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

[ChesterCopperpot]

 

[Skeezix]

Tory is only interested in investment in this City if the investments are multi-billion dollar boondoggles.

 

[raptor]

to paraphrase, this is yet another delay?

 

[Edward Skira]

Tory approved $280,000 so that nearby Wellington Street reconstruction could be speeded up by two months. But history forget about it.

The city will spend $280,000 in order to speed up construction along Wellington Street and fully reopen the roadway more than two months ahead of schedule.

 

[ADRM]

Oh wow, okay, here's a picture of the drain (from Chris Bateman's Twitter). I had thought we were talking about a little, like 6-inch-square thing, but have a look at it:

 

[raptor]

Oh wow, okay, here's a picture of the drain (from Chris Bateman's Twitter). I had thought we were talking about a little, like 6-inch-square thing, but have a look at it:

They were going to put glass over only a small section of the drain, not all of it.

 

[innsertnamehere]

$2 million generally buys you more than just a small part, no?

 

[raptor]

$2 million generally buys you more than just a small part, no?

did you read the report?

 

[ADRM]

They were going to put glass over only a small section of the drain, not all of it.

The closest thing I saw regarding the extent of coverage in the Council doc was mention of "a section." I'm not sure it's possible to infer a specific size from that. Am I missing greater detail included somewhere else?

 

[ADRM]

There's also this but, again, that's a much more significant portion than I was anticipating, and I still don't find it particularly helpful in terms of scale conveyance (the MS Paint-drawn circle looks to be about 1.5 car lengths, but I'd want a somewhat greater degree of specificity if I was being asked to spend some money).

 

[Bogtrotter]

"Heritage is important" - yeh my eye. I think the old structures need to stay in place for it to make any sense. It really needs to be incorporated into the design and integrated as an architectural element in some way. Keeping it on view in context is key- just cutting out a section and putting it on display as a museum piece is just a half-arsed effort to appease.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

From jpags:
https://twitter.com/jpags/status/910497798310825984

Edit: New Article in the Star:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/20...164m-drain-feature-at-st-lawrence-market.html

Guess he just love the Gardiner as a heritage piece more. I wonder how much extra it will cost sending it back to staff again and delaying the process once again.

Can't wait to see the new ward boundaries approved.

AoD

 

[JasonParis]

Sounds like 2018 is shaping up to be "how can Tory out-right Ford."

 

[Torontovibe]

Tory is only interested in investment in this City if the investments are multi-billion dollar boondoggles.

Hey, he's a typical Conservative, what did you expect?

 

[christiesplits]

The ceaseless value engineering for this site is tragic and could top that of the NPH redevelopment.