Irishmonk
Senior Member
Could be a cool place to stage some experimental theater or dance.
You could say I am intimately familiar with those lights^^ Those lights change colours and patterns. I hope they paint those cement columns white, so the colours show even better. Right now the are spray painted where they require repairs, so once it's repaired, I'm sure they will paint them.
...or even if the underside of the structure has the equivalent of a "drop ceiling". (These kind of enhancements would also go a long way to making the underside of the Gardiner more inviting.) But I presume that there are issues with maintenance of the structure itself that prevent much alteration/addition -- does anyone know if that's correct?
You'd have to first seal off the ends where the openings between the trusses are, but you could install a stretch-frame fabric that would both cover the underside, and not give birds anywhere to enter or sit. It's possible, and would make a nice underside for both visual purposes and to reflect the lighting back downwards - but probably end up being more trouble than it's worth. It's easy to build such a system - it's done for signs and billboards all the time - but those sit vertically and don't accumulate insects or debris the way this might. An architectural panel type system woudl be more structurally sound and cleanable, but you still have to make sure that any entry points are sealed off. Again, possible, but probably not in the budget.I think the pigeon population would support your idea.
Yes, walked by yesterday and earth is being moved on the site west of St. Lawrence St. Looks better already!
Excited about this park and also the King/Queen Triangle park. Will really add value to the neighbourhood and much needed greenspace beyond Don River Park. Moving from a very leafy residential area in High Park to the River City development, I will honour every new tree planted here haha