Sorry for the blurry pic, the cloud just came out of nowhere. Taken during descent into Pearson.

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rdaner said:
The trees are in along Dupont which will make a big difference. On 16 May.

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There needs to be a lot of trees on this side of Dupont to help with traffic calming. I saw 2 accidents in 2 hours a coupe of weeks back. One at Galleria and one at the intersection at Dufferin.
I also noticed the wires right outside the tower sag very low. Some are already close in height to the planted trees.
 
This stretch of Dupont is funny... while those buildings were under construction, the south-side curb lane was always blocked by construction vehicles/dump trucks. I naively wondered what it would look like once the work was done and traffic in 2 lanes. Then construction wrapped up and immediately it filled with parked cars blocking the lane instead. It’s a shame the complete street project is paused/delayed, because that space is unusable for anyone actually travelling most of the day and would’ve benefited from safety improvements and a bike lane.
 
yyzfa said:
I was hoping to do a redo soon of my last pic of the project from above. I was able to capture it today while landing into Pearson. The green tiles from the community centre “pop” looking down from above.

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Great pic! Judging by your username and two different pics coming into Pearson in short order…I’m guessing you fly for a living or have to fly a lot in the course of your living 😊
 
ceaz40 said:
Great pic! Judging by your username and two different pics coming into Pearson in short order…I’m guessing you fly for a living or have to fly a lot in the course of your living 😊
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Let’s just say between condo living and work, I spend a lot of time in the sky. 😀
 
gokulullas said:
There needs to be a lot of trees on this side of Dupont to help with traffic calming. I saw 2 accidents in 2 hours a coupe of weeks back. One at Galleria and one at the intersection at Dufferin.
I also noticed the wires right outside the tower sag very low. Some are already close in height to the planted trees.
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No idea why it’s not mandatory to move these wires underground when building projects of this scale
 
ComptoirGeneral said:
No idea why it’s not mandatory to move these wires underground when building projects of this scale
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I actually tried once - It was easier for construction to bury the lines and use fly forms on the lower levels of the building. Toronto Hydro wouldn't let us even if we paid them for it. They wont allow only one segment of a line to be buried unless the entire length of the line is buried underground. Reason for this is if there's an outage in an area they have to send two crews (the above ground crew and the underground crew) to deal with it, extending outage time. Their mandate is to keep power flowing, nothing else matters.
 
These buildings so far are hideous, I'm sorry.

I love density, but the podium on the corner is overbearing/overwhelming in my opinion. Some of the brick detailing is well executed, but too much spandrel
 
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