey high elevator shaft, and the partially demolished old sandstone buildings at the base have me wondering if this was the major renovation/reconstruction of the General Hospital in Bridgeland. It would have been around 1950 - does that fit with the era he took these photos?
|
I don't think so. I think it's the smokestack you can see to the east of the Tower in photo 3, behind what is now the Mustard Seed. If you zoom in on the 4th photo, you can see the sign on top of the Stop sign says "10 AV".
I believe the elevator shaft is part of the Palliser Square Parkade. In fact, I'm pretty sure you can see the elevator shaft in the final photo, but it has the parkade built around it, so it doesn't stand out as much.
This photo shows the smokestack still in place with the Tower nearly complete. It's right where the parkade is now.
I'd guess the workers are taking the smokestack down, one brick at a time.