Oooh, it would be nice if we really could get something like that!

From today:

From today:

The pillars are looking a bit more concretey:

And the pillars of Don Valley station are looking a lot more concretey & a little less rebary:

The work on the supports is now visible at street level on Don Mills:

Where the trail branches off from Taylor Creek, it seems they are going to add fencing that will prevent hikers or bikers from accessing the trail on the north side of the river coming from the Don Valley Parkway underpass:

It's too bad the bollards are not still there at Union. We could strictly admonish the engineering students in the city to NOT move them to Yonge as part of their grad year prank. 😉

Sorry, I should have said "all stops from Don Valley to Kennedy" since it's effectively a streetcar on that stretch, but regardless, I recognize it's unrealistic.

I'd be tempted to suggest making some stops "request only" in order to test how often they're actually requested, but with some stops being so close, would we run the risk that people would be hitting the "please stop" button when it might already be challenging to stop?

I went looking & found they're doing some public consultations coming up on April 21st & there's a survey due by May 5th https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/get-involved/public-consultations/infrastructure-projects/yonge-downtown/

Yesterday:

Yesterday:

Ah okay, I understand where you are coming from now. Perhaps it's a case where they designed the buildings (& its landscaping) in isolation with little to no regard for what's actually around or for a fantasy future where the neighbouring area is more built up, walkable, and with more...

Sitting down? I like how they're have benches facing each other - it's more convivial. I imagine it would make it easier for groups of friends to converse & hang out in a free "third space" and will add to the vibrancy of the streetscape. It was something I immediately noticed as different in...