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Mississauga Celebration Square Redevelopment (CS&P Architects) COMPLETE

Bye Bye grass

Bye Bye grass and not surprised, considering how bad the grass was kill in its first year.

Mississauga Celebration Square - Artificial Turf Installation (Ward 4)
Corporate Report dated September 22, 2011 from the Commissioner of Community
Services with respect to the installation of artificial turf at the Mississauga Celebration
Square.
RECOMMENDATION
1. That approval be granted to convert the existing natural lawn on the south part of
Mississauga Celebration Square to artificial turf for a total project cost of
$600,000.
2. That the Mississauga Celebration Square - Great Lawn Artificial Turf project (PN
11-300) be established with a gross and net budget of $600,000.
3. That funds of $300,000 be transferred from the 2009 Special Project Capital
Reserve (Account # 35574) and $300,000 be transferred from the Capital Reserve
Fund (Account # 33121) to the project (PN 11-300).
4. That the necessary by-laws be enacted.
 
They should have seen this coming. I am sure the labour costs of attempting to maintain the real grass were significant.
 
^good move, saw it coming...
lunch time at the Square
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So happy to see Food Truck Eats at MCC! The organizer has had one hell of a hard time organizing them in Toronto, as the city keeps shutting him down. Mississauga had no issue hosting this event. Its sad that Toronto City Hall can't get its act together.
 
Nov 04
Looks like they are going to build some type of shelter or something on either side of the stage. Both side are different based on the number of supports to be built.

The one thing I would like to see before the new turf is put down, fixing or removing those cover plates in the grass area in front of the stage so people cannot trip over them like they can today. Even with the cones there, not easy to see at night.
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Stage right
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The new civic space is nicely configured and landscaped, but the sea of concrete paving probably won't age well. It's also a surprising choice given the Postmodern architecture. I don't get why urban designers don't seem to realize that after the initial years when concrete is new, it just doesn't look very good. It becomes grey and gum-stained. In central European countries, paving of pedestrian areas currently consists of either interlocking pavers or granite blocks everywhere, even at airports and on sidewalks on modest suburban streets.
 
Sure took them long enough to put that plaque.

Going to be 20 years until some of those trees are big like the ones that got removed.

The City being putting up lights all week.
 
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The benches should be coming in due time, the skate rental facility is scheduled to open in January, there will food service trucks on site, when the Square restaurant opens there will be service outlet to offer hot-dogs, ice-cream, etc...

http://www.mississauga.ca/portal/cityhall/pressreleases?paf_gear_id=9700020&itemId=113800123n&returnUrl=%2Fportal%2Fcityhall%2Fpressreleases%3Bjsessionid%3DR1LP3GLVUNWKNTRPH3XD4FWOF25W4PW0

City of Mississauga's Outdoor Skating Rinks Now Open

Dec 05, 2011


The City of Mississauga's outdoor skating rinks, including Mississauga Celebration Square will open December 6, weather permitting. Residents are encouraged to bring their skates and enjoy the outdoor fun.

The Mississauga Celebration Square ice rink will open from December 6 to March 2012. The rink is 147 feet x 155 feet, making it the largest free outdoor artificial ice rink in the city. Visit www.mississauga.ca/portal/celebrationsquare and www.facebook.com for more information and hours of operation.

For information on all of Mississauga's skating rinks including hours of operation and locations visit www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/Arenas, call 3-1-1 or 905-615-4311 if outside city limits.

As Canada's sixth largest city, Mississauga is home to 734,000 residents and 55,000 businesses, including 63 Fortune 500 companies with Canadian head offices or major divisional head offices. A diverse, progressive and award-winning municipality located on the shores of Lake Ontario in the heart of the Greater Toronto Area, Mississauga is "Leading Today for Tomorrow" by focussing on delivering services, implementing its Strategic Plan, delivering value for money, maintaining infrastructure and continuing to be an employer of choice.

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Media Contact:
Baljit Seran
Public Affairs Consultant
City of Mississauga
905-615-3200 ext. 5050
baljit.seran@mississauga.ca
TTY: 905-896-5151
 
Ugh... in that case it was a complete waste to build it as a road in the first place. Glad to see it being permanently closed though!
 
The grass area has been fence off for the past few weeks.

The closing of the road is a good thing and still leaves an option or two down the road to be used for things requiring vehicles to use the area.

The road was given a one year trial use and it has shown the road closure would not have an impact on the road system. Council wanted to close the road last April, but held off tell this year.

Once the roundabout is built at the intersection of Duke of York, traffic will flow a lot better, including the other 2 plan roundabouts.
 

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