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It'll also be blocked by Ten York soon enough.

At least according to some of the renders above, it looks like they will be keeping the Burger King sign as a heritage component? :p

Agreed. Of all the hulking concrete masses on University to erase, this one would have been my last choice.

Here's an update from The Friends of Berczy Park (dated 10 September): https://berczy.wordpress.com/

Brick vs precast.

I recently moved out of this building and I can honestly say it's the nicest place I've lived in Toronto. I loved coming home to that view down Market in the evening.

I must say I'm happy to see the Maple Leaf Square towers go from the skyline view of the city from the island. I also noticed while driving past the other day that photos don't really give the metal panels credit for the way sparkle and change from brown to gold in the sun.

As I was running past I noticed that there were people inside working out. Here is the view from the other side of the road.

"clint eastwood will turn you every which way"

Looks like they're testing some samples.

Although Monde is not mentioned, this is an interesting TED Talk by Moshe Safdie on the relevance of high-rise housing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-KnaYZJg48#t=104

I think that the mirrored glass of the podium gives a lot of lightness to what is actually quite a large and heavy box. With the way the second floor hangs from the third, and the transparency of the glass that (according to the rendering) will be installed, I think this podium could almost float.

You can really start to get a sense of how sweeping those curves will be moving up the outside of the tower. It's very elegant.

It's also important to note the amount of construction waste that will not be headed to a landfill by electing to keep much of the existing tower. Whether or not this was a factor in their decision, I don't know.

http://www.libraryhotelcollection.com/#hotelxtoronto There are some renders here of the interiors from the Hotel Group's website. I can't tell whether the decor is going to be outrageous, or if that's just the Sims-esque graphics.

A quick one in the fog yesterday via iPhone (Aura looks like Sauron in the distance).