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February 10, 2011. Out for a walk on a sunny Thursday afternoon. This is the view from Lansdowne Ave. over the barren former TTC streetcar yard on Lansdowne Ave., across to the Nitta Gelatin factory. There's also a CN Tower in there if you look closely.

February 2, 2011. The Ontario Redi-Mix plant on Wade Ave. near Bloor and Lansdowne is being demolished.

February 2, 2011. No Trespassing sign on the north side of the former TTC streetcar barn land on Lansdowne Ave., north of Bloor St.

February 2, 2011. I call this place the "Death Star Laundry", on Lansdowne Ave. just south of Wallace Ave. Notice the resemblance?

February 2, 2011. Toronto is currently in the icy grip of a major snowstorm. Fear the snow! Stay in your homes! Schools are cancelled!

Being a brave soul, I risked life and limb to explore the destruction. Miraculously, I survived and came back with some photos. And then I went to work like any other day, without any delays. Meh.

Photo taken in the junkyard on Wade Ave. near Bloor and Lansdowne, Toronto.

Another exterior shot of Ontario Redi-Mix on Wade Ave. This is the view from Erwin Krickhahn Park on Rankin Cres. in the Junction Triangle.

It will be interesting to see if this place gets re-used (doubt it), pillaged and vandalized (probably), and eventually torn down to be replaced with something better (probably, but who knows when?).

August 10, 2010.

The rest of my photos from Redi-Mix are posted here.

Looking down from the upper level of the vacant Ontario Redi-Mix plant on Wade Ave. There's a decent view of the surrounding area up here: The Redi-Mix gravel yard, GO Transit's Barrie Line tracks, and over into Erwin Krickhahn Park in the Junction Triangle. Probably an even better view from up on the silos. :)

The rest of my photos from Redi-Mix are posted here.

I was taking a photo of this sign at the vacant Ontario Redi-Mix plant on Wade Ave., when a fellow explorer/photographer walked into the frame. I actually like this photo much better than the one I was trying to take.

August 1, 2010.

The rest of my photos from Redi-Mix are posted here.

The gravel yard at Ontario Redi-Mix on Wade Ave., near Bloor and Lansdowne. The shovels remain where the former employees left them at the end of their final shift.

August 1, 2010.

The rest of my photos from Redi-Mix are posted here.

Exploring the vacant Ontario Redi-Mix concrete facility on Wade Ave., near Bloor and Lansdowne. Much of the site is completely encrusted with many years worth of concrete dust, often settling into really interesting patterns and shapes, especially under the silos where the concrete was pumped into cement trucks for delivery.

August 1, 2010.

The rest of my photos from Redi-Mix are posted here.