Toronto Berczy Park Revitalization | ?m | ?s

[Ryan_T]

Can't wait to see that fountain glowing at night.

 

[Torontovibe]

I noticed that they have blocked off the wooden platforms recently. Maybe complaining loudly to Pam McConnell's office and 311 worked!

 

[DSC]

I noticed that they have blocked off the wooden platforms recently. Maybe complaining loudly to Pam McConnell's office and 311 worked!

As noted above, the City expect (and have always expected) to add anti-boarder protection very soon.

 

[NBGtect]

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Friends ofBerczyPark ‏@FriendsofBerczy 30m30 minutes ago
Thanks @TorontoPFR for adding anti-skateboarding guards in #berczypark to stop recent damage to wooden stages!
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C4ugbUOWAAE1JAC.jpg
https://twitter.com/FriendsofBerczy/status/831934950131822592

AoD

 

[yyzer]

The park was looking pretty good today, on a cold afternoon.....

Berczy Park by Randy Selzer, on Flickr

 

[Christopher Brown]

What is the intended use of the platform?

 

[DSC]

What is the intended use of the platform?

Seating, possible stage.

 

[alienhenny]

Y i k e s, my friend walked past there today and apparently it looked like somebody had totally scratched up the benches.

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[jaybe]

NYC has the bulls on Wall Street. We've got the bone at Berczy Park!

 

[Lansdude]

Aside from the flowerbeds closer to the flatiron and the pedestrianization of Scott, I think this was a negative move. I loved the old curvilinear brick retaining walls, varying topography, and canopy provided by the old trees.

They basically leveled the whole thing, stripped out half of the mature trees, carved up the patterning into 1990s parallelograms, and installed some interesting tiling and a kitschy fountain. The result (at least and maybe especially now, in the winter) looks far less luxuriant and comfortable, and is completely devoid of the oasitic quality that made the old design so magnetic. I'll wait til the summer to issue a final damnation and I might be totally missing something but this looks like landscaping that went unused for a suburban community centre.

And yeah, I'm not insistent on traditional aesthetics necessarily but that fountain is a hideous piece of art.

 

[DSC]

Aside from the flowerbeds closer to the flatiron and the pedestrianization of Scott, I think this was a negative move. I loved the old curvilinear brick retaining walls, varying topography, and canopy provided by the old trees.

They basically leveled the whole thing, stripped out half of the mature trees, carved up the patterning into 1990s parallelograms, and installed some interesting tiling and a kitschy fountain. The result (at least and maybe especially now, in the winter) looks far less luxuriant and comfortable, and is completely devoid of the oasitic quality that made the old design so magnetic. I'll wait til the summer to issue a final damnation and I might be totally missing something but this looks like landscaping that went unused for a suburban community centre.

I think you have missed the whole point here, read back over the thread and see how your various points have been answered.

 

[Lansdude]

If the whole point was to demonstrate geometry theorems to pigeons overhead, OK.

 

[Ryan_T]

The mounded green areas and benches lining the edges provide a sense of enclosure, while the smooth transition from paving to grass makes the whole area feel more open.

The park feels larger and more welcoming as a result, while retaining its unique character. Works for me.


I used to simply walk along Front st, and had no desire to venture into the fountain area, or cut across on an angle. Now that's all I want to do.