rdaner
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We have discussed the water colour and it is part of a natural filtering process. Will be gone in a day.
Toronto Love Park | 3m | 1s | City of Toronto | CCxA
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Toron
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It’s been a quite long time!!
It’s embarrassing to be honest.
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I was there late last week, the water is certainly not crystal clear but it is not nearly as opaque as it was. There is clearly a balance between being fully 'treated' and being 'natural' and I suspect it will change.
Parkdalian
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I honestly didn't mind it! Sometimes natural water is green. It doesn't need to look like a swimming pool.
UtakataNoAnnex
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Yeah...this thing is supposed to be a pond, not a swimming pool.
Toron
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Yes fellas, I totally agree with you, and I wasn't mentioning anything close to a swimming pool, but it's just too green and doesn't seem healthy for me.
But I definitely appreciate your contributions.
But I definitely appreciate your contributions.
AlvinofDiaspar
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Not overly concerned but I thought it is an issue that would have been less conspicuous if we had went for dark shale (slate?) lining proposed early on.
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UtakataNoAnnex
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...the "too green" was taken care of earlier to my understanding. And is likely still being monitored now in case that happens again. From there though, the hue of the water becomes a matter of an opinion.
junctionist
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Rounded river stones would have been nice too. The parking lot-style concrete pavement at the bottom of the pond is a weak point in the design.
chrisw
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mburrrrr
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They are cleaning and then draining the pond this morning.
A sad day.
A sad day.
Northern Light
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In line w/the above observation:
mrgrieves
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i'm disappointed about this. beaver lake in montreal is not drained in the winter - why does this park need to be?
why the city would allocate so much of this park to a water feature that can't be used for half the year is baffling. hopefully skateboarders start using the pond so it's not a total waste in the winter
picard102
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One is a lake, the other is a pond.
Full Metal Junkie
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What always baffled me is why the city would allocate so much of this park to a water feature when there is a giant water feature called Lake Ontario right there not even 100 meters away.