Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

[evandyk]

The Cinnabon smell overpowered every other aroma within a couple hundred metres. No filet-o-fish could have competed with that.

 

[Tuck]

This is Toronto where people are more concerned about cost than they are aesthetics.

Concrete is cheaper overall than interlocking which looks good on a balance sheet.

Pay more, get less. The Toronto way.

 

[Willybru21]

New screens going up in the Moat:

https://imgur.com/a/C2xEEng

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

New screens going up in the Moat:

https://imgur.com/a/C2xEEng

I was wondering when they will get around to finishing the stonework around them....

AoD

 

[Willybru21]

Besides that, I saw a group of strange people yelling and hanging out near the carriageway entrance, just a little bit to the left of the photo I sent. I hope that area doesn’t become a bad area to walk through.

 

[Amare]

Besides that, I saw a group of strange people yelling and hanging out near the carriageway entrance, just a little bit to the left of the photo I sent. I hope that area doesn’t become a bad area to walk through.

The stench of urine and cigarette smoke is already starting to permeate inside the moat. So far, it's not looking pretty.

 

[DSC]

The stench of urine and cigarette smoke is already starting to permeate inside the moat. So far, it's not looking pretty.

There are quite a few security guards around and I saw someone cleaning it the other day sitting on one of those ride-on floor polishers.

 

[Willybru21]

The stench of urine and cigarette smoke is already starting to permeate inside the moat. So far, it's not looking pretty.

My god can people not? The outside is just a flight of stairs up, go smoke there. And washrooms are inside Union.

 

[EastYorkTTCFan]

I was wondering when they will get around to finishing the stonework around them....

AoD

I think it is finished I don't think we are going to see it surrounding the screens.

 

[Canadian Chocho]

The station has been like that ever since the pandemic. It improved slightly in Decemeber when it was busy and not with not as many restrictions but during this recent lockdown it has reverted back. The problem solves itself when there's plenty of eyes and ears moving in and out of the building, but when it's dead there simply isn't enough security to patrol every corner of the building.

 

[TossYourJacket]

Pretty sure someone was living in one of the toilet cubicles when I was in the station today. Piles of clothing on the floor sticking out of the stall. Plus two of the remaining 3 stalls were out of order for whatever reason. Not great.

 

[EnviroTO]

I was wondering when they will get around to finishing the stonework around them....

AoD

I was too. I'm confused by the half complete aesthetic. Did they run out of money or was it partially completed by design?

 

[Richard White]

Cue the stadium lighting. The signs are literally blinding.

It hurts my eyes to look at them.

 

[sikandar]

The intensity of the signage these days reminds me of the Spinal Tap “these go to 11”. If I have to squint at all when looking directly at a sign, I will not look at all and that definitely defeats the purpose.

 

[Richard White]

The intensity of the signage these days reminds me of the Spinal Tap “these go to 11”. If I have to squint at all when looking directly at a sign, I will not look at all and that definitely defeats the purpose.

Sikander,

It reminded me of the upgrades to the screen in Maple Leaf Square. When I left work it would light up Bremner Blvd to just past York Street.

I could read a newspaper from the brightness of that screen alone. No need for streetlights