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Bringing those forward:
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greenleaf said:
Huge missed opportunity to do a unique playground here. Make this a destination, not some empty wasteland. Brutal.
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I'm not impressed either.

Its not the right site for a large outdoor pool as originally envisioned for a host of reasons..............some have to do w/the ultimate size of the park, some have to do w/Metrolinx...........

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But it could certainly be more and better than this.............

Its not so much that its terrible design, as it is completely underwhelming. Oddly, my intervention may have toned down the ambition here, and I'm ok w/that insofar as what passed for ambition here was misguided.

DTAH should exit the landscape architecture business, I'm being nice when I say its not their strong suit............(holds for a moment......do they have a strong suit.........? I'm digressing)
 
goodcitywhenfinished said:
Boring parks are one thing but the lacklustre amount of seating here is far more disappointing in my opinion. Especially considering the amount of people that live within walking distance. At least a boring park with lots of seating will still be a vibrant place where human connection can happen.
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The good news is seating is cheap to add, and within the discretion of the Parks Supervisor w/minor improvements money.

If you have a choice in design on how to spend, (in Toronto Parks) with a finite budget, you always focus on the things that can't/won't be fixed afterwards.

(ie., larger items like washrooms; or the quality of paving material). Adding extra seats or trees is relatively easy.
 
It would be nice if at some point this limited park space could be integrated, via railway decks, with pre-existing parks to the north and south. (Thinking especially of Garrison Common/Fort York) It would be much less costly than Raildeck Park (RIP) and deliver more bang for the buck since the resulting combined park would be pretty hefty.
 
The swings are great actually. I’ll say a nice thing.

People will go to the eastern tip end of the park and want to take photos. This could be enhanced and acknowledged with stairs to the top of the berm, or some other type of art at the base there that is climbable or could involve copious amounts of selfies with the city and CN Tower in the background. A whole long row of seating bending along with the path here looking east would create comfort of place too.
 
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