Mihairokov
Active Member
People will be sitting on these a lot of the time. It won't be possible to walk through them.
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CityRider
New Member
I like the idea of planters more than the practical reality; unfortunately I know from living in a building with planter boxes out front that nice flowers often get pulled out and stolen and the boxes end up filled with trash and cigarette butts. 
But surely these can have some nice designs painted on them!
But surely these can have some nice designs painted on them!evandyk
Senior Member
I walked over to look today at lunch. They put one down right in the middle of the heaviest traffic flow spot at the stairs into the York concourse. The colour also looks very weird in the sun. The blocks are quite yellow, and it looked very different from mburr's photos from earlier.
I also tried Shake Shack for the first time. Pretty decent burger! The cherry peppers were a great addition. Overpriced, but what isn't these days?
I also tried Shake Shack for the first time. Pretty decent burger! The cherry peppers were a great addition. Overpriced, but what isn't these days?
Northern Light
Superstar
And you took a picture for UT, which you'll be posting shortly, right?
evandyk
Senior Member
Yes, just forgot to add it, have edited it to include the pic.
bearcat
Active Member
the street corners should really have metal bollards instead
I also agree the colour does not look fantastic
mburrrrr
Senior Member
How does it smell in the sun? It wasn’t Lola.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
I strongly encourage Lola and other pets to "rest" there. The quicker the blocks degrade, the quicker we may get more decent replacements.
AoD
Willybru21
Senior Member
How deep do bollards need to be? There is mech rooms and a PATH corridor right underneath the spot where those concrete blocks (marked in red) were placed:
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ShonTron
Moderator
I will have to go down later this week and see for myself, but this certainly doesn’t look like much of an improvement over the Jersey barriers.
Leave it to the city to screw things up further.
Leave it to the city to screw things up further.
DSCToronto
Superstar
Yes, they are clearly an expensive FAIL. MAYBE if they had bought the obviously more expensive end of the range rather than the basic model it MIGHT have been better but the whole thing is an example of civic waste in my opinion. A project that took 6 years to be done, made few if any improvements and used a non-Canadian supplier of what are really just rectangular Jersey Barriers! Hard to believe we have no money- or maybe THIS kind of thing explains that!
bgobgo
Active Member
Those blocks make me so angry. All they needed to do was as install metal bollards like the ones at CIBC Square. = Simple. Elegant. Done.
DSCToronto
Superstar
I fear we may all start agreeing with Holyday once he finds out about it!
bearcat
Active Member
where is the curb outline on this diagram?
would bollard here right along the curb of the road be over anything underground?
also where the current blocks are placed (yellow) they seem to offer no protection for the people waiting to cross at this corner
anyway, perhaps I should wait until I see the final product to judge
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evandyk
Senior Member
I made the big time!
