Toronto Fort York Visitor Centre | ?m | 2s | Fort York Foundation | Patkau

[TOCondoGarden]

has there been a lot of work to that part of the gardiner recently? it looks brand new!

Just walking under it today, and looking at the columns...it really did look sound, sturdy, and new. Perhaps work was done (relatively) recently in preparation for the Visitor Centre construction?

It has only been on my radar since it was announced that work was beginning...I love history and I'm really excited for this project to come to life. The buildings in the renderings really work well within the context of the site. Certainly a HUGE improvement to under-utilized land, that's for sure.

 

[egotrippin]

I've always loved this stretch of the Gardiner. The height and soaring columns are quite impressive, and the fact that it doesn't run over Lake Shore here allows for so many land use possibilities underneath. The Visitor Centre is a great start, along with the small parkette by Cityplace. Some sort of linear park or sheltered event space could work as well; beer fest under the Gardiner perhaps?

 

[Jasonzed]

 

[kram74]

a couple of pics as i was walking by

looks like a wall will be going up here.

humm... a bit blurry.

 

[W. K. Lis]

looks like a wall will be going up here.
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To protect against falling concrete from the overhead Gardiner Expressway?

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Thanks kram.

re: wall

The space underneath the Gardiner is part of the project - so it probably needs hoarding.

AoDF

 

[Lansdude]

Excited for this. It's gonna do a lot for the area. Hopefully it'll inspire some other creative uses for dead space under and around the gardiner.

 

[junctionist]

It would be nice to have a pond in front of Fort York as a landscaping feature following the original shoreline of Lake Ontario to help people visualize its historical context better.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Fort York Landscape Master Plan presentation at the Sept 17 Econ Dev Committee:

http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2013/ed/bgrd/backgroundfile-61414.pdf

AoD

 

[RiverCity1]

Oct 14th

 

[W. K. Lis]

I wish they could paint those expressway pillars to look like tree trunks and leaves.

 

[SP!RE]

I wish they could paint those expressway pillars to look like tree trunks and leaves.

To create that effect, you'd need a lot more than a coat of paint, which is essentially a 2D intervention. Some sort of well-executed sculptural frieze would be interesting, but short of that I don't think it could be made to look like anything other than a lightly-decorated expressway.

 

[Automation Gallery]

In that last pic, its hard to say what looks better

 

[achender]

A few pictures from today.

 

[khris]

Very nice. Thanks for the update!