Dundas Square crumbles

[jozl]

I passed by Dundas Square-the street-and noticed the black granite(?) is already crumbling. Why oh why can't we get good workmanship in this city?

 

[gbelan]

i would guess this to be the fault of winter

 

[jozl]

Yes, indeed, winter.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

This isn't the square proper - just granite inserts in the pavement beside it.

AoD

 

[buildup]

Gravity and Winter. Also, the passage of Time.

 

[ganjavih]

I thought granite was sturdier than that. Is it really granite?

 

[blackpool]

Oh great - now Dundas Square looks even *more hideous. It's Canada - we have winter up here, something they should have taken into consideration before building this abonamation.

 

[Observer Walt]

I doubt very much that it's granite. But it certainly looks cheap, whatever it may be.

 

[jozl]

Yes we have to deal with winter and gravity. You know, it amazes me that the 19th century engineers and builders that constructed what we now refer to as The Distillery District were able to build something that has laster longer than four years, I mean with gravity and winter and all.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Obs. Walt:

It is granite - from Quebec, I believe.

re: breakage

Such there is no such pattern of damage on the square proper, I suspect it might have something to do with the way the granite is set in the concrete.

AoD

 

[fiendishlibrarian]

Those massive trailers off to the side certainly can't help matters.

 

[Bogtrotter]

No worries, in 6-8 months the city will send two guys over with a shovel and a bucket of blacktop filler.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Bog:

I think it has already happened, from the pics.

AoD

 

[wyliepoon]

I propose that when the city (or whoever) replace these granite slabs, they should make the slabs easily removable. Then take out the granite slabs every winter, and replace it with a large block of ice.

 

[prometheus the supremo]

if that's what's happening to the granite in dundas square, the canadian sheild must be a disaster!


they could have left air spaces under the slabs, used the wrong mortar, the slabs could have been too thin or even had fissures before being installed, the mortar could have even been applied improperly - in globs or even the wrong trowel notch size used to spread the mortar.