Toronto St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour

[DSC]

The orange panels are changing when they get to the north end of the building - the mechanical rooms.

 

[DSC]

They are continuing to work on the roofing; they seem to have finished the wooden (?) form at the edges and are now installing waterproof membrane (??) on the 'west wing'.

 

[Northern Light]

They are continuing to work on the roofing; they seem to have finished the wooden (?) form at the edges and are now installing waterproof membrane (??) on the 'west wing'.

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You can tell its a cooler day, @DSC is out surveying his fiefdom from the roof-top patio!

 

[Red Mars]

Aug 12, 2022

 

[Edward Skira]

Not sure if this is elsewhere. Market Lane Renewal

Market Lane Park Improvements

The preferred design for the park improvements is available in the Design section. Thank you to all the community members who provided their feedback throughout the design process! The City is improving Market Lane Park, located at 149 King St. E, adjacent to the North St. Lawrence Market...

www.toronto.ca

 

[condovo]

That's it? That's all they came up with??

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

That's it? That's all they came up with??

Maybe that's the bright side - at least it looks pretty restrained (we have June Callwood as a warning against over promising). I do hope the effort will be put into materials and execution...

AoD

 

[urbanexplorer]

That's it? That's all they came up with??

I agree. It doesn't really look like a defined idea at all. Just a few benches, rocks and a lump of grass? Really not very thoughtful.

 

[DavidCapizzano]

Toronto parks in a nutshell

build new park

don't maintain it

do multi year consultations for redesign

build new park

don't maintain it

rinse repeat

 

[Northern Light]

Not sure if this is elsewhere. Market Lane Renewal

Market Lane Park Improvements

The preferred design for the park improvements is available in the Design section. Thank you to all the community members who provided their feedback throughout the design process! The City is improving Market Lane Park, located at 149 King St. E, adjacent to the North St. Lawrence Market...

www.toronto.ca

I posted the preferred concept back on April 1st, in this thread, but the renders are new!

St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour

Is this stretch of Front anyones preferred route for drivers? Do we have recent traffic stats? Some sort of gate system like Kensington has that would allow them to close the market frontage on Saturdays would be nice. Making it flat with pavers would be good. They could get some more tents out...

urbantoronto.ca

Regrettably, this feature survived the process (lighting)

Not a fan; I recognize all sorts of issues, from routine maintenance to low clearance (you know vehicles will access this park for the Farmer's Market, for Events and for Tree Trimming and you know they will make unintended contact......)

Sigh. Lighting and 'medicinal' plants bed aside (another maintenance headache) this space is mostly an unambitious refresh.

It's ok.........it could and should have been better.

 

[DSC]

That's it? That's all they came up with??

It's a tiny park that is really a wide walkway. As noted by others, IF it is well executed (and maintained!!) it should work very well.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Exactly. This doesn't have to do backflips. It's just some connective tissue in the core. Keep it simple & easy to maintain, and we all win.

 

[torontologist]

It’s refreshing to see a new Toronto park design that hasn’t been over-programmed to death.

This serves its purpose well. The promenade nature of the space is part of its charm. As someone who uses it regularly, I’m glad they went with this.

 

[condovo]

It's a tiny park that is really a wide walkway. As noted by others, IF it is well executed (and maintained!!) it should work very well.

I walk through here about 4 times a week. It's really not that tiny.

My point is the community consultation process was rather hyped, with all kinds "woke" posturing. My expectations were heightened and I was expecting a lot more; a re-think, not a surface-level refreshing.

 

[Northern Light]

Exactly. This doesn't have to do backflips. It's just some connective tissue in the core. Keep it simple & easy to maintain, and we all win.

I agree completely, but I think they got the basic refresh wrong.

They should have hired PMA; it should have felt like a simple, clean, natural transition from St James Park to Market Street.

The lighting should have remained 'Victorian', the pavers chosen should have mimicked those for Market Street, with heritage-style benches and the basics.

The basics being, one nice, small flower display (4-season display), one drinking fountain, one water feature (simple, straight-forward and winterized)

No hand warmers, no misters, no bizarre lighting system suspended mid-air, no specialty components of any kind, no material programming.