rdaner
Senior Member
So this section of the trail is almost finished. Taken 27 October.
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junctionist
Senior Member
I like the antique-style light fixtures. We should have them in more parts of the city. But they're supposed to go on matching antique-style black poles.
We're so backwards as a city on public realm design issues. How did we end up being seemingly the only major city that can't figure out common public realm flourishes like ornamental streetlights? Ottawa and Montreal have done better in this regard.
We're so backwards as a city on public realm design issues. How did we end up being seemingly the only major city that can't figure out common public realm flourishes like ornamental streetlights? Ottawa and Montreal have done better in this regard.
Northern Light
Superstar
Yes they are.
Also.......note that they conflict w/the acorn-style fixtures still present on other poles.........
Acorn-style fixtures that are also on poles that don't match.
This is the correct pole for those (from University Avenue, via streetview)
What isn't very visible here, is that the correct poles have a sort of sandstone tone to them with visible stone, and of course, a proper base.
In part, but not wholly by selling our streetlights to Toronto Hydro as an accounting trick............to balance the budget during the Miller era..............
The City doesn't pay hydro enough to care, hydro cant' recover the costs from other parts of its regulated business...............
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That said, the City could still do much better; but it would help if they brought streetlighting back in house.
vic
Senior Member
That goes well with the horribly mismatched eastern staircase of the Wallace bridge.
smably
Senior Member
ProjectEnd
Superstar
Is this the punch through?
rdaner
Senior Member
Sqazi
New Member
Taken Mar 9th. Good progress on the steel structural frame and was surprised to see work taking place even on the Saturday.
Towered
Superstar
Just a friendly reminder that when this connection was first proposed, this was a big hit:
felix123
Active Member
Is there a targeted completion date for the connection?
evandyk
Senior Member
I was just wondering this. I have to go to the airport on Saturday and my son would love to take the UP, but I'm not dragging him and a suitcase outside from Dundas W to the UP platform at 5 a.m. One day we'll be able to take the tunnel, and that's when doing that will be more attractive than a taxi/driving. At least in the winter. Next summer flight we have, we're taking the UP for sure.
nfitz
Superstar
A bigger challenge is the first westbound UP train doesn't leave Bloor station until after 6 AM on Saturdays.
evandyk
Senior Member
I hadn't gone as far as actually checking the schedules to see if it would work. I think if we got on the 6:08, we'd be good. But my wife will never agree to it.
nfitz
Superstar
Probably more dependable to take the 300 Bloor-Danforth bus - which runs directly to the airport at 5 AM. The bus moves like greased lightening at that time in the morning.
evandyk
Senior Member
My wife has bad memories of the Bloor night bus from her younger days.