taal
Senior Member
Globe and Mail new headquarters going on the west side of Front and Spadina. Then all there lands are likely to be redeveloped.
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The sewer work on The Esplanade is drawing to a close (finally) and the last section (from Market to Lower Jarvis) is underway now. It had been hoped that WT would fully restore the section from Scott to Church before 'patio season' but this proved impossible because Toronto Hydro were not ready to re-lay their street light conduits. They will be doing this work over next few months - without significant disruption to patios - and the whole street will be restored in fall 2012. (In the interim WT may be upgrading the temporary asphalt under the patios.) The local BIA are paying extra $$ to have the street lights better spaced and more of the pedestrian scale ones added and the City is ensuring that there are far better tree pits (trenches) than before. When it's finished (December 2012?) it WILL look better but it has taken a long time.On a slightly related topic what about the Esplande ? Waterfront Toronto ripped up all the sidewalks (and removed the trees) on that short stretch, when will that be fixed ?
It was a very nice stretch by Toronto standards so I really hope they make it better.
Any ideas re the type of light / paving and the like that will be used ?
Wellington makes sense to be honest given condo.
But what about the esplande !!!! That one bothers me the most, it suppose to be fixed by waterfront Toronto ... it was actually one of the few nice streets (public form wise) in Toronto until they messed it all up ... I only hope it'll be at least as nice as it was before.
The streetlights will be a mixture of tall (black) poles - already put up and the standard smaller "Victorians". Though the steeetlight wires will all be buried the larger Hydro distribution wires at the Fire Station and Sobeys will not be buried at the moment due to cost. They should go underground when those sites are developed. The sidewalks will get the standard St Lawrence brick banding.
The Esplanade IS a mess but the City took back the restoration project from Waterfront Toronto and the contract for doing it closed about 10 days ago. Work is supposed to start "very soon" and end by November 30. The street will be returned to much as it was before between Scott and Church and from Church to Market will be improved to about that state. The trees, to be planted in spring 2014 I think, will all get better pits. As soon as the Backstage and L-Tower are done they will fix the last section of The Esplanade and Scott Street.
Re. the street lights. Don't streetlights in this area still use gas ? (i.e. the candle like flame) are those going to be replaced or kept ? It would be great if they stayed. .
I guess it's finally happening, the north side sidewalks from Parliament to Sherbourne are a war zone now (but hopefully it'll be worth it)