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Aaaand THE MOST important part of the entire Lower Don Lands project, what we’ve recovered ancient seedlings for, brought species of fish back to, and redirected and naturalized an entire river for

The sacred Porsche dealership

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xmyth_ said:
Oh, you were on the island. These gotta go to the other thread now 🤣
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Heheh. You know what else is funny? I know it's technically an island as you couldn't get to it without going over a bridge in every direction, but it hardly feels like an island. I feel like I'm just driving over some small rivers, I don't for a moment ever think, "WOW I'M ON AN ISLAND!"
 
hawc said:
Heheh. You know what else is funny? I know it's technically an island as you couldn't get to it without going over a bridge in every direction, but it hardly feels like an island. I feel like I'm just driving over some small rivers, I don't for a moment ever think, "WOW I'M ON AN ISLAND!"
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I imagine what feels like MORE of an island is parts of Liberty Village where you’re hemmed in by railways and expressways. Maybe that’ll change when there’s people living here, or trying to get to stuff ON the island, and you realize how limited egress is.

But again, that’s why I’ve always said don’t do high density here.

I imagine we’re a good 20yrs from getting a streetcar down this way - so mark my words, in 10yrs when people are living there, they’re going to be demanding the red streetcar bridge get opened up to cars.
 
xmyth_ said:
Building something between yellow bridge and bascule. View attachment 639989

Cleaning giant graffiti on yellow bridge, taken from north of yellow bridge so NOT on the island.
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View from Polson -off the island- they fenced the boardwalk off again. Does anyone know if that’s in expectation of lake levels?
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Aaand more pilings -off the island- to the north.

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From your photo, it seems they are removing the covering etc from the east side of the Bascule Bridge. Just in time for the spring boat traffic. It is hard to see, did they actually repair and repaint that side??
 
DSCToronto said:
From your photo, it seems they are removing the covering etc from the east side of the Bascule Bridge. Just in time for the spring boat traffic. It is hard to see, did they actually repair and repaint that side??
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I couldn’t really see much on that side. But maybe they moved as quick here as they did with the crane
 
mburrrrr said:
A little too dark last night.
New green paint on the left half portion.
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Excellent work @mburrrrr I assume they will (as planned) complete the left side this spring before re-opening the bridge and do the right-hand side next winter after the Ship Channel is closed for the winter. Presumably they can work on the southern (fixed) sections of the steelwork any time so may do it over the summer. We shall see!
 
bgobgo said:
Just got back from Lyon, France. Wonderful community in the Confluence District that has been built in the last decade that would provide great inspiration for the Lower Don Lands / Port Lands area.

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Of course, we're looking at vastly more tall and dense than this............which I see as unfortunate. I like this example.
 
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