Canadian Urban Canyons - Page 61

franktko · #**1201** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 4:38 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvDiOMigqDW/

Can't wait to see all these south shore's buses gone!

Rico Rommheim · #**1202** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 4:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by franktko

Can't wait to see all these south shore's buses gone!

Yes. And the parking lots turned to 200m towers on both sides as well!

TorontoDrew · #**1203** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 6:18 PM**

King Street by Franklin McKay, on Flickr

isaidso · #**1204** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 8:45 PM**

That wide centre park they built on Autoroute Bonaventure? doesn't work for me at all. Do people actually hang out on that green patch. It doesn't look inviting and is wasted space.

Rico Rommheim · #**1205** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 8:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

That wide centre park they built on Autoroute Bonaventure? doesn't work for me at all. Do people actually hang out on that green patch. It doesn't look inviting and is wasted space.

I can say it hasn't attracted so many people at all. Not in the summer, especially not in the winter.

Oddly enough, I know personally one of the designers behind it and his defense is that we have to wait until the neighbourhood builds around it.

He may be right, we're witnessing a project boom around the park now, so it might just end up being busier in like, 5 years.

At the very worst, I suspect it will be a nice ornament devoid of people. Is it wasted space though?

Martin Mtl · #**1206** Posted **Mar 21, 2019, 10:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by isaidso

That wide centre park they built on Autoroute Bonaventure? doesn't work for me at all. Do people actually hang out on that green patch. It doesn't look inviting and is wasted space.

Still better than the elevated highway that was there before. Give it time for the trees to grow and we’ll see. The whole sector is in transformation. Brand new parks always look a bit spartan at first.

TorontoDrew · #**1207** Posted **Mar 22, 2019, 1:09 AM**

Would have been a great spot for a flatiron tower.

Gresto · #**1208** Posted **Mar 22, 2019, 2:22 AM**

What are those ladder-like structures down the middle of the boulevard?

Acajack · #**1209** Posted **Mar 22, 2019, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gresto

What are those ladder-like structures down the middle of the boulevard?

Public art. Looks pretty cool at night.

FrAnKs · #**1210** Posted **Mar 22, 2019, 2:26 AM**

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Originally Posted by Gresto

What are those ladder-like structures down the middle of the boulevard?

Design structures.

Chadillaccc · #**1211** Posted **Mar 26, 2019, 12:19 AM**

6 Avenue, shrouded in fog on Sunday afternoon...

By me

isaidso · #**1212** Posted **Mar 26, 2019, 11:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Martin Mtl

Still better than the elevated highway that was there before. Give it time for the trees to grow and we’ll see. The whole sector is in transformation. Brand new parks always look a bit spartan at first.

An improvement for sure but not convinced the replacement is a success. I'll give it some time.

isaidso · #**1213** Posted **Mar 26, 2019, 11:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim

I can say it hasn't attracted so many people at all. Not in the summer, especially not in the winter.

Oddly enough, I know personally one of the designers behind it and his defense is that we have to wait until the neighbourhood builds around it.

He may be right, we're witnessing a project boom around the park now, so it might just end up being busier in like, 5 years.

At the very worst, I suspect it will be a nice ornament devoid of people. Is it wasted space though?

We have a few new public spaces like that with condo towers all around. Perhaps the term 'wasted space' isn't the right one but I'm left feeling that these places will eventually get re-done till they find a design that works. In a dense central city space is at a premium so I'd rather see the few public spaces we have used by people.

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Would have been a great spot for a flatiron tower.

Perhaps that's precisely what will be there 20+ years from now.

TorontoDrew · #**1214** Posted **Apr 5, 2019, 2:38 PM**

A Rainy Day on Yonge Street by A Great Capture, on Flickr

Adding to the canyon on Lower Bay.

CIBC Square by History in Photos, on Flickr

Martin Mtl · #**1215** Posted **Apr 11, 2019, 1:28 PM**

à
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwGFY9OglnI/

TorontoDrew · #**1216** Posted **Apr 29, 2019, 3:19 PM**

Jarvis St by History in Photos, on Flickr

Yonge St by History in Photos, on Flickr

Nouvellecosse · #**1217** Posted **Apr 29, 2019, 3:45 PM**

I'm really enjoying the east side now that it's densifying and covered most of the surface parking. I wish the country had more extensive areas built to this height/scale.

isaidso · #**1218** Posted **Apr 29, 2019, 5:25 PM**

Agree. Once its a little further along (and has a larger resident population) perhaps they can start tackling the pedestrian realm. The street 2 photos up could be reduced to 2 lanes from 4, the sidewalk widened, and a green buffer built between sidewalk and road. It's pretty awful as is.

TorontoDrew · #**1219** Posted **May 8, 2019, 4:43 PM**

Source: Amanda Catching https://www.flickr.com/photos/amanda_catching/page2

Chadillaccc · #**1220** Posted **May 19, 2019, 7:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Amazing