Platform 27
Active Member
Torontoist has a piece on the Jog today, with some purty renderings.
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EnviroTO
Senior Member
How are they going to fit 8 tracks in on top of this underpass in addition to the bike path? Something tells me they didn't have the design goals of the Georgetown EA in mind because it seems like only 7 will be possible on this structure they just built.
StIdes
Active Member
What's going to happen with Gladstone ave after the jog is removed? I hope they remove the traffic light there and possibly restore Gladstone to a 1-way all the way from Dundas to Queen, although Gladstone is a fairly wide street maybe they can slim it down again and redevelop the area on the northwest corner with the new larger land from the street slimdown. If they keep the light at Gladstone & Queen I dont see how it will help congestion on Queen St. Maybe also re-space the street car stops.
Automation Gallery
Superstar
From my understanding that jog will be a yield from Dufferin street south and northbound connecting to the new Sudbury street extension which will be directly south of Gladestone/Queen street.
DSC
Superstar
The City is studying the area and there have been several public meetings. See: http://www.toronto.ca/civic-engagement/2009/peel-avenue-gladstone-avenue-may.htm
StIdes
Active Member
I suspect youre right after looking at google maps. Its unfortunate that there will still be two lights so close together on Queen. I still see this being a bottleneck area of Queen after the tunnel Is complete. I also suspect that Sudbury St. will see more traffic once the road is extended. I wonder if theyll keep the current parking layout and speed bumps on the street.
jn_12
Senior Member
And for those interested, York planning graduate students (myself included) were asked to come up with a precinct plan for this area by the local community group Active 18. There are 3 plans on the site: http://active18.org/
MetroMan
Senior Member
The Google Maps tiles surrounding Dufferin & Queen have been updated recently. You can see the concrete pour that forms the base of the new tunnel.
Link: Google Maps.
Link: Google Maps.
StIdes
Active Member
Yea google maps has been updated like that for months. It's actually totally covered now.
SGHA504
New Member
I'm sure this must have been asked, but are there any plans to paint the bridges once complete? I really like the look of the re-finished bridges further up the line, as part of the railpath. I think finishing these bridges with a fresh coat of paint, even completely covering them in local art, would be a nice touch.
TOareaFan
Superstar
The beauty of local art is that it is free. Put up the bridge and there will be lots of "local artists" expressing themselves with spray cans
EnviroTO
Senior Member
Unfortunately those local artists are usually not that creative and their art is simply their signature or, if they are slightly more creative, their signature is bubble letters.
junctionist
Senior Member
Most often they're not artists, they're losers wasting money. The West Toronto Railpath has shown us what a difference painted railway bridges can make in terms of aesthetics.
StIdes
Active Member
Nah, I like the graphitti coated bridge and I live a 5 min walk from there. Its part of Parkdale's scenary. And lets face it, if you paint over it, it just makes graphitti artists want to paint over it again even more.
fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
They are not "artists", but juvenile, narcissistic, useless criminal vandals and should be treated accordingly. If you lack the maturity and intelligence to distinguish between the two that's your problem, but don't muddy the waters by pretending otherwise.