I lived downtown up until xmas last yr... I totally disagee that Downtwon is VERY GREEN with Thousands of TREES... The trees downtown are often found on the sidealks with not enough room to grow and often die. There are a few parks downtwon but they too often need new grass to be laid down because their so rare their used often by anyone who knows about them. Didnt city council recognize this was a problem and was or is currently trying to rectify the problem by planting new trees downtown. Isnt this also part of the reason queens quay is being redeveloped... I dont know what else to say but I disagree so much with the idea that toronto has plenty of green space downtown.
Are you kidding? Go outside of the downtown core if you want to see trees and parks. There are hardly any trees lining the streets downtown. And the parks are rundown and small.
I know there are plenty of trees and parks out of the downtown area, sheesh! As for "green space" there are plenty of public and private green spaces downtown. More trees and green spaces are always welcome, and the City has done a great job of continually improving in this area in the past 20 or so years.
I quickly grabbed a few photos of our
treeless downtown which has thousands upon thousands of trees of all shapes, age and sizes.
Click on the thumbnail to enlarge, then click again on the image for full size.
Charles Street looking east toward Jarvis ("X" condo)
Isabella Street looking west toward Yonge ("Casa" condo)
Spadina & College, facing south-east and south-west
Church Street, in the heart of the Village north of Carlton and south of Wellesley
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Jarvis & Wellesley (mid-May, before the leaves fully bloomed)
Finally, check out the
downtown parks thread. Last summer I photographed a couple dozen parks, show me where sod needs to be laid and where the parks are rundown. Some of these sets were taken during the strike and the parks still looked fine.
Oh, and look at all the trees!
