dataBase listing for the project
http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/aga-khan-museum-ismaili-centre
http://urbantoronto.ca/database/projects/aga-khan-museum-ismaili-centre
This is quite the comprehensive photo set from September 20th by someone named mehdi esmail on Google's picasaweb. Looks like they have started working on the North side of the AKM, applying the black coloured sealant. The other thing that is clear in these photos is that when looking at the buildings it is hard to gauge perspective given the macro-design of the buildings and site elements. Only when people are standing near do realize that these are actually quite large structures!
https://picasaweb.google.com/104846363423995421569/AgaKhanWynfordParkConstructionProjects13#
Great photos, Jim. Keep up the good work. This project is just stunning--and will prove to have even more cultural worth, and greater international stature that a giant Ferris wheel. The architecture is certainly top notch and, frankly, exceeds any of the big museum rebuilds that preceded it. Once the Eglinton line is up and running this could prove to be one of the most popular and best attended of any our big cultural institutions. This is project is definitely a huge feather in this city's cap.
Not to belittle this project, but the likes of Transformation AGO did produce amazing results. Good thing we'll have the Eglinton rapid transit line to make the Aga Khan Museum more accessible, but it's still relatively out of the way for a cultural institution.
I think this is a great project and an asset to the city; however, I don't think you can dismiss the idea that the location won't have a negative impact on attendance. Many, if not most cities have great institutions that are not centrally located. So I see nothing wrong with the location of the Aga Khan Museum. But let's face the facts, when you go to London England everyone goes to the centrally located museums and galleries but only a fraction of people go to say Greenwich in the east end, a campus with 4 or more significant cultural institutions.
Greenwich is about as far away from central London as the Aga Khan Museum is from City Hall here in Toronto.