[mettle]

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Looks like they are installing some permeant bollards on the north west corner of Union. Kinda bland, but looks nice for seating tbh

We waited how many years for that?

AoD

i'm hoping that's not it. because as it is, it's a tiny step up from the concrete barriers.

 

[Richard White]

We waited how many years for that?

AoD

Are you surprised?

This is the City of Toronto after all.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

This looks like a step in the wrong direction here. It may be blocking vehicles but it impedes pedestrian flow more than the jersey barriers.

 

[Mihairokov]

If these are all there'll be they won't be passable as they'll be used for seating. Might actually be a downgrade, but i'll wait for a finished product before casting judgement.

 

[mburrrrr]

If these are all there'll be they won't be passable as they'll be used for seating. Might actually be a downgrade, but i'll wait for a finished product before casting judgement.

It looks like you could climb over these; the jersey barriers not so much.

 

[WB62]

Wasn't there 2 phases to this? Are these blocks just the first one?

 

[bearcat]

In November the city said the work 'had begun' and would be broken out into 3 phases.

Phase 1:Water-proofing to make sure that the work that’s happening in the street doesn’t negatively impact the station.

Phase 2: Installation of “anti-terror concrete blocks.” The blocks are crash-rated and are meant to withstand an impact and so the term ‘anti-terror’ is what’s used.

Phase 3: Bollards to be installed all along Front Street West in front of Union Station and at parts of York and Bay streets.

I'm not 100% clear why they need phase 2 as that seems like a temp solution. I guess it is because they need to remove the existing jersey barriers to do phase 1 waterproofing so between that and the actual bollards being installed, they are dropping in some concrete blocks???

This was mentioned earlier in the thread, perhaps these are temporary????

 

[smallspy]

This was mentioned earlier in the thread, perhaps these are temporary????

They have to be. Those are plywood boxes.

They are likely caps to prevent people from falling into the drilled holes, or have had an initial concrete pour and so need to be kept dry and insulated.

Dan

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Wasn't there 2 phases to this? Are these blocks just the first one?

I would hope so. You'd think that they'd send out some clue as to what the end product will look like?

AoD

 

[GenerationLee]

Yeah, I'm certain this is phase 1 of the plan, the final bollards aren't coming until a little while from now, as part of phase 2.

 

[Sauga89]

This was mentioned earlier in the thread, perhaps these are temporary????

I don't know what the permanent plan is, but I wouldn't mind something like this as a permanent solution if they added some planters with evergreen shrubs on top to make it greener, and widened the gaps for pedestrians a little.

 

[bearcat]

I don't know what the permanent plan is, but I wouldn't mind something like this as a permanent solution if they added some planters with evergreen shrubs on top to make it greener, and widened the gaps for pedestrians a little.

yes, the biggest issue is the gaps here (or rather how narrow they are), that's what I am complaining about

 

[slickpete83]

taken March 8

 

[Northern Light]

I would hope so. You'd think that they'd send out some clue as to what the end product will look like?

AoD

The City was asked by media to provide a rendering, but declined to do so.

The general shape will be something like this:

I'm not clear on whether they will be clad at all. - same info City TV had, in this report, from which I borrowed their image:

City of Toronto begins sidewalk, utility and security upgrades outside Union Station

Temporary security barriers were installed by the City of Toronto in front of Union Station after the 2018 van attack.

toronto.citynews.ca

 

[bgobgo]

So we are going to have both the hideous concrete blocks and the bollards???

Can someone explain why the h&ll we need the blocks? It will take up valuable real estate and look really bad. The nice metal bollards are enough. And we don’t need seating on the sidewalk in that area so I despise the idea of those blocks being permanent.

In sum: We need clean lines and free flowing pedestrian traffic with metal bollards to keep cars off the sidewalks.