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Mihairokov
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Wouldn't want him performing any CQC on the construction workers...
UT69420J
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Wouldn't want him performing any CQC on the construction workers...
nightstreak
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Tent structure is going up at the Osgoode Hall site. Will get photos in the morning.
Perhaps this will bring a little more order to the site once the construction area is contained within a tent. Currently, it's a mess of movable fencing, and equipment and private vehicles stored inappropriately along University Avenue.
P.S. Anybody know what's up with all the cops guarding the site? There are always a pair of paid duty cops sitting in a chair fidgeting with their phone all day long. Yesterday there were 7 cops! Do I have to write a science fiction novel for this construction site? What's so valuable beneath the surface that they need 24/7 police instead of your typical construction site security?
Perhaps this will bring a little more order to the site once the construction area is contained within a tent. Currently, it's a mess of movable fencing, and equipment and private vehicles stored inappropriately along University Avenue.
P.S. Anybody know what's up with all the cops guarding the site? There are always a pair of paid duty cops sitting in a chair fidgeting with their phone all day long. Yesterday there were 7 cops! Do I have to write a science fiction novel for this construction site? What's so valuable beneath the surface that they need 24/7 police instead of your typical construction site security?
nightstreak
Active Member
It's 4 stories tall. Feels a lot taller than the tent at the south site and others I've seen like King and Bathurst.
They've also added a site office trailer above the Queen Street sidewalk. Looks like this will be a compact site once it's all put together. I walk down University pretty often and this is going to be here for 5 years so I better get used to it.
They've also added a site office trailer above the Queen Street sidewalk. Looks like this will be a compact site once it's all put together. I walk down University pretty often and this is going to be here for 5 years so I better get used to it.
nightstreak
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Question for anyone in the know:
When the Four Seasons Centre was built, a notable engineering feature was that it was constructed atop rubber pads to dampen vibrations from the University/Spadina line. With another subway line built perpendicular to the first line, will Diamond Schmitt's acoustics team have accounted for double the transit lines? I mean, add to that a rumbling streetcar line and they couldn't have picked a worse location for a venue that requires complete silence.
When the Four Seasons Centre was built, a notable engineering feature was that it was constructed atop rubber pads to dampen vibrations from the University/Spadina line. With another subway line built perpendicular to the first line, will Diamond Schmitt's acoustics team have accounted for double the transit lines? I mean, add to that a rumbling streetcar line and they couldn't have picked a worse location for a venue that requires complete silence.
reinventingthewheel
Active Member
I doubt it’s a concern since the platform will be 36 metres below grade vs. only 9 metres below on Line 1 but an interesting fact nonetheless.
nightstreak
Active Member
Requesting eyes in the sky on the Osgoode Hall site.At Ontario Line community meetings preceding construction, Metrolinx assured the community, including my colleagues at Osgoode Hall, that at least 10ft of the west lawn would be preserved during construction. Up until and including the most recent community notice, this has roughly been the illustration of the site:
Anybody visiting the site can see that this is not the case. The "storage area" extends north to close off that lawn. It's a "storage area" for private vehicles. The promised "10 feet" from Osgoode Hall has been incrementally closed off and is now guarded by Toronto Police 24/7.
The progression of revocation of Metrolinx's promise of access over a few months:
@kotsy you've taken photos of this site from the sky before. Next time you have your drone out there, may I request a survey of the condition of this area to compare with the illustration Metrolinx claims in community notices to be the space dedicated to the public? They're full-on lying and they should be held accountable to the community.
officedweller
Senior Member
I would expect that the area is currently closed because they are building next to it and hazardous.
It would be cheaper to close it off than build a scaffold and sidewalk roof over the area.
It would be cheaper to close it off than build a scaffold and sidewalk roof over the area.
nightstreak
Active Member
That is not the construction site. It's a staging and storage area. Station construction is south of this area and will be contained in a tent.
The wall built there serves the purpose of separating it from the public area. It's a sound barrier because that's where trucks will be parked and idling. In fact, it was built to keep the "green space" available to the public and functional as a park during construction.
officedweller
Senior Member
Ah, I thought that wall was still under construction.
It still looks a bit precarious, as if a strong wind could blow it over.
I was thinking it would end up like what's being built for the Queen & Yonge station.
It still looks a bit precarious, as if a strong wind could blow it over.
I was thinking it would end up like what's being built for the Queen & Yonge station.
nightstreak
Active Member
It’s very secure. It has wind vents and is held down by concrete blocks. It was built specifically do create a public zone and now that’s not being respected. The whole site is chaotic.
nightstreak
Active Member
Geez, this one is a freakin honker of a tent.
And it's only half done. Really hard to overstate how freaking big this thing is. You gotta see it in person.
It also became clear that the 2 lanes of traffic, bike lane and sidewalk are going to remain in this configuration for 4+ years. Maybe the Queen Street sidewalk will get cleared up a bit since the tent will be closed on this end.
And it's only half done. Really hard to overstate how freaking big this thing is. You gotta see it in person.
It also became clear that the 2 lanes of traffic, bike lane and sidewalk are going to remain in this configuration for 4+ years. Maybe the Queen Street sidewalk will get cleared up a bit since the tent will be closed on this end.
nightstreak
Active Member
Just came to mind: didn't they just rebuild the University Avenue fountain in what feels like yesterday? Clearly, it's been completely demolished now.
In this picture from @A Torontonian Now from last year, the fountain is but a memory:
Has Metrolinx shared any technical plans of what the post-construction public realm will be like around the station and if the fountain will be rebuilt and whose responsibility it is to rebuild it? I imagine that it's owned by the city.
Given the poor track record of that fountain leaking into the station below, now is as good time as any to rethink the fountain. I'd love to see something more substantial that stands out as a monument onto itself. It doesn't need to be sunken beneath the surface. Something like the Spirit Garden's fountain nearby at Nathan Phillips Square is at ground level because it's above a parking garage which gives it an opportunity for seating around the perimeter. Also, that fountain somehow can run year round, even in the winter. The University Ave. fountain was a dry leg breaker 7 months a year
A retrospective look back at 17 years of this fountain from Google Streetview that only captures images Spring to Fall, notable because all but 2 have the fountain dry or under construction.
In this picture from @A Torontonian Now from last year, the fountain is but a memory:
Has Metrolinx shared any technical plans of what the post-construction public realm will be like around the station and if the fountain will be rebuilt and whose responsibility it is to rebuild it? I imagine that it's owned by the city.
Given the poor track record of that fountain leaking into the station below, now is as good time as any to rethink the fountain. I'd love to see something more substantial that stands out as a monument onto itself. It doesn't need to be sunken beneath the surface. Something like the Spirit Garden's fountain nearby at Nathan Phillips Square is at ground level because it's above a parking garage which gives it an opportunity for seating around the perimeter. Also, that fountain somehow can run year round, even in the winter. The University Ave. fountain was a dry leg breaker 7 months a year
A retrospective look back at 17 years of this fountain from Google Streetview that only captures images Spring to Fall, notable because all but 2 have the fountain dry or under construction.
Parkdalian
Senior Member
From July 7:
