Recent content by jallan71

A puff piece on a few design / style items, including the lobby restaurant renovation from the Globe & Mail - scroll down for the Hilton piece. Does anyone have any updates on the bigger renovation? Did they wind up doing anything significant to the exterior and/or the streetscape...

Are they still actually working on Arc-en-Ciel? It's been something like a year since the last indication of any progress there... Would be great news if they are!

Are there any pics of the new subway entrance? Is that open yet?

And what about the Arc en Ciel art installation? Any progress there? That element seems to have fallen by the wayside...

Whatever happened here? Anything at all? It's been almost a year....

One quick question about something I haven't seen addressed in any of the recent discussions about cost overruns and other elements of the project -- the street/square furniture. At some point there was discussion about replacing the various pieces of furniture in the the Square, and the new...

DSC - thanks very much for posting that. Much appreciated and very illuminating. Two issues I didn't see addressed in that document and that I'm wondering about: - the new street furniture for the square - the timing of further work on the walkways Apologies if this has been covered...

Hey all, Sorry if this has been captured somewhere else, but... thought that folks might be interested to see some new tree-pit covers that are going in on Carlton St., between Yonge and Church, replacing the standard concrete-coffins that they typically use. They're re-doing the whole...

Confirming that Yonge Street was closed for at least two days this week due to falling ice from Aura -- the whole area wastaped off by police, with police cars and police staff stationed around the area, etc. diverting cars and pedestrians from the area. I haven't been by yet today, so not...

Apologies if this has already been covered recently, but a while back there were discussions of a large gym / fitness club being part of the retail here in Aura -- as I recall, the idea was that it might be the first Ontario outpost of Steve Nash's chain of gyms from Vancouver. Any word on...

Water for the fountains? A quick walk-through on Saturday afternoon revealed that they've taken up the tiles in various areas across the square -- and it looks like they're starting to run the pipes for the new splash-fountains. These fountains will be a major addition to the square and...

It's my understanding that Diamond/Schmitt is doing the addition as well - so I think it's all in line... But it is a bit underwhelming if it's just those two little sun-rooms.

And what about the skate-rental/snack pavilion, while we're asking -- I'm assuming it's not open yet, though it's structurally complete for a while... I assume it will be open for skating season, but does anybody have info on a opening date? Will there be a little launch event? An opening...

I'll be curious to see if this new fund creative by the Federal Conservatives might be able to help out the pedestrian bridge. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/war-of-1812-fund-adds-to-harpers-patriotic-initiatives/article2183947/ War of 1812 fund adds to Harper’s patriotic...

queer_central: thanks for directing our attention back to the actual topic at hand here... And thanks for posting the pic. I'm beginning to really like the look of this new structure: the wood really warms up the space and I like the textured concrete. I wonder if the glass they're using for...