someMidTowner
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You probably shouldn't call people moronic in a statement riddled with spelling and grammatical errors:
You probably shouldn't call people moronic in a statement riddled with spelling and grammatical errors:
kweku
Active Member
I don't feel like wasting my brains to respond to your "intelligent" quote.
But I must believe you've been stuck here in the GTA for so long .... it's time to travel outside the country for site-seeing. Please let us know if AURA is a designed landmark upon your return
Thank you
caltrane74
Senior Member
By me
bleu
Banned
Aura is fine as a condominium, the height is right and it is at least 1000X better than what was previous there.
However, I agree with you that it is just a condo and nobody will come to Toronto to see Aura, and nobody will know it outside Toronto either. In fact, nobody comes to Toronto to see any building at all (CN tower is not a building strictly speaking), so it is not like we lost some great opportunity.
ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
See its not nice when people attack you is it. Hits a few nerves. Can we now be civil.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
The site has been active up top every day this week, rare given all the lost time in the past five months due to weather and winds.
wmedia
Senior Member
I get regular family and friends visiting from the UK who always wander around taking photos of the city. It might be interesting to see what structures they take pictures of, or what structures particularly stick in their minds, other than the really obvious ones like the CN Tower and the Gooderham Flatiron.
Living amongst so many high rises desensitizes you to their impact, but when you visit here from a small south England village, the impact of very tall buildings is a memorable experience.
People might not visit Toronto to see Aura, but when they do see it, I'm betting they'll snap pictures of it. I'm sure the L Tower and One Bloor will also become tourist photo favourites. Exciting times for the city.
Living amongst so many high rises desensitizes you to their impact, but when you visit here from a small south England village, the impact of very tall buildings is a memorable experience.
People might not visit Toronto to see Aura, but when they do see it, I'm betting they'll snap pictures of it. I'm sure the L Tower and One Bloor will also become tourist photo favourites. Exciting times for the city.
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ptbotrmpfn
Senior Member
thank you wmedia, this is what I have been trying to get across this whole time. I will stop commenting.
BrianSolo
UT Member
Thanks for the great picture, Caltrane. It's a nice relief to all the beauty bitching.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
i'm sure they will--it's not every city that builds 78-story condos without the assistance of a real architect.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
thedeepend:
To be fair, they are certified to practice in Ontario.
AoD
To be fair, they are certified to practice in Ontario.
AoD
LowPolygon
Senior Member
Agreed.
They have so little aptitude for their chosen profession that one forgets they are ‘legally’ entitled to practice it.
Creighton
New Member
Indeed. Condo-photographing is at the top of most people's list while travelling. The first thing I do when I land in a new city is grab a condo guide and snap away. Always makes for a tremendously exciting trip. Huge, untapped market - condo snappers.
rpeters
Active Member
Lol +1 to thedeepend. Some enjoyable wit with truth behind it.
wmedia
Senior Member
Internet sarcasm aside, visitors take pictures of structures that interest them as they walk the streets. The fact that they are condos means nothing to most overseas travellers. Most will see them as buildings, nothing more. The word "condo" doesn't mean a thing to olde Englishmen. We come from a simple village life of thatched barns, rolling hills and REAL baked beans!
