They make me think of the university residences built in the 60's in the concrete mass style; for example the University of Guelph student village. On the other hand there is some passing resemblance to the condos on Queens Quay; Kings Landing (?) or to the step down of the condo behind the...

That makes much more sense; thanks Ramko and AoD...

A very elementary question; is a DRL a "direct rail link" or a "direct road link" or neither?

Looking at this; I cannot tell where Yonge Street is and where 16th Avenue should be. On Yonge there is a Carville Centre Plaza to the north of the site that would be retained according to a schematic on the first page of this thread. To the south on Yonge is the Borovoy Plaza, which I...

Here is another view of the site from my vantage point. The excavation is even deeper now, this was from last week.

The construction of the townhouses on the north side of the Savvy building has begun this week.

Thanks for the information on the occupied buildings slowtyper, I can see the leveled area where the park is to go, but from my vantage point it appeared to be that there would be more excavation and townhouses there. I do remember though that the site plans did show a park there somewhere...

Okay I take it back; there was no sign of any of the blockage of Yonge Street today (or yesterday either apparently). They did all of the work in one day, probably just to prevent huge tieups with two lanes closed. All that remains is a patch in the road and some yellow lines that mark where...

I had posted my own comments in the Emerald Park thread before I read the above postings: Obviously everyone is now well aware of the traffic tieups for this necessary work--thanks for the explanation Sunnyray.

Sunnyray is right on about the drilling for the ventilation here; on Sunday they had the northbound curb lane blocked with pylons (you can see them in Jivey's picture) and concrete curbs to allow room for the rig and the associated equipment--the work was going on at the time. I was not by...

There is discussion of the community centre on the West Lansing Homeowner's Association website under the Emerald Park section of their "Development Watch" page. It is very brief and refers at the walkway in passing. Apparently the local councillor, John Fillion has informtion on the history...

On the question of the development permits, I have found information posted online by the West Lansing Homeowners Association website. They have a section on development in the area and have the following update on Emerald Park: This association has been active under councillor Filion...

See the discussion of the use of that site in the Emerald Park thread--begins about half way down on page 45. There is a pile of earth now and a small dozer on the site with construction materials; the excavation does not appear to be very large or very deep. Does this one deserve its own...

Dump Trucks seem to come and go in spurts. Some days hardly any, other days they are lined up on Poyntz Avenue or on Beecroft to get into the site

Well the shoring equipment will be there for a while yet, there are about 6 drill holes yet to do on the east side and another 5 on the north.

They are humming along pretty well now, a regular parade of dump trucks arrive at the south gate and exit at the north one while that backhoe keeps scooping out the soil. At the same time the drilling machine is working on shoring holes for about six more pilings on the west side and a few more...

The excavation is so deep now that you cannot see any of the equipment when you drive by on Yonge Street. It is all well down below grade.

You can see some of the piles that have been sunk from this shot. They are sinking the holes for the shoring all along the east side of the site, behind the hoarding. That is the Yonge Street side, Jivey's camera is facing west. There are many dump trucks coming and going taking away that...

Others have said that they didn't like the design of the Duca Building--I was wondering about those points. A matter of personal taste?

Yes Marcus_a_j, that was the other note I was going to make, thanks. They only go up a couple of floors at the corner, but it gives you an idea of the finishes at this level.