John
LAST WEEK AT A JOB on Spadina Road, the Green Apple crew installed concrete foundations in the front and back yards of the property. Cement isn’t exactly the most environmentally-friendly of materials, to say the least. To turn limestone into a powder that can be re-hardened into whatever shape your heart desires requires a massive amount of fossil fuels, and releases large quantities of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. So we don’t take concrete lightly. Sure, it can be used in certain circumstances when other materials can’t cut it, but under the current building system, it is used far too often on jobs that simply do not require it. We decided that the Spadina job demanded it; we’re not purists, but we are trying to push the envelope, and to push ourselves, as well.
IT TURNS OUT THAT the Google van rolled through the East Beaches when we were working in the neighbourhood on Kingmount Park Road, and they caught us on film! You can easily identify the Green Apple truck, and even though the software censors have blurred their faces, you can still recognize John, Victor, and Carlos. Ha! Hey, what are you doing there? This isn’t a coffee break! Get back to work! I’m watching you! Just kidding, these guys are real hard workers. I’m sure that the in-house pixel-pushers at Google just Photoshop’d the heavy equipment out of John’s hands. Yeah, that’s it…
THIS WEEK, our crew is in the Beaches neighbourhood of Toronto, transforming a home on Hambly Avenue. Here are some photos of John, Victor, and P.J. on site, working away. If you’re in the area, feel free to drop by and say hi to the guys! Click on any image for a higher-resolution version.
