The Demolition of The Don Jail 

As a x-con this was a relaxing video...PDI is seriously well organized

what a job! that must have been really hard to do with all that concrete and steel!

Wow.....what a bloody dump......I was there in the '80s.....you had to be sure your blanket didn't touch the floor or the mice would get in your bed.....

would of liked to see the finished project..

I worked for Toronto Water and shut the water off for quite a few demo projects did in the city . Priestly is a real good company with good staff and family working for the company . And they work safe ,not like some of the other crazies out there ,that kill people bringing buildings down

Outstanding video! I really appreciated the thoughtfulness and planning applied to this job, prior to demolition. So many “lesser” demolition companies just want to smash and go, Priestly, obviously, is much more methodic and professional about the process, proving they were perfect for this project.

You got to worry why anyone would give this a negative review???? Well done vid! Enjoyed it!

Winter? I'm sitting here in Winnipeg and I haven't seen any winter in this video yet. Nice fall weather maybe😅

Great video thanks...............

stopped there many times on my way to other ontario jails ,if only those walls could talk

Another interesting video on Demolition. you folks do some real interesting jobs

I did the old Milton Jail. 1854 and 1877. I have the door from the gallows for a coffee table. The building is now their Town Hall. It took us nine months to underpin the building. We were looking for the four men that were hanged with the Ontario Museum.

Something id really like to know…. When you get to the basement, and start digging it up, what do you when you get to the sewers ? How do you isolate and remove the sewer lines??

Those stainless steel toilet/sinks would be perfect for government housing, and those solid steel doors would sell out to drug dealers in no time.

I used to work at the jail. Sad to see it go down but it is definitely a building to be left in the past

Just curious but is the place haunted now even though it has been replaced by the hennewick hospital?

A guy says " You are now incarcerated " !!?? As a door slides closed in a cell in " Cell Block 3 "...…… Not ONE of those people have ever done a SINGLE SOLITARY day of INCARCERATION in the old DON JAIL. This writer has been ( on several occasions ) an inmate in that particular jail. Grown men crying....Screams at night...Clanging of steel on steel.....and the ever present jingling of keys. Now THAT is actually being INCARCERATED !!! This video represents a major milestone in Canadian history and should be treated as such. Oh and HAPPY CANADA DAY 2020 !!! ( P.S. And if those walls could talk you would run for your lives)

Why do they keep saying they’re demolishing the don jail when it’s the Toronto jail they tore down? The don jail is left standing no?

Nice job guys

lota happy people seeing that hell hole go down

All that sadness and misery that was in that building. Now the neighborhood can be like any other neighborhood. Let the light and warmth and hopefulness flood in.

Priestly uses so many regional strategies and "phase 1 phase 2 phase 3" you'd think they are reopening Ontario after COVID.

Nice job !

great vid

A lot of history ther that don jail I remember back in the day the don jail lots of guys I know went ther for a bit should go downtown and you could get a layout from some previous tenants lol

That 700 Volvo is sweet

Priestly should have bought some houses on that street. They are worth a lot more now.

Probably the Hardest time

Cool video, maybe I’ll change careers. Lol

Lol theres nothing loose for you to use weapons. If these guys only knew how many guys got beaten close to death, stabbed and faces sliced open in the don. We had a copper named bell that was selling razor blades and buck knifes to us in the early 2000s.

makes u think.............how much blood was spilled in that place

Where’s the asbestos containment?

I can see captain Blair Smyth crying over this demolition

Dont like to go to jail? Then do not commit criminal acts you doofusses...! Good Demo Job!

Day after day how about 5 months

Priestly? AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA PRIESTLY!?!?! YEA THAT'LL DO. HAHAHAHA

As a kid growing up in Ontario Housing the Don was home away from home.....and the hole? Forget about it......beancake for supper and crabs......

you thought a building that old wouldn't have asbestos?

Porly ventilated .?

This is called hunting for abatement extras! It's how that low bid becomes more tolerable.

Andy you spent more than life in there. Is this why you retired.

Report showing no signs of asbestos but unfortunately load's? So QUALITY of UK reports is JUST CONFUSED AS 🤣😂😅!!

These guys got the best job in the world.

Neato

DON jail not a fun place it stay did some time there back in the day.

Gotta knock it down before it becomes a heritage building too.

Could of filled it with protestors

Wow

Poor video quality...hardly hi-def.Fail.

Trop de bla-bla inutiles.

This should be shown to all those who spent time behind bars there. It would likely be Very cathartic for them no matter whether they were guilty or innocent. Time in such conditions should be considered criminal in its own way.

Wow you guys really milked that job.... for all it was worth....

Is this how kanadurrians prepare for baby seal clubbing season? Eh buddy?