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This August will be a 10 day trial, then back to the 4 lane road. I have done more than read speculation on this subject. I also have a realistic understanding of what people say vs really want. Area residents may want a 2 lane Queens Quay, but City of Toronto residents on the whole are going to make a stink about it, OR a transportation study (you know there will be one) will bog it down and nothing will result. I look forward to a 2 lane Queens Quay, but highly doubt it.
Sorry, but I have serious doubts over the closure of any roads in Toronto. I would LOVE to see it happen and think that it is important for unifying the waterfront, but I still have my doubts.
Re: Foster's teardrops- if the city isnt going to invest in the maple leaf board walk (whose purpose is actually to act as a natural lake cleaner), which could be acheived rather inexpensively, they are not going to invest in building high cost, small hotels which they will rent out to corporations at a loss.
Sure, the maple leaf boardwalk would be seen only from an elevated site, but look at how many people would see it... there are a tonne of local residents who would see it from their office towers and condos. More importantly, tourists would see it when they go up the CN Tower (which has to be Toronto's #1 attraction). I know if I was a tourist going up the tower and saw that maple leaf on the water, I would want to know what it is. Finding out you can walk on it, I would head straight over there.
The floating Maple Leaf would be a HUGE plus for a Toronto World Fair. It would be a major attraction, and could showcase how we can clean the dirty lake naturally. If anything, this is one part of the proposal which should stay. It would be a really interesting feature of Toronto's World Fair bid.
Sorry, but I have serious doubts over the closure of any roads in Toronto. I would LOVE to see it happen and think that it is important for unifying the waterfront, but I still have my doubts.
Re: Foster's teardrops- if the city isnt going to invest in the maple leaf board walk (whose purpose is actually to act as a natural lake cleaner), which could be acheived rather inexpensively, they are not going to invest in building high cost, small hotels which they will rent out to corporations at a loss.
Sure, the maple leaf boardwalk would be seen only from an elevated site, but look at how many people would see it... there are a tonne of local residents who would see it from their office towers and condos. More importantly, tourists would see it when they go up the CN Tower (which has to be Toronto's #1 attraction). I know if I was a tourist going up the tower and saw that maple leaf on the water, I would want to know what it is. Finding out you can walk on it, I would head straight over there.
The floating Maple Leaf would be a HUGE plus for a Toronto World Fair. It would be a major attraction, and could showcase how we can clean the dirty lake naturally. If anything, this is one part of the proposal which should stay. It would be a really interesting feature of Toronto's World Fair bid.