Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

[kotsy]

Or a mini drone

or a dslr on a tripod with a 5 second timer

 

[mdrejhon]

New vantage.

 

[DSC]

Good shot! Though I like the idea of the walkway to allow people NOT going to TTC to avoid stairs down and up again I must say the walkway seems terribly narrow. It will not get huge traffic, I suspect, but ......

 

[Leo_Chan]

Good shot! Though I like the idea of the walkway to allow people NOT going to TTC to avoid stairs down and up again I must say the walkway seems terribly narrow. It will not get huge traffic, I suspect, but ......

I don't think that this is its final width. It needs to get wider in order for a railing on the edge.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Good shot! Though I like the idea of the walkway to allow people NOT going to TTC to avoid stairs down and up again I must say the walkway seems terribly narrow. It will not get huge traffic, I suspect, but ......

Unfortunately something has to give - widening that walkway will translate into the moat getting chopped up visually even more. Also this won't be the only E-W route available.

AoD

 

[DSC]

Unfortunately something has to give - widening that walkway will translate into the moat getting chopped up visually even more. Also this won't be the only E-W route available.

AoD

Agreed, the space is limited and one certainly does not want to (or need to) create a 'second level' in the moat but it DOES seem very narrow - particularly with the huge columns. We shall see.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

New vantage.

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Good shot! Though I like the idea of the walkway to allow people NOT going to TTC to avoid stairs down and up again I must say the walkway seems terribly narrow. It will not get huge traffic, I suspect, but ......

I don't think that this is its final width. It needs to get wider in order for a railing on the edge.

Agreed, the space is limited and one certainly does not want to (or need to) create a 'second level' in the moat but it DOES seem very narrow - particularly with the huge columns. We shall see.

Yeah, there's no way that's AODA compliant.

 

[raptor]

Yeah, there's no way that's AODA compliant.

I bet the moat itself is, though

 

[mdrejhon]

Yeah, there's no way that's AODA compliant.

"I'm sorry, that walkway is illegal until you cut down the columns. Union will be closed until compliance is achieved."

Thankfully, there's an AODA compliant alternate route.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

"I'm sorry, that walkway is illegal until you cut down the columns. Union will be closwd until compliance is achieved."

Don't give them ideas.

AoD

 

[DSC]

I noticed today that the contractors have moved all their junk off the central part of the 'plaza' (beside the clock) in front of Union. Good to have that area returned (permanently?) for public use.

 

[raptor]

I noticed today that the contractors have moved all their junk off the central part of the 'plaza' (beside the clock) in front of Union. Good to have that area returned (permanently?) for public use.

Yes, Union Summer Market is returning this year and they need the space for it

 

[Allandale25]

^ So will that platform become a walkway? Where will it end in the east?

 

[raptor]

^ So will that platform become a walkway? Where will it end in the east?

It will end in the Bay st. moat

 

[DSC]

^ So will that platform become a walkway? Where will it end in the east?

It will allow people walking through the currently accessible lower level of the main Union Station Building who want to get to Bay Street but do NOT want to go to subway to do so on a level (if narrow) pathway.