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

[Armour]

Awesome! I couldn't be happier about that.

I love how easy they are to spot from so far away. They're incredibly bold when you're coming down on the DVP and even on the Gardiner from Etobicoke. What a terrific addition to our night skyline! My only wish is that they could change colours but they're still wonderful the way they are.

Personally, I would leave the white as is.

 

[Automation Gallery]

Personally, I would leave the white as is.

Of course

 

[TheTigerMaster]

A couple of emails were exchanged and the lights are back on as of tonight. The condo corp now owns the building and calls the shots, but it's not clear why they had them off for a couple of nights.

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Aren't they legally obligated by the City to have them on, similar to the Trump Tower?

 

[interchange42]

Haha, nicely worded. The Trump Tower you say? That's another story…

but, in this case, no, as the lights on Aura are not a part of the public art component of the building. I'm under the impression that that's still to come as part of the Barbara Ann Scott Park makeover. The lights are an added frill here!

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[Hamiltonian]

I saw the lights on at like 1:45am a few nights ago.

 

[alexb]

Days are getting shorter - 4:30pm.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

It's been a week now since the lights have been on past 10:30pm. I'm more of the mind that it had to do with FLAP once the light tests/inspections were complete late in the summer.

 

[stjames2queenwest]

They went off yesterday at exactly 6:45 but today it was 6:48. So either it's manual and someone was late today or it's a sensor

 

[skycandy]

They went off yesterday at exactly 6:45 but today it was 6:48. So either it's manual and someone was late today or it's a sensor

Sunrise was about two minutes later today than yesterday, so it's probably a light sensor.

 

[Edward Skira]

I was told something last night that surprised me a bit, but if I have this right, goes a ways to explaining why one thing is the way it is downstairs at Aura: Great West Life Realty, owners of College Park, own the connecting link between it and Aura, all the way up to and including the crash doors. Apparently they're the company that needs to be leaned on to improve that interface between the buildings.

What incentive is there for GWL to want to improve the connection between the two?

 

[maestro]

1000 customers. Triple that if the Chelsea proposal sees the light of day.

 

[G.L.17]

Today:

 

[Transportfan]

Not to sound rude, but aren't there enough ordinary pictures of this building already?

 

[Skeezix]

Not to sound rude, but aren't there enough ordinary pictures of this building already?

Adding the words "not to sound rude" does not make a post any less rude. If you are tired of what you feel are "ordinary" photos, best way to avoid them is to avoid the thread.

 

[Lenser]

Ditto what Skeezix said.