UtakataNoAnnex said:
Preserving industrial heritage is not just unique to Toronto though...
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For sure. Nothing about this crane is beautiful or remarkable though. It's there to remind people of Toronto's industrial waterfront past, a mission very well-accomplished by the:
1. Active sugar factory
2. balance of the currently in-use industrial wasteland surrounding the park
3. Grain silos also taking up valuable waterfront activation space
4. future Hearn district smokestacks

This was a pointless heritage preservation effort.
 
Vanalla said:
For sure. Nothing about this crane is beautiful or remarkable though. It's there to remind people of Toronto's industrial waterfront past, a mission very well-accomplished by the:
1. Active sugar factory
2. balance of the currently in-use industrial wasteland surrounding the park
3. Grain silos also taking up valuable waterfront activation space
4. future Hearn district smokestacks

This was a pointless heritage preservation effort.
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There is no such thing as pointless heritage preservation. Having the crane there is more interesting since it will always remind people of the effort it took to renaturalize the area.
 
I have done dozens of walks with people of The Portlands and a
lol of them, without fail, want a picture with The Crane and skyline in the background! 😂

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Vanalla said:
For sure. Nothing about this crane is beautiful or remarkable though. It's there to remind people of Toronto's industrial waterfront past, a mission very well-accomplished by the:
1. Active sugar factory
2. balance of the currently in-use industrial wasteland surrounding the park
3. Grain silos also taking up valuable waterfront activation space
4. future Hearn district smokestacks

This was a pointless heritage preservation effort.
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Pointless in your eyes, yes...
 
Honestly I wish they'd keep the scalofding as well :) May as well for the future re-paint right ?
 
Vanalla said:
Paris lights up a beautiful centrepiece anchoring their skyline, a true embodiment of architecture. Toronto lights up... an old industrial crane :rolleyes::rolleyes:

Preserving this eyesore is very silly when the objective of the Lower Don Lands park is to create a naturalized riverside.
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The crane is cool, structurally interesting, and could become a signpost, a flagpole, an observation deck, a light installation, a bungee-jumping platform, or something else someday.

Not only that, it represents a layer of development and history. It's the preservation of layers of history that have made old cities like Paris interesting.

On that note, many influential Parisians originally thought the "beautiful centrepiece anchoring their skyline" was a hideous eyesore: https://www.toureiffel.paris/en/news/130-years/artists-who-protested-eiffel-tower
 
btw there was talk of an even larger playground / adventure area but I believe it isn't funded, does anyone know where that is in relation to the playground they are already building (with the owl/animal structures).
 
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