AliAshgar
New Member
what are those wooden structures? What are they building there?
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rdaner
Senior Member
A very elaborate playground.
hawc
Senior Member
If any of you are making travel plans for the weekend, it would appear that as of this morning, the bridge is indeed still up.
hawc
Senior Member
Old Cherry Bridge is now a lovely pool by the Keating Channel.
hawc
Senior Member
The Drum118 Bridge. I honestly can never see any difference every time I shoot this. Looks exactly the same to me. But I'm sure progress is being made.
Digging some graves where the Don Roadway will go.
And excavators doing some dredging.
Digging some graves where the Don Roadway will go.
And excavators doing some dredging.
skycandy
Senior Member
99.7% sure it’s the owl slated for this playground (see third pic from BlogTO article with photo taken by Waterfront Toronto).
Taken this morning…
hawc
Senior Member
Speaking of hydro seeding... flew over Riverdale Park East too.
The grass is a total disaster.
Looks like crews have been driving trucks up and down the hill instead of using the paved access road further south.
Or maybe it's all the winter tobogganing.
Whatever it is, this beloved hill for sunsets is more dust than grass at this point.
As The City builds new parks it's important it upkeeps its existing ones.
The grass is a total disaster.
Looks like crews have been driving trucks up and down the hill instead of using the paved access road further south.
Or maybe it's all the winter tobogganing.
Whatever it is, this beloved hill for sunsets is more dust than grass at this point.
As The City builds new parks it's important it upkeeps its existing ones.
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allengeorge
Senior Member
Maybe that can be a new, impromptu art piece.
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Northern Light
Superstar
Most of that damage is erosion, it's been an ongoing issue for years (that's not an excuse, it should have been addressed ages ago). The effect down slope is mostly the result of foot paths that then act as drains (water runs down the impression when it rains) and this in turn washed our more soil and the problem worsens. The patterns on the far right suggests vehicle intrusion perhaps.....I'd have to assess it in person. The yellow patches are a probable drainage issue.
One can patch this over a bit, but really a large portion of the slope needs the grass removed, regrading, fresh soil and sod/seed, and changes to the top of slope. However, that's expensive, even moreso given that Riverdale was a landfill and off gasses methane.
A marginal solution here (fill in soil depressions, as few changes as possible, seed n' sod as required, and fence off the slope for 45 days after restoration) is still a six-figure investment at least.
The bigger solution here could hit high 7-figures w/o missing a beat, it would also mean taking the slope out of public use for a full season.
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hawc
Senior Member
Really? Huh. Never knew that until now.
Northern Light
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Northern Light
Superstar
Here's an old pic, not sure how old...........but it's pre-Riverdale Park:
Source: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/...32C5BNRJZH45/s376_fl2_it51-railroad-820-2.jpg
That's the Don Jail (Bridgepoint) up the slope on the right side, Riverdale Park would be to the north. Notice that the slope doesn't look the same as today at all. So that puts this pre 1923 for sure; and we're post- the Don River straightening. So that gives you a probable window in the first 2 decades of the 20thC.
Source: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/...32C5BNRJZH45/s376_fl2_it51-railroad-820-2.jpg
That's the Don Jail (Bridgepoint) up the slope on the right side, Riverdale Park would be to the north. Notice that the slope doesn't look the same as today at all. So that puts this pre 1923 for sure; and we're post- the Don River straightening. So that gives you a probable window in the first 2 decades of the 20thC.
hawc
Senior Member
Makes sense. Plus the slope is way to smooth/perfect/gradual to be natural. Good to know.
hawc
Senior Member
If anyone graffiti's this owl I will be so pissed.
Dinamo5
New Member
That riverdale park vantage point seems to be very popular to take in views of downtown. They should reno that park to make it a real nice spot to take in the views, I don't believe there are to many spots like this in town to really take in the view for free. A tall lookout or some kind of walkway that extends outword would be amazing.