Toronto Ookwemin Minising | ?m | ?s | Waterfront Toronto

Waterfront Toronto Open House 2025 - Thursday October 23rd​

251 Queens Quay East Toronto, ON M5A 0X3

About This Event
Join us on October 23, 2025 to see how the next phase of waterfront revitalization is coming to life. Learn about the projects bringing new housing, destinations and connections to the eastern waterfront. Listen in on presentations to get the latest updates on Quayside, Ookwemin Minising and the Waterfront East Transit. Drop in any time to meet the teams working on these projects, ask questions and provide your feedback. Light refreshments will be served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

 

Waterfront Toronto Open House 2025 - Thursday October 23rd​

251 Queens Quay East Toronto, ON M5A 0X3

About This Event
Join us on October 23, 2025 to see how the next phase of waterfront revitalization is coming to life. Learn about the projects bringing new housing, destinations and connections to the eastern waterfront. Listen in on presentations to get the latest updates on Quayside, Ookwemin Minising and the Waterfront East Transit. Drop in any time to meet the teams working on these projects, ask questions and provide your feedback. Light refreshments will be served. Doors open at 5:30 pm.

I think Waterfront Toronto should shelve this continued talk of the Waterfront East "LRT" for the foreseeable future, because it's clear it's not being built this decade and probably not next decade either.
 
Lots of trees and bushes going in by the yellow bridge.

20251003_122456.jpg


20251003_122519.jpg


20251003_122616.jpg
 

Attachments

  • 20251003_122645.jpg
    20251003_122645.jpg
    303.9 KB · Views: 54
  • 20251003_122726.jpg
    20251003_122726.jpg
    288.6 KB · Views: 49
Promontory Park has more lamp posts, right along Cherry Street. And this one flowering plant in particular is taking over entire areas along Cherry Street.



View attachment 685383

View attachment 685385


The New England Asters are gorgeous................but what happened to those poor Oaks.

I can't quite tell from the photo, but the leaf shape suggests either Swamp White Oak or a Bur Oak.

Anywhoo............Oaks of that age should hold their leaves into at least December if not January.

They are looking in really bad shape. Pretty sure those went in last year too.
 
The New England Asters are gorgeous................but what happened to those poor Oaks.

I can't quite tell from the photo, but the leaf shape suggests either Swamp White Oak or a Bur Oak.

Anywhoo............Oaks of that age should hold their leaves into at least December if not January.

They are looking in really bad shape. Pretty sure those went in last year too.

Some of the planters along this stretch have had some struggling plants. It's very strange. Some planters are positively lush and then others are pretty clearly dying out. A project for Parks Toronto next summer I guess.
 
Some of the planters along this stretch have had some struggling plants. It's very strange. Some planters are positively lush and then others are pretty clearly dying out. A project for Parks Toronto next summer I guess.

I hope not. If the trees were planted last year, the warranty likely runs out next year. Best to get them replaced before the warranty runs out!

If the shrubs are healthy but the trees are dead, it's probably just the stock, but they would need to extract the tree and see if the planter got the spec'ed soil at deeper levels. Contractors have been known to cheat, as they did on Bloor originally, putting crap in the bottom of the planter (and I don't mean fertilizer, I mean junk fill, instead of good soil)

Some of the species choices they made were off, most are good........but anytime I see a roadside planter with common juniper I shudder. It shows that the L.A. does not understand that plant at all.

(by way of explanation, common juniper, the spreading, low-lying evergreen can do well in almost any soil, if you don't drown it. But it's happiest in gravely, rocky, low-nutrient outcroppings that most other plants can't take.......
which is to say, it prefers low competition. Put it in super rich soil and the 'weeds' will fill in around it and smother it). It works, if you're willing to weed the beds 2x per year and mulch. Otherwise, bad choice.
 
Was riding through for sunrise this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see workers already toiling away before 8am. They wouldn’t…be opening new parts before either would they? Would love to cross over to the west side of Cherry on the south side at least.

Also. Who can we poke at Apple and Google to update their satellite photos already. Cmon now. They don’t even show Cherry street being finished.

IMG_8206.jpeg
IMG_8212.jpeg
IMG_8222.jpeg
IMG_8267.jpeg
IMG_8263.jpeg
IMG_8275.jpeg
 
Was riding through for sunrise this morning and was pleasantly surprised to see workers already toiling away before 8am. They wouldn’t…be opening new parts before either would they? Would love to cross over to the west side of Cherry on the south side at least.

Also. Who can we poke at Apple and Google to update their satellite photos already. Cmon now. They don’t even show Cherry street being finished.

View attachment 685717View attachment 685718View attachment 685719View attachment 685720View attachment 685721View attachment 685722
Google Earth technically has the updated images, but it isnt live officially.

if you search up the park and go to historical images, you can technically see the satellite images for 2025 with the fully formed island and park.


 

Back
Top