Downtown Markham

[Sam!]

The Caplansky truck is coming? I know what I'm doing for dinner tomorrow!

Caplansky's and Beaver Tails apparently. Good luck at the line up.

 

[innsertnamehere]

2 cranes now up for Aviva, and a crane up for Signature. Once the second Signature crane is up, there will be 4 cranes on site.

With Aviva being around floor 3 right now the area is finally starting to look a bit more urban, or at least from the 407.

 

[canarob]

I need to return one of these weekends with my camera, but if you stand just south of Birchmount and 7 by the entrance to the plaza with the Whole Foods, you get a nice urban view down the soon-to-open Birchmount bridge across the Rouge. With Downtown Markham to the south, Uptown Markham directly to the west and the cluster of highrises near the Hilton beyond that, this area is definitely starting to feel more like a "place." This will be further reinforced once the midrises along the north side of 7 rise, not to mention the Sheridan redevelopment.

 

[Sam!]

They've been working feverishly lately on the walking path along Enterprise as well. Looks like that will open up fairly soon.

 

[someMidTowner]

Huge photo dump from Wednesday August 13th:

 

[canarob]

Great photos as always. Looking forward to the new Cineplex.

 

[MafaldaBoy]

I wasn't able to find a thread just for the Cineplex buildings, although there appear to be two threads [1] [2] for the Marriott Hotel & Signature Condos. The Cineplex complex is located at 169 & 179 Enterprise rather than 170 & 180 for the Marriott across the street. Could the mods could change the title of the inactive thread to accommodate the Cineplex complex? Most of the discussion there already revolves around it anyways. I'll post the photos here in the meantime:

10 August 2014 (photodump):


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Cineplex Theatres by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr

 

[MafaldaBoy]

The stretch of Civic Mall between Rouge Valley Drive West and Birchmount (south of Rouge Bijou & north of VIVA rapidway) is taking shape, and I'm loving it. Too bad there isn't retail on this stretch.

10 August 2014 (photodump):


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Downtown Markham Civic Mall by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr


Honeywell Canada by MafaldaBoy, on Flickr

 

[CLF0708]

Birchmount Road extension to Hwy 7 is now open.

 

[TJ O'Pootertoot]

Interesting, if there's people in this thread who actually live in the area, an academic survey on living in high-rise in Markham and Richmond Hill...
http://kwiksurveys.com/app/rendersurvey.asp?sid=wggc8ce3ky5di4r340412

 

[benbola]

Just discovered that a couple videos of the carousel planned for the NW corner of Enterprise and Birchmount were posted to the artist's website last spring.

http://www.patrickamiot.com/carrousel/

 

[taal]

Really not a big fan of it ... never was, for the money I can think of many preferable pieaces of art I'd prefer.

 

[benbola]

My wife quite likes it, but I'm with you.

I read that Jane's Carousel in Brooklyn was what sparked this idea. That is perhaps an impossibly high standard to use as a comparison (given that it was a 25 year labour of love for the builders), but this is a letdown for me.

At this point I'm just hoping for the best.

 

[taal]

My other big issue for things like this is maintenance, is it covered for the winter as well ?

I mean personally I'd prefer a water feature of some sort ( though I know that has maintenance issues as well ) but most cities generally do a good job of keeping such things running ( of course, most cities doesn't include Toronto .. that's OK though this is Markham ; - )

 

[Sam!]

My other big issue for things like this is maintenance, is it covered for the winter as well ?

I mean personally I'd prefer a water feature of some sort ( though I know that has maintenance issues as well ) but most cities generally do a good job of keeping such things running ( of course, most cities doesn't include Toronto .. that's OK though this is Markham ; - )

I remember eons ago when the fountain at Markham and Steeles first opened up. People would put soap/detergent and the fountain would foam up. I wonder if that still happens.

My brain dump about public fountains.

EDIT: Another drive-in food truck event on September 27.