Lots of progress on soon-to-open route between the silos extending to Bathurst. And I think that the mark of a well-designed space is if people use it year-round. 8 March.


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I was there on the weekend. It looks nothing like this:
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Whenever the city designs gardens and green spaces, they often get turned into paving because the city then realizes that they haven’t given themselves the resources to maintain them.

Nor did it look like this:
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That engineered curved deck just became a regular old flat deck you’d buy at Rona for your back yard.

Sometimes the dreamers break out in this city but they rarely make it to the finish line because City Hall is stacked with small thinkers and boring bureaucrats. It’s soul sucking.
 
...but as a render, that looks pretty schematic. That is, a lot of detailing is is not really present....making it something you can't really rely on as a final product. Plus this is still a work in progress...also making things subject to change.

However, I will say that much of major components for what we see now are there. And for what that's worth.
 
nightstreak said:
I was there on the weekend. It looks nothing like this:
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Whenever the city designs gardens and green spaces, they often get turned into paving because the city then realizes that they haven’t given themselves the resources to maintain them.

Nor did it look like this:
49701-149284.jpeg


That engineered curved deck just became a regular old flat deck you’d buy at Rona for your back yard.

Sometimes the dreamers break out in this city but they rarely make it to the finish line because City Hall is stacked with small thinkers and boring bureaucrats. It’s soul sucking.
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There's nothing surprising about Toronto being its usual cheap-ass self.
 
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There's nothing surprising about Toronto being its usual cheap-ass self.
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Ahem.

There is nothing cheap or value-engineered about this space.

@bowen 's photo from a couple pages back:

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Those pavers are granite, and look gorgeous. The wooden seating is high quality, there's lots of vegetation, the chairs have a real pop, While I do wish the lighting program were a bit different, its not cheap.

Meanwhile the restoration of the building and the silos has been impeccable, and the night lighting of the silos is great, and was improved during the project as a result of a suggestion made here at UT.

As trees mature, this space will be very successful, particularly with adjacent food retail and programmed space.

Its important not to always 'react' impulsively.
 
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Although, there is a point that if Mr. bowem was in charge of St. Lawrence Market North in an alternate world, it would be of considerably better quality and standing, red vents and all. So I get the criticisms...

...but I agree with others, it's not true with everything for this city. And most certainly not true here.
 
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