Ryan_T
Senior Member
Love this.
Both the 1930s building and the Crystal are landmark buildings that I'd prefer not to be obscured by trees.
Hello...this is Toronto. We show renderings with mature trees.....then plant 5 footers. And they will die before they reach the point that they obscure anything. Need any evidence...look no further than that Bloor St "revitalization". stupids
We're seeing tree planting done right with Silva Cells and watering in some areas like the waterfront. Bloor Street would have great trees today if they hadn't chosen London Planes as the species. I think the ROM will make the investment in proper tree planting, but they shouldn't obscure their landmark property with trees.
How long would it take for trees of those species take to grow to the height portrayed? 25 years?
The trees at Corus Quay have grown beautifully, and pretty quickly. Planting them in silva cells seems to have done the trick. That, and I am assuming that they don't have to deal with much if any road salt down there (but does anyone know if the water's edge promenade is salted in the winter?).
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So, so awesome. I hope this goes ahead.
The trees planted next to the Varsity Stadium are a bellwether for trees planted at the ROM, since both are on southside of Bloor (although the Varsity ones would definitely have received more light than these will).
In any case, trees were planted in 2009 and at the end of last summer they were starting to provide a consistent canopy at the corner of Devonshire at and the bottom of Bedford Road. I bet in a year or two they will look like the trees in this render.
So I am saying is, I bet that it will take about almost a decade for the trees to look like that outside the ROM.
But were the Varsity trees planted in silva cells?