condovo
Senior Member
Bleak. Exposed. No charm. No atmosphere. This is a lowest-common-denominator park. Any bets on how long it'll take for that concrete to get tagged?
Toronto College Park Revitalization with Barbara Ann Scott Skate Trail | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | RAW Design
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Northern Light
Superstar
Hey Honey, I shrunk the sign! (what gives with a sign that could be mistaken for a tripping hazard?)
Northern Light
Superstar
Can't say I disagree.
I don't hate everything about it..............
But truthfully the space might have been better before.
The blank concrete wall is a mistake and just asking for trouble. Trellis/Ivy, or a mural, or one-way glass (see out, not in), or much of anything other than a blank wall would have been wise.
The light posts are terrible on 2 levels. They're ugly, and they are not dark skies compliant. Yes, I get that College Park is not an astronomer's paradise as is; but neither should we just be beaming light in all directions wastefully.
Beyond that, it really isn't green/colourful enough, there is too much paving. Sigh.
UpperAvenue
New Member
And not enough trees from the looks of it.
Jacob Lisgar
New Member
I am losing hope in our parks departments ability to deliver inspiring parks and public spaces. They not only lack a vision, but they are spending insane amounts of money in the process.
jje1000
Senior Member
The one benefit I could see is that this park could be well-suited to holding events and markets.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Except the location - tucked in with barely any exposure - is not great for that purpose. In any event - no one should should have been surprised by this outcome if they had paid attention to the plans put forward. It was just as uninspiring then as it is now.
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Bayer
Senior Member
Agree with the tag magnet and the lack of trees, but I can't help seeing this as temporary. I saw its previous incarnation (or at least a part of it) being (re)built in 1988 - it is mostly the roof of a parking garage after all.
jje1000
Senior Member
I don't think it's too bad- the entry walkway onto Yonge is extremely wide, offering a direct view into the park and is also completely paved- it could also be programmed to draw people into the park interior. In fact, I think that walkway would be perfect for some summer-time food stands.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
It isn't the width - it is there where - and the internal route of the block simply isn't that popular, and the park is never all that visible in the first place. The wide driveway is about as inviting as the parking lot it displaced.
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Jacob Lisgar
New Member
Programming would greatly improve this, but the parks department does not do programming so it would take the local BIA or some other organization to adopt this space and bring in some re-occuring events. The parks department spends their capital dollars and then disappears.
jje1000
Senior Member
Well they do bring in those plastic wheelie bins after a park is nicely finished, so you can't say that they go away completely.
Bayer
Senior Member
I walked through it this morning, coming from Bay, between College Park and ROCP. Too much concrete, and there is no relatively straight path from there through the park and on to Yonge Street. Hopefully the water feature will work at some point.
whatever
Senior Member
Just echoing others, it's like the designers went out of their way to make it a pain to cross the park on the diagonal to get from Bay/College to Yonge. I used to cut through the park frequently. Don't imagine I'll bother now
G.L.17
Senior Member
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