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shawnmicallef
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That book, the world's greatest fountains, is a crappy book. Actually that whole "world's greatest" series of books is boring.
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esplanade guy
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I never knew a book like that exhisted, It was just a figure of speech. If you think I was talking about a compitition, you miss the point. The point is if your going to do something, do it right. Design the best park you can, invest time, money and creativity. If you can't do it right, hold a open competition to find the best possible design. We must have over 100 nice parks in Toronto, it's time we had a great one.
In other words, strive for the best. Think big! That goes for Expo 2015 too. If your gonna do it, do it right. If your going to cheap-out and downscale it to save money, forget it.
In other words, strive for the best. Think big! That goes for Expo 2015 too. If your gonna do it, do it right. If your going to cheap-out and downscale it to save money, forget it.
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shawnmicallef
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esp> I was kidding, i don't know if there is a book by that name. It's just "world-class" talk always seems to lead to big crap...but i do agree with the quality stuff you're talking about. If we could just use different words.
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adma
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"World's Greatest" books are the sorts of stuff you see on the front discount tables at a PATH-system Coles. Take that as a reminder
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Ed007Toronto
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We've got great parks. At midnight tonight we had an impromptu fireworks show in St James Park.
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esplanade guy
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You guys are real Torontonians! Always happy to get the bronze medal. I was born in Toronto, but I think Toronto can aspire to something better. We don't have to settle for ordinary. I believe Toronto has the potential to be a really great city but it wont get there by thinking small and being content with what we have now. If everybody thought like you guys, we would not be getting a new AGO or ROM.
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shawnmicallef
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I was not born in Toronto and I love it here because so much of Toronto is not out of the ordinary.
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andreapalladio
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Really?! I shoulda stayed up. I love fireworks.
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Ed007Toronto
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^ Yes. I was out on the deck of my building and a bunch of fireworks went off for a minute or so around midnight. Didn't stay out there long enough to see if it continued. The fireworks were shot somewhere near Jarvis and went higher than the Holiday Inn. Someone goofing around I imagine.
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tudararms
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Esplanade Guy: "You guys are real Torontonians! Always happy to get the bronze medal"
LOL - That is a pretty dead-on comment!!
LOL - That is a pretty dead-on comment!!
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esplanade guy
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I love Toronto for exactly the opposite reason. I love the unusual, unique, colourful, quirky and spectacular parts of Toronto, like Kensington Market, Ward's Island, BCE Place, Guildwood, Leslie St. Spit, Riverdale Farm and Much Music. (Places that are distinctly Toronto and not ordinary) People don't travel to see ordinary. I'm all about originality, so "normal" "ordinary" or "conventional" are about the worst things you could call me, or my city, Toronto.
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wyliepoon
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^ and you base your "original" ideas on what? Looking at other cities?
Also have to watch out when you talk about the "ordinary", because some of the places you like, such as Kensington Market, was all "ordinary" to begin with. With time, nostalgia and the special mix of people and cultures in Kensington did it evolve from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
Also have to watch out when you talk about the "ordinary", because some of the places you like, such as Kensington Market, was all "ordinary" to begin with. With time, nostalgia and the special mix of people and cultures in Kensington did it evolve from the ordinary to the extraordinary.
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adma
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Ordinary, or extraordinary?
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Ontarian1976
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I think the problem is that we lack good parks in visible places. I live in The Annex, and the only parks up there are useless little dinky parks where you can't even escape the sight of cars. One would feel silly having picnic or trying to play a sport in one of these.
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shawnmicallef
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Ontario> I live in the Annex too, and w/in 4 minute walk from my house i can be in a ravine that feels 400 kms away from the city. Walk north of Dupont, under the tracks at either spadina or davenport, and wander up poplar plains/russell hill, vere west, and you will find the ravine and can take it all the way up to nearly eglinton (except for a brief jump into the city at St. Clair).