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Head of Slips (Waterfront Toronto, West 8/DTAH)
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TOBoy
Active Member
No, I didn't. Not in two weeks for sure.
drum118
Superstar
Based on what I saw on Sunday and shown in the photo's above, there is no way Ress will be ready in 10 days.
End of June will be the opening date for it.
Nice to hear Simcoe is still on traget for next weekend event.
From what I saw on Sunday, it looked like a minor issue and replanking would take a few days to do. A day or 2 for the railing.
catcher_of_cats
Active Member
Whimsical wavedeck debuts next week
By Katherine Laidlaw, National Post
The whimsical wavedeck bridge under construction at Lower Simcoe Street will be open for public use next Thursday, says Adriaan Geuze, the Dutch mastermind behind the city’s gradually improving waterfront.
“They animate your eyes. They make Queens Quay literally kiss the water,†he exclaimed today, of the wooden bridges that imitate rolling waves.
Sporting a blue paisley shirt and an optimistic smile, Mr. Geuze gestured animatedly in front of the nearly completed bridge (pictured above). Visiting Toronto to see the construction for the first time, he also gave a waterfront tour to master’s students from the University of Toronto’s landscape architecture program.
The Simcoe wavedeck, curved and dipped so it nearly touches the water in its centre, is near the midpoint of the city’s waterfront and is part of Mr. Geuze’s ambitious masterplan, which he believes will have Toronto’s waterfront rivalling Venice once complete.
“You are able to colonize them, to sit or to play. That’s the kind of smile and humour we’d like to give to places like this,†he said. “The wavedeck is about softness and curved lines. Some people have illusions of the ocean or the Canadian Shield. I like that it’s not just one thing.â€
The $5.5-million bridge slopes dramatically where it faces the water, and levels out for accessibility as it faces the street.
“From Queens Quay Boulevard, the decks always look soft, the wood always looks warm. You want to lie down on it,†he said.
Mr. Geuze’s Netherlands-based West 8 firm won the city’s waterfront design contest in 2006. The Simcoe bridge is one of five being built as part of the West 8 design, which emphasizes a continuous walkway along the waterfront. One of the bridges, near the Toronto police station on Queens Quay, will arc parabolically, leaving enough room for boats to pass underneath as pedestrians walk overhead. “It’s so unique, you’ll want to kiss each other on top of it!†Mr. Geuze says.
Critics of the waterfront project say construction is moving too slowly. Chris Glaisek, vice-president of planning and design for Waterfront Toronto, said opening the wavedecks gradually will quell some of that criticism and show residents the project is in progress.
“The wavedecks are relatively small and relatively easy. We wanted to get those moving for people,†he said. “We wanted
to start delivering things for the public. We knew the project was going to take a couple of years.â€
Mr. Geuze says the waterfront reboot, for its size, is moving quickly.
“This is an undertaking of 3.5-kilometres, and sometimes two blocks deep,†he said. “We’re dealing withlarge territory, dealing with space people feel ownership about. It’s going quickly.â€
By Katherine Laidlaw, National Post
The whimsical wavedeck bridge under construction at Lower Simcoe Street will be open for public use next Thursday, says Adriaan Geuze, the Dutch mastermind behind the city’s gradually improving waterfront.
“They animate your eyes. They make Queens Quay literally kiss the water,†he exclaimed today, of the wooden bridges that imitate rolling waves.
Sporting a blue paisley shirt and an optimistic smile, Mr. Geuze gestured animatedly in front of the nearly completed bridge (pictured above). Visiting Toronto to see the construction for the first time, he also gave a waterfront tour to master’s students from the University of Toronto’s landscape architecture program.
The Simcoe wavedeck, curved and dipped so it nearly touches the water in its centre, is near the midpoint of the city’s waterfront and is part of Mr. Geuze’s ambitious masterplan, which he believes will have Toronto’s waterfront rivalling Venice once complete.
“You are able to colonize them, to sit or to play. That’s the kind of smile and humour we’d like to give to places like this,†he said. “The wavedeck is about softness and curved lines. Some people have illusions of the ocean or the Canadian Shield. I like that it’s not just one thing.â€
The $5.5-million bridge slopes dramatically where it faces the water, and levels out for accessibility as it faces the street.
“From Queens Quay Boulevard, the decks always look soft, the wood always looks warm. You want to lie down on it,†he said.
Mr. Geuze’s Netherlands-based West 8 firm won the city’s waterfront design contest in 2006. The Simcoe bridge is one of five being built as part of the West 8 design, which emphasizes a continuous walkway along the waterfront. One of the bridges, near the Toronto police station on Queens Quay, will arc parabolically, leaving enough room for boats to pass underneath as pedestrians walk overhead. “It’s so unique, you’ll want to kiss each other on top of it!†Mr. Geuze says.
Critics of the waterfront project say construction is moving too slowly. Chris Glaisek, vice-president of planning and design for Waterfront Toronto, said opening the wavedecks gradually will quell some of that criticism and show residents the project is in progress.
“The wavedecks are relatively small and relatively easy. We wanted to get those moving for people,†he said. “We wanted
to start delivering things for the public. We knew the project was going to take a couple of years.â€
Mr. Geuze says the waterfront reboot, for its size, is moving quickly.
“This is an undertaking of 3.5-kilometres, and sometimes two blocks deep,†he said. “We’re dealing withlarge territory, dealing with space people feel ownership about. It’s going quickly.â€
TOBoy
Active Member
Just a thought, will they be installing benches on those crazy slopes at Simcoe? People will be sliding back down to the bottom.
MetroMan
Senior Member
I've seen that man 6 or 7 times. He's always wearing a blue paisley shirt. Is that his uniform? Does he have a closet full blue paisley shirts like Pee Wee Herman has a closet full of grey fitted suits? I'm curious.
He's an interesting character but Toronto owes him many thanks. His design was based on do-ability without being bland. It's been proven: his designs can be done and are adding great character and symmetry to our waterfront.
lightarchitect
Active Member
No, from the renderings it shows that there will be a hand rail.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Dont give a homeless person down there any ideas.
condovo
Senior Member
Or Olivia Chow. Or Cathy Crowe.
MegaMax
New Member
Take the politics elsewhere. What about a nice, lush, lawn? Or under the umbrellas at HtO? Lots of nice places to lie on the waterfront already.
wyliepoon
Senior Member
Wavedeck (June 4)
TOBoy
Active Member
Very nice, thanks Willy. This one can be ready this weekend.
Torontovibe
Senior Member
Finally, something in this city that's moving along quickly. It just goes to show you, when there is incentive to get the job done, it moves fast. Let's hope it continues.
MetroMan
Senior Member
Finally something to show the naysayers who grumble that nothing has been done on the waterfront. It's taken years of planning to come to this and the best is yet to come.
khris
Senior Member
I'd really like to see the marina taken out of there just for making it look nicer