thettctransitfanatic
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Yeah, I can see
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Mayor John Tory's Toronto
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Yeah, I can see
steveintoronto
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"Well suited"?
thettctransitfanatic
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W. K. Lis
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We're number 12, we're number 12, we're number 12...
...Singapore #1.
The 15 cities with the most trees around the world
See link.
Also, check out Treepedia, at this link.
...Singapore #1.
The 15 cities with the most trees around the world
See link.
Also, check out Treepedia, at this link.
Videodrome
Senior Member
Singapore is generally known as a clean and well managed place. This doesn't surprise me.
steveintoronto
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There's a very serious problem though: Toronto's tree canopy is shrinking, and much of what's left is not native. Toronto needs to make a much greater effort to save what we have, let alone increase it.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto-tree-canopy-ranked-fifth-treepedia-project-1.3921714
Good luck on progress with the Oaf in Office at Queen's Park, which is also losing trees.
thettctransitfanatic
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Videodrome
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I am The Lorax and I speak for the trees.
Northern Light
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There are a slew of intermixed issues here.
Strictly within the City of Toronto, the province has virtually nothing to do w/the tree canopy, except for landscaping decisions on provincially owned sites.
The province does have a great deal to answer for in matters beyond Toronto's borders, and for that matter, within Toronto's borders on any number of other matters, but not so much on this one.
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In respect of where the canopy stands, today, the cited numbers are slightly below the most recent local study.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2016/pe/bgrd/backgroundfile-97020.pdf
This pegs canopy in the 26-28% range currently.
The City's standing goal is 40% canopy coverage.
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The canopy number is being stressed right now, in three discrete ways. The first, is that Emerald Ash Borer has already killed the vast majority of Ash and will get to many of the rest that have not been inoculated in short order.
The second is development pressure; though Toronto's by-laws on tree protection are among the toughest, ultimately trees in the way of an otherwise lawful proposal can be removed. They do have to be replaced, but by new trees a fraction of the old size in many cases, that will take years to reproduce the old level of canopy.
Finally, many Toronto trees are simply coming of age. The great boom of the post-war era brought massive new development and tree planting to Toronto. Those street trees are now 60 plus years in age.
For urban trees, stressed by compaction and pollution, many are nearing end-of-life and again will be replaced with much smaller trees that will take 2 decades (or more) to replicate their predecessors.
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The issue of non-native canopy, particularly Norway Maple but also Manitoba Maple, Siberian Elm, and Black Locust among other non-native invasives is a pressing one in terms of an overall healthy ecosystem.
One of the challenges in remedying this problem is the fact that for all their other issues, those trees do provide some canopy, which can't be instantly replicated if they are removed.
The issue is also clouded by people understandably not being pleased to see a local ravine clear-cut, and it being a political challenge to address that issue.
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Toronto Forestry could certainly use more resources to help address this; though they also need to use what they have more wisely, as does the TRCA.
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May I suggest we take this to the Tree thread if we want to delve into any further?
Northern Light
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Wasn't sure where to put this, but it seemed liked it belonged in a Toronto catch-all of some kind.
Article from the Globe discussing the state of Toronto's commercial office space market.
They note 10.1M Sq ft to be delivered in the core by 2024; overall Toronto vacancy just a hair over 3%, but the core is already under 1.5%.
Their experts seem to suggest that there's room for at least one more tower beyond the already u/c wave.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/bus...toronto-cant-build-office-towers-fast-enough/
Article from the Globe discussing the state of Toronto's commercial office space market.
They note 10.1M Sq ft to be delivered in the core by 2024; overall Toronto vacancy just a hair over 3%, but the core is already under 1.5%.
Their experts seem to suggest that there's room for at least one more tower beyond the already u/c wave.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/bus...toronto-cant-build-office-towers-fast-enough/
thettctransitfanatic
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The core is where 90% of the commercial office space is anyway. I don't think there is any vacancy of commercial office space downtown.
rbt
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Singapore actively counts species living in the city and does nearly everything they can to increase that number. So, not only do they have more trees but they have quite a bit more variety of trees and habitat in general. Its really about trees for them, it's animal homes.
Northern Light
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Sony Centre being renamed Merdian Hall; Toronto Centre for the Arts being renamed Meridian Arts Centre.
This is the result of a 'partnership' involving Merdian Financial, contributing just over 30M to the City.
https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...be-renamed-meridian-hall-as-of-september.html
Also noted in the article, is that Civic Theatres Toronto (which is the City org. responsible for the 2 venues above, along w/the St. Lawrence Centre) is rebranding as TO Live
This is the result of a 'partnership' involving Merdian Financial, contributing just over 30M to the City.
https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...be-renamed-meridian-hall-as-of-september.html
Also noted in the article, is that Civic Theatres Toronto (which is the City org. responsible for the 2 venues above, along w/the St. Lawrence Centre) is rebranding as TO Live
W. K. Lis
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Which venue will be rebranded after "Deco Labels & Tags"? (That's the Doug Ford family business.)
thettctransitfanatic
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Centennial Park stadium, in Etobicoke?