Northern Light
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Not quite, very close, but the vehicle parking entrance is still exposed and landscaping is still required at the south end of Hart House Circle as well as by the west end of Temerty, should be wrapped by the end of May.
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Not quite, very close, but the vehicle parking entrance is still exposed and landscaping is still required at the south end of Hart House Circle as well as by the west end of Temerty, should be wrapped by the end of May.
Rascacielo
Senior Member
I wouldn’t say so. The southeast part of Hart House Circle and southwest part of UC Quad are still fenced off with constructions underway
Rivenbourn
New Member
Lots of baby Cherry Blossom trees are blooming around the field!
Dan416
Senior Member
Whaaat? That's part of its character. I'm not sure but the blackened exterior might be due to the fire a hundred years ago.
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Northern Light
Superstar
They are not unappealing, but I think it might have been nice to use the native ones; though they tend to have white flowers, not pink.
isaidso
Senior Member
How Toronto to view soot, dirt, run down, shabby and/or neglect as 'character'. In most places around the world, restoration is the preference.
Northern Light
Superstar
Whether one agrees or disagrees with the poster's preference, turning one poster's view into 'Toronto' writ large is rather BlogTO in the way of generalizing. It's not good form.
dougtoronto
New Member
I wish they carried over some of this design language towards St George Street as well. There's no need for that street to be as car-centric as it is.
Northern Light
Superstar
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St. George is car-centric?
It only has one lane in each direction and has bike lanes.
It was completely re-done 20+ years ago to narrow it from 4 lanes when it really was car centric.
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I think a couple of modest tweaks on St. George could be made, by removing some embayed parking. Where this is done, it may be possible to upgrade one or both bike lanes (each direction) to cycle tracks. In front of Robarts is an obviously choice.
But on balance I would not describe St. George as car-centric.
ADRM
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Student99
Active Member
We were so concerned about the effect of desire paths, but at least now the lawn will look more uniform when things eventually wrap up there.
Rivenbourn
New Member
Not sure if you're talking about recent events, but I think the lawn will be a bit damaged given what's going on right now....
Student99
Active Member
Yes, I was referring to the tent situation. Certainly will be damaging but the tents cover a large section, so at least it will be somewhat uniform. I think I saw they covered all the sprinkler heads with buckets, so at least it's not like part of the lawn is going to be well watered while other parts aren't. I do have to wonder though, what are they doing with human waste? I don't see any outhouses on site.
Rivenbourn
New Member
The walkway adjacent to the garage entrance is coming along. However the roads leading into the area are blocked due to security so I'm not sure how much construction can progress these days
Rascacielo
Senior Member
Was there a guard at the entry points? Seems stupid to delay construction indefinitely when they can just post someone to let authorized vehicles in. It's extremely unlikely that protesters will try to sneak in with the construction vehicles.