cfloryan
Here
The old proposal's like some sort of glass brutalism. 
to that.
to that.Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza
picard102
Senior Member
Anyone else a little sad the park and the fountain are gone?
steveve
Senior Member
Anyone else a little sad the park and the fountain are gone?
i wouldn't say its all gone (it looks worse than it is) but there's still that little park area to the east of the college park towers... I've never understood why its even called college PARK... i mean, the actual park is quite small and the parking lot (which is now gone) took up a huge amount of space...
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Anyone else a little sad the park and the fountain are gone?
The park is still usable, no?
I'm thrilled that the park & utilities are being redesigned and the Barbara-Ann Scott rink/water feature is being restored.
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taal
Senior Member
Really, how do you know this? I thought the idea was they were going to restore it if they got the extra 10 floors or what not.
Are they still planning on restoring it no matter what?
UrbanAffair
Senior Member
Are they not redoing the park as well, i thought that was part of the deal?
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I'm going from memory from either posts way back when or the Staff Report that the park would be re-done and that the rink/water feature & skate rental building restored. I don't recall anything about an extra 10 floors to seal the deal but you could be correct.
maestro
Senior Member
IIRC, the park is the neighbourhood contribution as part of the re-zoning ... nothing at all to do with additional floors
SP!RE
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I know this is a few pages late, but I have to say... Rosie DiManno came to a stunning conclusion... she's totally right. Because I'm a tall guy and I like to design midrises. Hmmm .... she's onto something here.
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valkoholic
Active Member
That's my recollection, as well.
UrbanAffair
Senior Member
Ramako
Moderator
I know this is a few pages late, but I have to say... Rosie DiManno came to a stunning conclusion... she's totally right. Because I'm a tall guy and I like to design midrises. Hmmm .... she's onto something here.
In Rosie's world, short men can't be legimately interested in architecture. Clearly, every man is compensating for something.
ganjavih
Senior Member
DiManno rarely has anything thoughtful or substantive to say.
UrbanFervour
Active Member
I know this is a few pages late, but I have to say... Rosie DiManno came to a stunning conclusion... she's totally right. Because I'm a tall guy and I like to design midrises. Hmmm .... she's onto something here.
The Manno can has cheezburger!!
androiduk
Senior Member
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