Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

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From the northwest corner of Front and University last night:
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A note to everyone re: the infiltration pics that were posted at the end of December:

Sorry it has taken so long to address this directly.

UrbanToronto does not have enough staff to cover everything right away, pure and simple, so it takes longer to get to things than it should. Anyone with the description Administrator under their name is a paid employee, and the Forum has grown too much for the few of us that work here to respond immediately, the way that we used to be able to. There's no accommodation within the company to cover things on the odd occasion when people get time off, and in fact the only time that the owners "close down" during the year is around Christmas and New Years. There are also (unpaid) Moderators, of course, but they have been woefully neglected over the years, to the point where there's no attempt at scheduling that goes on.

The infiltration pics were posted during the holiday break, and when we got back, there were many things to address, not just this. We did do a bit of a patch job initially, but I have finally been able to make time today to go through what were the most recent 10 pages of this thread, and be more thorough. The thread is a couple pages shorter now.

@highupJ has been banned. Like others, I do not believe his story re: getting permission to climb around this worksite (or others) outside of working hours. Over the years of site visits that we have made, we never had to sign longer liability waivers nor wear more protective gear than when being hosted by EllisDon: they are, as they should be, very careful with visitors to their sites. If @highupJ did sign in to get access, (that might be possible if they were a subcontractor), then their sign-in would not have been understood by EllisDon to be for the purpose of climbing around a worksite to take some awesome shots for a social media site. EllisDon would be especially perturbed to see some of the infiltrators pictured while not wearing protective gear.

We love cool shots, but there are limits. Don't do what @highupJ did.

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interchange42 said:
A note to everyone re: the infiltration pics that were posted at the end of December:

Sorry it has taken so long to address this directly.

UrbanToronto does not have enough staff to cover everything right away, pure and simple, so it takes longer to get to things than it should. Anyone with the description Administrator under their name is a paid employee, and the Forum has grown too much for the few of us that work here to respond immediately, the way that we used to be able to. There's no accommodation within the company to cover things on the odd occasion when people get time off, and in fact the only time that the owners "close down" during the year is around Christmas and New Years. There are also (unpaid) Moderators, of course, but they have been woefully neglected over the years, to the point where there's no attempt at scheduling that goes on.

The infiltration pics were posted during the holiday break, and when we got back, there were many things to address, not just this. We did do a bit of a patch job initially, but I have finally been able to make time today to go through what were the most recent 10 pages of this thread, and be more thorough. The thread is a couple pages shorter now.

@highupJ has been banned. Like others, I do not believe his story re: getting permission to climb around this worksite (or others) outside of working hours. Over the years of site visits that we have made, we never had to sign longer liability waivers not wear more protective gear than when being hosted by EllisDon: they are, as they should be, very careful with visitors to their sites. If @highupJ did sign in to get access, (that might be possible if they were a subcontractor), then their sign-in would not have been understood by EllisDon to be for the purpose of climbing around a worksite to take some awesome shots for a social media site. EllisDon would be especially perturbed to see some of the infiltrators pictured while not wearing protective gear.

We love cool shots, but there are limits. Don't do what @highupJ did.

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May I make a recommendation that Code of Conduct be amended to include infiltration pics as illicit/inappropriate material for this site? I couldn't find anything there that really covered this...and I think it needs to be spelled out so that new contributors don't get any weird ideas about taking pics beyond project perimeters and posting them here. I hope that makes sense.
 
interchange42 said:
Hey Willy, from someone who used to practice cartography, I have to say that you're doing quite an impressive job on this set of plans! One note re: spelling that is often missed here: it's Lake Shore Boulevard, not Lakeshore!

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Thank you I appreciate that! I’ve been making transit maps for a few years now but this is my first time ever doing something like this.

Mistakes are definitely common on the stuff I make haha, thanks for pointing that out
 
Tyrang said:
Was walking on the CIBC Square deck outside the Table today during lunch, can't help but wish that the rail deck also connects at the Yonge side as well. If any street needs a rail deck, it will have to be Yonge Street.
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Yes, but Toronto’s not allowed to build Rail Decks. Haven’t you heard. An unthinkable innovation in 2025. Lol. Better yet, an attractive park & public space decking over that area & maybe a few more areas of our lovely concrete, grey, steel, rail core⁉️
 
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