At the risk of being labelled a Negative Nelly, I have to agree with KW; the mechanical colour is a major distraction...

I don't understand why developers don't spend just a few extra $ to make the mechanical level look just like the penthouse floor, in other words a seamless transition... There might be a bit of dead space inside, but it would be a massive and rather inexpensive fix for projects like this... The...

That's the shot that most people, and pretty much all out of towners will see of Aura as they progress north on Yonge... Looks pretty impressive, IMO...

I'll post here... Time to really consider what's gonna happen over the next 10+ years... Sorry to bring up stuff in the Rob Ford thread, but today was an awful day for our country... I'll hope that today was an anomoly and we take what's coming seriously...

Didn't want to start a new thread; being that this is the most active "Toronto Issues" thread, I'll post here... No talk on UT about what happened on Wednesday in Ottawa? Not a peep? No opining, linking or referencing? Are we that into ourselves that not one comment has spewed forth about what...

I agree; it's hard to create anything that doesn't remind you somewhat of something else... It has a hypnotic quality to it...

As an out-of towner who got his degree in TO, I kinda have a foot in both worlds... Here's my major complaint regarding these cheap looking, awkward mechanical areas; A very high percentage of non-Torontonians will not experience a specific block of DT TO on foot, but rather from the the first...

Mall aside, I finally had a chance to size up Aura in person last week... It's a fine addition to the city! It looks a bit odd from some angles (as do MANY buildings) and quite splendid from other angles... It was never intended to be more than what it was; never once in the past 5 years did I...

The more progress is made on this tower, the more it reveals what a slender (relatively speaking) creature it will be when completed... My only concern is the roof; hoping not to see a clumsy mechanical-area box...

Salsa and Scamander24, well done... For every blathering, self important poster (myself included), there is a FAR less known, yet more admireable subset that quite simply posts updates with actual real day photos... One same day photo is worth about 200 lines of contention (disgust and praise et...

Yup... I don't think the building's detractors saw this coming... It's a fine (not perfect) addition to the skyline... It suffered thru the pains of somewhat unrealistic expectations, but ultimately is a winner, IMO...

Sorry for asking again; this 2 tower iteration has been approved? That's bloody magnificent! What about the heritage building? Does it stand or not? Either way, this is the biggest bit of development news in 30-40 years, country-wide... Have to go back to the Big O/ CN Tower days to have...

Ushahid; god bless you brother/ sister, like me you're from out-of-town and are curious... Having said that, a little less asking and a bit more imbibing is what is called for as an out-of-towner... Not a major criticism, but sometimes carpet-bagging can be a real issue on these boards...

+1...

This thread seems as good as any to ask this question: Why can't this historic building be replicated at another site incorporating modern building codes? Berlin rebuilt replicas of historic buildings destroyed during WW2, this surely can't be beyond the wit of man...

Great list; when you're in the "lowers" take time to scout out the Woolworth building... IMO the best high rise structure of the 20th century...

Absolutely gorgeous photo... Makes me want to wake up really early in the morning (which I won't, but wow)...

lxmoss, that is one fantastic picture of an underrated and much-maligned project that is really starting to hit its stride...

+1... This will only look better and better as the weeks go by...

Thanks for the photo updates, UD... For us out of towners, they are always appreciated...