I like. Keep in mind these are meant for security reasons primarily and seating perhaps.
Therefore the thought and time and money that has gone into each individual piece is quite impressive..
 
UP not operating this weekend but shuttles in service. New (accessible) route designated through Great Hall to Bus Terminal via East Wing, new bridge to CIBC Square north building, down to Bay East Teamway to CIBC Square south building and the Bus Terminal.

BTW: the upper level park is open between the towers, though unfinished on the north side; elevators should be available.

PS: New exit designations in Union subway station— I’ll post images in the Wayfinding thread.
https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/ttc-cartography-signage-and-wayfinding.20334/page-56
 
The combination of a mall-style food court with the food market at Union Station is great. There's something for everyone--both those looking for cheap fast food and those looking for more gourmet options.

It's rare to see something so decadent and fun in the civic realm as the food market at Union. What a leap forward over the boring and forgettable food options that the city has come up with in the past for public spaces like the restaurants on the western beaches, at High Park, and at Nathan Phillips Square.
 
Was going through some documents and had a laugh when I saw these completion dates:

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reinventingthewheel said:
For all the time and money wasted on station naming, you’d think they could come up with more distinct project names / phases. No sense obfuscating real GO expansion progress.
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I am told that, according to the last Sunshine List, Metrolinx has 124 people with a title that includes "Vice President. One might have hoped one of them might be VP-Project Naming!!
 
LUVIT! said:
I like. Keep in mind these are meant for security reasons primarily and seating perhaps.
Therefore the thought and time and money that has gone into each individual piece is quite impressive..
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Do we have an artist credit? I like the images though the blocks
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closer to Bay are already looking a bit sad
 
I came across the sculptor jack hammering into the blocks. Can confirm: this is an indigenous piece.

They're growing on me, though I think they would benefit from being amongst trees or shrubbery. Every other block should be a planter, these wouldn't look so repetitive and the shade from the trees would be welcome next to a bench. There's still time, the blocks are completely removable and can be replaced by a planter of the same size.

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nightstreak said:
I came across the sculptor jack hammering into the blocks. Can confirm: this is an indigenous piece.

They're growing on me, though I think they would benefit from being amongst trees or shrubbery. Every other block should be a planter, these wouldn't look so repetitive and the shade from the trees would be welcome next to a bench. There's still time, the blocks are completely removable and can be replaced by a planter of the same size.

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Southwestern Ontario hates putting in any kind of greenery, seeing it as more of a liability than an asset. Hamilton's department responsibility for installing trees and shrubs and maintaining them appear as to actively despise trees and shrubs. Toronto does a slightly better job. But I think it comes from generations of policy and staff that don't understand anything green is nice and you can have native plant species that do well with less maintenance and often are perennial (come back yearly) which means less yearly planting. Having a nice grass or shrub unkempt can look great if you pick the right one.

Some places do this and it looks so much nicer and is way less work for staff and absorbs more water, this is from the UK but still
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