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Taken just moments ago: The last piece of the south-facing crown has just been positioned on this ugly beast!

From late this afternoon, in between the bouts of rain:

From Friday:

Photos taken yesterday. More of the park furniture has been installed. Waiting to see what kind of play structures will be included in the kids zone.

100% City of Toronto park. But it was partly funded by the developer of Aura Condos (with the costs passed through to the buyers) through the Section 37 funds.

I specifically brought this up as a point last month with one of the city workers involved in the implementation of the design. The original design plan from 2012 included a cement path from northwest to southeast because it was observed that traffic patterns catered to this flow of pedestrian...

Spotted this afternoon: The grass here is getting so long & lush that they're now out with the lawnmower!

There will be so little natural tree shade in this park, now that the plans for including a number of trees have been altered from the original plan (in fact, the plan posted on the barriers of the park right now isn't even accurate anymore). Apparently, the soil isn't deep enough to support...

From the looks of today's work, they must be installing the special glazing around the "66th floor" pool and/or party room space.

I think it's sad that the number of trees in the landscape design rendering is far less than what is actually being implemented. For instance, the north/south connection point from Gerrard Street to the park between Aura & The Liberties is devoid of green, despite the renderings posted at the...

News fresh off the press today from the Canderel head office:

Really, really, interesting. Thanks for the details! I've definitely seen some towers with mechanical rooms at different floor levels up a building (Aura, for instance, has a mechanical room on floors 57 & 58), but with YC, I never thought to see one so close to the top of a tower, which is...

Novice construction question: What are the orangey-brown tanks going in on the current top floor of YC today? Are they putting a mechanical room here? I always thought this kind of equipment went on the top of the tower, but by my count they are on floor level 58, so there are still plenty more...

My addition to the over-the-ROM-Crystal photo ops!

Photo taken yesterday: Looks like things are (VERY) slowly progressing with some trees on site to start some of the landscaping.

Despite the clear blue sky & sunshine, I think the saddest part of this photo for me is how my view of One Bloor is slowly being covered up by YC Condos! Forever lost!

From walking past the base of the tower this morning and seeing the ghastly orange spandrel, I couldn't help but pull up photos of the original artists' renderings. I get that this is just a rendering, but it's quite a difference in execution. Originally, the rusty orange would have worked to...

Looks like a race to the sky between YC Condos and neighbouring Karma Condos.

That section of the square is actually owned by 777 Bay and isn't part of Barbara Ann Scott Park, nor does it have anything to do with the revitalization. 777 Bay is currently undergoing some pretty intense modernization inside and out.

Aura and the underground mall in particular made it into The Toronto Star again yesterday: http://www.thestar.com/life/2016/01/16/aura-torontos-most-visible-and-invisible-building.html They seem to have taken a more positive spin on the mall and its potential, without ignoring the obvious...