Looks like the shoebox next to the bus stop is starting to lean. I wonder if that's why they're replacing them.

That first LED looks like it was installed already-leaning.

More of the LEDs appear to be leaning. A lot of the shoeboxs are also leaning, you are both correct lol

I'm guessing the shoeboxes leaned overtime though, not installed that way lol. Even NGrid and RIDOT take pride in their metal pole installations. Wood poles are another story though lol. There's some wood poles around here that look like they're gonna fall over and they were INSTALLED that way! The pole in front of my house (one in the front) is leaning toward my house. You can see the next one down is leaning toward the street even more than mine is leaning. Mine's not too bad but it is leaning. The one at the stop sign (third pole) is pretty much plumb.

This one (at the end of my street) is one of the most leaning poles I've seen. And yes, it was installed this way! About 11 years ago they had done some pole replacements in my neighborhood. A number of really old poles (I assume original to the neighborhood; probably from the 50s) are still around as you can see. Brown insulators and all, so they must be pre-1965.

Here's another pole right in back of my house, one street over. Those 1-1/4" 6ft upsweep arms originally held incandescent street lights, probably radial waves or admiral's hats or crescent moons. You can tell and old one from a new one because the new ones are 2" and have a smaller lag bolt flange than the old ones. You can see the next pole down was replaced but never fully removed (just chopped halfway) since someone had a basketball hoop on the old pole. Here's an old three-way primary line intersection (fourth line going left is just a strain relief so the pole doesn't end up being pulled toward the right; it's connected to the pole at the next block). Here is said next block.

you can see the two poles in the back were replaced but the one up front wasn't. They probably left it because it only has a 240V line, no primary feed.

Lastly, take a look at the old street name signs on this old pole. They're white with embossed black letters, like a license plate. In order to do that, it's actually two single-sided signs riveted together. No idea on their age. I'm not sure if they're original to the neighborhood, but there's only three I know of. Those two, and this one (oh BTW, another leaning pole after that one lol).

Yeah they werent installed that way most of them ended up leaning one way or another, some managed to stay straight. Like that first shoebox looks more straight than the new NVN LOL. You have more leaning wooden poles than us thats for sure lol, Ive seen some concrete poles and polefabs leaning waaay too far onto or away from the road. I cant find anything on radial waves being used in my city way back when. Arent many poles or indications of `Half century`old equipment left. I think some of the concrete poles downtown Brampton are the oldest concrete poles here.

I dont think my city is allowed to let poles lean that much

I bet the old street signs are heavier than the ones used now lol

Yeah, I think they were easier to level during installation too as even if the base was leaning, a few washers under the pole base will make the pole plumb. I've seen that done before actually, a little tacky but I guess it works.

Concrete poles on the other hand, have to kept straight during burial and the backfilled soil has to be compacted enough so that it dosen't settle and make the pole lean. I suspect they didn't bother with that for some of the new poles.

I believe wood poles here are installed fairly straight but they tend to lean over the years. My area has poles dating back to the early 60s but I think some of the older poles in Toronto are from the 50s or even the 40s and 30s. Occasionally I've seen leaning poles but with the fixtures level. I wonder if they came back to level the fixtures after thy discovered the leaning pole.