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

[Tuscani01]

The public art installation atop The Met condos, "The Harbinger", hasn't worked since November or December of 2012. Then there's TRUM's failed installation.

Cant speak for what is going on at The Met, but the city is considering legal action against Trump in relation to that public art component. So my comment still stands.

 

[67Cup]

I am probably one of the few here who feel this way, but I think light features are the architectural equivalent of the fins on cars of the later fifties. Some are relatively restrained and thoughtful but others are 1958 Plymouth excessive. Even if they don't shine directly into your window, they create ambient glare, especially if there are particulates in the air, as is very often the case in cities. They contribute unnecessarily to light pollution which is economically wasteful and ecologically harmful. Turn the CN Tower into a goal light during the Stanley Cup playoffs by all means, but otherwise let lighting serve a useful purpose, not mere display. I suppose the best that can be hoped for is that, like the fins, they will be out of style in five years time.

There, rant completed. Back to the usual conversation.

 

[Youranthony1]

Saw the lights tonight and thought it was awesome. I'm really looking forward to the final product. In my opinion, Aura is looking better and better each month.

 

[drum118]

March 13
Didn't have my zoom with me as this was unplanned

 

[spaced]

Aura looking dominate from Bridgepoint. MArch13/2014

 

[kotsy]

Great shot! Love how the GO train is there as well.
I used to live on basically Broadview and pix like this make me miss Riverdale

 

[kotsy]

 

[Hanlansboy]

Great shots, that last one really highlights just how tall Aura really is.

 

[Miscreant]

The north view is decent...

The first shot thought...Can't wait until One Bloor is up, plus some of the buildings going up on either side of Yonge. Great canyon.

 

[ushahid]

I don't get one thing. why in the first shot it looks tall and thin and in the second shot it looks fat and broad.

 

[mkerian]

I don't get one thing. why in the first shot it looks tall and thin and in the second shot it looks fat and broad.

Angles and perspective.

 

[khris]

It's wider on the north side, so it's not all perspective. At least the lower portion, not the upper part.

 

[nopacnone]

That second shot is definitely squished on the top, you can tell by the floors getting shorter, and especially the proportions of the crane and how it is curved. some kind of perspective correction filter must have been used.

 

[johnwood]

whoa, that pic at yonge and dundas makes yonge st look like a back ally.

 

[devjohnson]

Went to a get together at a unit on the 45th floor on Friday. The cornerunit faced east and north. Unbelievably spectacular views from the balcony, looking right down into the Ryerson Quad and campus, with a gorgeous long view of Yonge Street from the water to up north.

And to think it was only the 45th floor....only half way up the tower!