Toronto Cumberland at Yorkville Plaza | 124.96m | 40s | Camrost-Felcorp | WZMH

[Miscreant]

This one has just been staggeringly slow.

 

[AlbertC]

July 21, 2020

 

[Rascacielo]

What a masterpiece indeed!

 

[Deadpool X]

Sometimes, it's better to just build a box than trying your creativity with an ugly design like this.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

The thing hasn't been finished and it's already looking old and dated...

 

[TheKingEast]

A lot of the Camrost developments have been disappointing.

 

[AlbertC]

The only work that Camrost Failcorp has brought us in the past few years that I've enjoyed is the venerable Condo Man statue up at St. Clair & Avenue Rd:

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...that installation has so much irony to it, I'm not sure where to begin.

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

I can't believe people hated it when it was installed. It is rare we get artwork that evokes such strong social commentary on this city in this city.

The snapshot of the installation being battered by a winter storm even adds another additional layer to the piece.

 

[ADRM]

I can't believe people hated it when it was installed. It is rare we get artwork that evokes such strong social commentary on this city in this city.

The snapshot of the installation being battered by a winter storm even adds another additional layer to the piece.

For sure the best/most ironic part of it is that the folks who paid for it are among the truest personification of its inherent criticism (as evidenced by this very thread).

 

[ADRM]

Anywho, here’s the best it will ever look; at least it can serve as a mirror:

Progress, at long last, towards finishing up the driveway?

Can’t remember from the plans, what’s going here? Can’t see from this pic, but they’re quite deep — at least four or five metres. Planters for trees with very deep roots? Seems too deep to be for a water feature unless perhaps they're hiding all the mech underneath.

 

[interchange42]

There is a waterfall wall going in there @ADRM.

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[AlbertC]

Still lagging around on the finishing touches:

Aug 29, 2020

 

[AlbertC]

Oct 11, 2020

 

[ADRM]

Stone now up (at long last) around the vehicular entrance and fountain-to-be.