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LUVIT! · Wednesday at 6:24 PM

I dislike most graffiti too. However I wan to know what colour the lift will be and when they'll paint it? Anybody ?

achender · Wednesday at 9:23 PM

From today.
Don roadway south of Commissioners.

Scaffolding going up around the Atlas crane.

Some activity on the bridge.

cd concept · Wednesday at 10:04 PM

achender said:
From today.
Don roadway south of Commissioners.
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Scaffolding going up around the Atlas crane.
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Some activity on the bridge.
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I was wondering if this bridge in the photo up above. Is going to be dismantled and used somewhere in the Don lands area as a recreational pedestrian bridge etc! Or just torn down for scrap metal use.

isaidso · Thursday at 12:32 AM

unrealestate said:
I think Toronto has an acceptable amount of graffiti. i dont find it egregious. it adds character, even shitty tags

And why on earth do you or any person get to decide that? Buildigns/infrastructure is either private property or belongs to ALL TORONTONIANS. What they're tagging/painting doesn't belong to them. If we showed up at their house and dipped their personal possessions in paint, they'd go ballistic.

Probably the only way they'll understand that it's not theirs to alter. It doesn't matter one iota if you or Person X thinks it looks nice.

unrealestate · Thursday at 6:50 AM

isaidso said:
And why on earth do you or any person get to decide that? Buildigns/infrastructure is either private property or belongs to ALL TORONTONIANS. What they're tagging/painting doesn't belong to them. If we showed up at their house and dipped their personal possessions in paint, they'd go ballistic.

Probably the only way they'll understand that it's not theirs to alter. It doesn't matter one iota if you or Person X thinks it looks nice.

I get to decide my opinion.. anyway let's move on

UtakataNoAnnex · Thursday at 8:20 AM

...it feels more like a contest to score internet points than any real meaningful debate at times. Not that I haven't done my fair share of that. >.<

DSC · Thursday at 8:54 AM

cd concept said:
I was wondering if this bridge in the photo up above. Is going to be dismantled and used somewhere in the Don lands area as a recreational pedestrian bridge etc! Or just torn down for scrap metal use.

I think it is 'scrap metal" - the demolition description noted a bit up this thread makes no mention of re-use.

DSC · Thursday at 8:56 AM

achender said:
From today.
Don roadway south of Commissioners.
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Scaffolding going up around the Atlas crane.
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Some activity on the bridge.
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Why are they putting up scaffolding below the CRANE? It clearly needs to be painted but it is surely possible to paint without a scaffold.

70Challenger · Thursday at 10:11 AM

DSC said:
Why are they putting up scaffolding below the CRANE? It clearly needs to be painted but it is surely possible to paint without a scaffold.

Probably needs repair works that can't be done with just a boom

rdaner · Thursday at 10:44 AM

I know that it is being painted white at some point.

LUVIT! · Thursday at 11:33 AM

White? Really?

reinventingthewheel · Thursday at 11:44 AM

LUVIT! said:
White? Really?

White for now, but eventually beige on the east from a nice coat of dust and debris.

mburrrrr · Thursday at 12:07 PM

DSC said:
Why are they putting up scaffolding below the CRANE? It clearly needs to be painted but it is surely possible to paint without a scaffold.

Sandblasting maybe?

jxmith_ · 2024-10-11T15:29:39-0400

Was there really that many stunt riding bicyclists standing on their seat that they needed to make a whole sign for it?

skycandy · 2024-10-11T20:31:25-0400

Holy wow Batman. Been awhile since I’ve had a chance to get down here. They’ve been busy!!

Oodles of what appears to be sand deposited here.

Impressive growing scaffolding…

Impressive number of poles erected as well as numerous tree plantings much to the delight of @Northern Light . I did a rough count and there are probably 100 or so of these large poles across the area east of Cherry.