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Time-lapse video documents construction of Vancouver’s Independent building

For the last four years, Courier photographer visited construction site of controversial Mount Pleasant development more than 50 times
Over the past four years, photographer Dan Touloget has visited the construction site of the Indepen
Over the past four years, photographer Dan Touloget has visited the construction site of the Independent more than 50 times to document the progress of the controversial 21-storey building and its growing presence in Mount Pleasant. Photo Dan Toulgoet

Since September 2015, Courier photographer Dan Toulgoet has climbed a stepladder up through a narrow trapdoor to the roof of a building in Mount Pleasant more than 50 times.

Why?

To document the construction of the controversial 21-storey Independent building and its growing presence in the neighbourhood.

See a time lapse video of his photographic adventures below: