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Posted: 03 Sep 2020

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Building MaRS

Building MaRS
The West Tower of MaRS going up in Toronto on September 3, 2011.

MaRS is a not-for-profit corporation that markets publicly funded medical research. The name originally had no meaning, then was said to mean "Medical and Related Services", and then went back to having no meaning when non-medical organizations began participating.

A more recent view from around this spot:
www.google.ca/maps/@43.6600269,-79.3907097,3a,75y,126.67h,109.29t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGkgjDjK1AF2WBEgfbyEgiw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Ruebenkraut, kiiti, Fred Fouarge, Marco F. Delminho and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo

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 Jean
Jean
These giant cranes are amazing. I like the contrast with the simple ladder in the middle of the shot. We've come a long way.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Jean
Thanks, Jean. You just reminded me, too, that I have seen a preserved man-powered wench in Harwich. We have indeed come a long way.
3 years ago.
 William Sutherland
William Sutherland club
Awesome documentary shot! Stay well!

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3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to William Sutherland club
Thanks, William; you, too.
3 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A great record of this consortium of cranes at work.
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Thanks, George.
3 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
It always amazes me how anyone can make sense out of these huge building projects...........it looks completely chaotic to the average person.

I agree with Jean about the cranes..............I'm always surprised that they don't topple over. I certainly wouldn't like to work up there in one!

A super capture of this organised chaos John. The detail is remarkable!
3 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. The complexity of these projects may explain the growth in modular construction. In Canada this was encouraged by the need to build in the oilfields in Northern Alberta, where there was no gravel. So they built modules in the south and took them north. They built two thirty-five-storey buildings near where I used to live in Toronto in modules. You'd see multiple-storey units being hoisted into place.
3 years ago.

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