Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

[Sir Novelty Fashion]

Thanks Colin for reposting those photos of the lost deco buildings.

It's poignant, but had they survived, at this moment they'd be in the process of having their facades jacked up on iron supports so as to be pinned back onto the front of Aura like hallowe'en masks. Maybe it's best they went when they did?

 

[ethervizion]

They've started putting up the wooden slats on the shoring today. I'll see if I can take a photo later.

 

[steveve]

Here's some vids i took from 2 days ago:

[video=youtube;mSxeRVvCqGE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSxeRVvCqGE[/video]

[video=youtube;mhe8iLxA6Jk]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhe8iLxA6Jk[/video]

Video's by me: steveve

 

[casaguy]

Excellent contributions lately steveve, thank you!

 

[adma]

I noticed while walking by today that there's some kind of exposed basement wall clad in yellow encaustic tile of some sort, presumably original...

 

[Geekaroo]

The March Of The Morning Dump Trucks.

These go back beyond College, and it's like this every morning

 

[urbandreamer]

Until dump trucks are environmentally friendly (along with the rest of construction equipment) no building will be completely green.

 

[Kraylin]

Thank you for the videos and photos. What time were the dump trucks there, looks around 7am ish? I suspect that line of dump trucks continues through out the day. It is simply amazing how much goes into a dump truck and yet how small of an impact it has on the site.

 

[Towered]

Where does all that earth go? How about creating another island in the harbour, or a giant ski hill at Downsview (no, that joke at Centennial Park doesn't count)?

 

[Traynor]

I believe, like most fill from the last 40 years, it goes to the Leslie Street Spit to increase the wetlands and bird sanctuary.

This Wikipedia article explains it nicely:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Street_Spit

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

They've removed a hell of a lot of soil, this is really moving along especially for such a huge site.
These were all captured from the S/E corner - Gerrard at Yonge.

Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.

 

[urbandreamer]

Where will I buy my hot dogs this summer?

 

[whatever]

I was wondering that myself. Hopefully Mrs. Dalloway's finds another good home.

 

[Redroom Studios]

great updates everyone! Steveve - you are turning into a pretty good videocam guy!

 

[College Park]

Where will I buy my hot dogs this summer?

This was my number one concern when the project began.