AlvinofDiaspar
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They should have left signage design to WT.
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rdaner
Senior Member
First time at Love Park since it opened as I was away on the weekend. Btw I was wondering if anyone thinks that it is a good idea to start a Go Fund Me page to raise money to install the heart above the pond as originally intended?!
Photos taken 26 June.
Northern Light
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Above:
See @AlvinofDiaspar 's post here: https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/love-park-3m-1s-city-of-toronto-ccxa.28363/post-1961799
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Ok.....I fibbed, 2 complaints.
No this isn't about the garbage bins themselves, ugly as sin though they are..........it's that they're on the @#$ @ lawn! It's a brand new park, if they had asked Cormier to get them a pad for the bins there, he would have, within the budget too, it's nothing burger.
From @rdaner ''s pic:
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DavidCapizzano
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They have definitely tinted that water. Good call.
mburrrrr
Senior Member
Does it involve Toronto Hydro cutting and patching?
Northern Light
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A couple of notes.......
We discussed cleaning/filtration of the water a few pages back:
I have confirmed that both Ozone and UV disinfection are being used.
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On the subject of the Waterfront BIA, they not only sponsored and will be looking after the park's movable furniture, they also sponsored the bronze sculptures.
I think it might be nice if a few of us sent messages of appreciation to the BIA to encourage more of this, both here and at any other new signature parks such as Rees.
We discussed cleaning/filtration of the water a few pages back:
I have confirmed that both Ozone and UV disinfection are being used.
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On the subject of the Waterfront BIA, they not only sponsored and will be looking after the park's movable furniture, they also sponsored the bronze sculptures.
I think it might be nice if a few of us sent messages of appreciation to the BIA to encourage more of this, both here and at any other new signature parks such as Rees.
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everydayhim
Active Member
yeah, i was wondering about that. looks darker. how's that possible outside of photoshop work?
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
Probably pond dye. Its very commonly used for ponds that act as reflecting pools as it gives a mirror look. Also helps control water temperature / algae growth.
egotrippin
Senior Member
I just can't get past the fact Toronto deems this garbage bin situation to be acceptable. In any park really, but in a signature park like this it's downright embarrassing to not have an integrated/designed garbage solution.
innsertnamehere
Superstar
You are just scraping the surface with the parks department.. trying to run things on a shoestring budget and even then doing it poorly.
ADRM
Senior Member
This reminds me of two fun little tidbits I gathered from a friend who worked on the project: one, the combination of treatment techniques was chosen over the standard basic approach so that if (when) dogs drink the water, they don't get sick.
Two, the pergola was over-engineered such that it has sufficient load bearing capacity to withstand as many Raptors fans as could conceivably climb atop it during the next championship parade (joke sort of being that if it were just the Leafs who played out of the arena nextdoor they wouldn't have had to worry about it, har har...). In each instance where the pergola touches the ground, it sits atop an unusually large and deep piling driven below grade.
Northern Light
Superstar
Three (bonus Pergola info) there are silva cells underneath so the vines can grow deep roots!
smably
Senior Member
Do you know whether there's a watering system for the vines? Those roots seem like they'd be almost entirely under hardscape.
Northern Light
Superstar
I don't know; but, I think it's fair to say soils in the park will hold water unusually well:
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
The vines are irrigated