I hope not! The pond was drained last week with a crew cleaning the base. It was covered in thick green sludge and took a few days for them to clear it out. Here's a few shots a day apart of the cleaning progress:

Is there a timeline for the Great Hall lighting update? And is DGA still working on it? The current lighting is incredibly depressing, especially compared to something like Grand Central in New York.

While the federal government technically holds the power of disallowance to block provincial legislation, it’s unlikely the Liberals would use it here. They stand to gain little and would likely face backlash from federal Conservatives for perceived overreach.... oh wait :D While the federal...

There's a lot of variation in bike lane designs across the city, with some looking more permanent than others. My understanding is that when we see concrete barriers similar to those used in parking lots, combined with flexible posts, they are "temporary" and meant to be replaced with better...

It would be interesting to see if there's an opportunity to give both sides what they want. If the city can provide plans that maintains both the protected bike lanes, and restores the traffic lanes, would the province pay for it? For example, removing the parking lane on University would add a...

Barring an extraordinary outcome in the next federal election, the next occupant of the PMO is likely to support extending Billy Bishop’s runways to accommodate jets. With a challenge from Ford unlikely, does the City have any way to combat this? I don't see how jets won't be flying out of YTZ...

This installation has highlighted just how much Love Park could benefit from landscape lighting to showcase its design. There should be spotlights to illuminate the tree on the island, perimeter lighting along the edge of the pond, and perhaps uplighting for the larger, older trees. The trim...

This is actually a pretty valid point. The subway is a major point of entry into Union by regulars and visitors, there really should be schedule boards for all forms of travel out of Union visible upon entering the building. They could have a dedicated screen for each set of departures and their...

Spotted today that the pond has been refilled with water, it has that freshly filled clear look for now.

Not sure how "legitimate" this change was, but walking by this afternoon, I noticed someone had spilled a little of whatever product was used:

Tapping the same card twice on GO triggers a tap error. I imagine the TTC fare gates do the same thing within the same station?

Just set mine up! Sadly it doesn't seem you can assign your Presto Card to both your phone and Apple Watch, only one or the other. I could see this as being a way to prevent pass sharing, but it feels like an odd choice when it could be super convenient to have both as an option.

The trellis at one point was meant to potentially house a small cafe. Also in the earlier designs there wasn't raised seating along the perimeter, with the concept of skating or other winter programming within the pond. More recent cut would be lining the pond with rocks. The final design had...

Both the main Apple Wallet and FAQ pages were captured by archive.org on December 17th. It may take a short amount of time to load: https://web.archive.org/web/20231217015757/https://prestocard.prestoiits1.net/en/about/presto-in-mobile-wallet/apple#buy-a-new-card...

I think it's pretty clear they pulled back on the year round water plan. The entire summer and fall that the park has been open, the water level observed in the pond was the "winter" level, never approaching the higher summer line that's meant to go right up to the red tiling. This is pretty...