Mongo
Senior Member
Isn't that pretty much what the ancient Romans did with the Colosseum when they wanted to stage naval battles? So we would simply be following an old tradition.
has anybody considered just throwing a garden hose over the edge of the SkyDome and stopping up the drains?
what crowd?
Anyway, I hope we get a tower that won't overpower the market. Because that would be a shame. Otherwise, I love the podium (in context with the market and the housing co-op across the street).
Isn't that pretty much what the ancient Romans did with the Colosseum when they wanted to stage naval battles? So we would simply be following an old tradition.
No, let's just follow the tradition of naval battles for our entertainment on Lake Ontario.
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The only changes I'd like to see to the area is for the Jays to have more a street presence. Most MLB stadiums have statues outside of the stadium depicting their former greats. It'd be fantastic to see some of the Jays' greatest immortalized considering how important the teams of the late 80s-early 90s were to the psyche of the city.
Unimaginative: Well good thing almost every night of the year there's either baseball, football, hockey, basketball, lacrosse or a concert going on to bring 20,000+ people to the area. And I live just south of there and I'm there at least once a week. The joys of being a sports fan and living beside the sports stadiums. What you're saying though is no different than someone saying "why is that (random) park here? it's a waste because I live around the corner from it and I never go there. Horrible idea."
Fact is, it's clearly a tourist/entertainment area and everyday use by locals isn't the focal point or the goal. In fact, I'd argue it's a space planned for people who don't live here. As someone who focused a fair bit on planning for tourism in my grad studies, you wouldn't believe the inquisitive looks I would get in class when I would discuss how regular planning and tourism planning are essentially the exact opposite. In one case you're planning for people who live there, in the other you're planning for an unknown. Considering most planners and planning students view planning as an exercise in community building, planning spaces for people who don't live here and have no voice is mindblowing.
The only changes I'd like to see to the area is for the Jays to have more a street presence. Most MLB stadiums have statues outside of the stadium depicting their former greats. It'd be fantastic to see some of the Jays' greatest immortalized considering how important the teams of the late 80s-early 90s were to the psyche of the city.