Andy_in_Toronto
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If those squares reserved for trees I’m assuming it’s quiet a zickzack parcours walking down this sidewalk on Wellington St!
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Northern Light
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Not the way I would choose to design this; but hopefully it works out well.
A single row, with open soil trench (with periodic openings for people to cross the road etc.) would likely have provided better growing conditions at the same or less cost.......
(vs the trench covered by reinforced floating sidewalk, which is what they've used in photo number 1)
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The 'sidewalk' is the grey-brick area next to the buildings. The red brick part with the trees is supposed to be for seating and patios. Though widening the Wellington sidewalks (as has happened) was one of the motivators for this work, the real driver was patio space for what was (and may be again) a row of quite busy restaurants. That also explains why the tree trenches are below concrete slabs. You can't put a patio onto a flowerbed!
Andy_in_Toronto
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Some good progress. I like the wider sidewalk on Front and Church. But why not all the way down east? Sad!
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Projects need to end somewhere. This one is primarily Wellington and the area on north side of Front at the Flat iron.
The South side sidewalk on Front is something for another day, or decade!
Andy_in_Toronto
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Hopefully not decade!
condovo
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Are those awful, cobra-head lights temporary until more heritage-inspired lights get installed? Please say yes.
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Yes, the permanent lights are, supposedly, LED. What they will look like I do not know but the ones there now are NOT permanent and the final ones will get power from inside the poles - not overhead wires.
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AlbertC
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An article on Au Pain Doré, which plans to open later this month or in early October at Front & Market:
retail-insider.com
Couple to Open French Bakery Concept 'Au Pain Doré' in Toronto's St. Lawrence Market Area as Part of Expansion [Interview]
A couple recognized a lack of French bakeries in their area and have launched two chains with plans for growth.
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I used to buy bread at Au Pain Dore for many years when I lived in Montreal and am looking forward to their arrival just 'down my street". Last week someone at the site who seemed to know, told me that they would open the day after Thanksgiving. I look forward to it.An article on Au Pain Doré, which plans to open later this month or in early October at Front & Market:
Couple to Open French Bakery Concept 'Au Pain Doré' in Toronto's St. Lawrence Market Area as Part of Expansion [Interview]
A couple recognized a lack of French bakeries in their area and have launched two chains with plans for growth.
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There is another survey on the pedestrianisation of Market Street - seeking opinion on what was there and what wasn't (and whether it should continue). It's a poorly designed survey but .... https://oldtowntoronto.ca/marketstreet/
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Trees etc on Wellington. They have now just about finished the north side sidewalk from Church to Leader Lane and are set to do the bricks from Leader Lane to Scott. Today they are also excavating the final section of the old streetcar tracks west of Scott and, I suspect will be pouring concrete on it too. Note the two lines of trees and 'pedestrian' lights in the photo, I think there will only be one line of each west of Leader Lane due to the bump-in for parking.
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Andy_in_Toronto
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Yes, the south side of Wellington will be done next, from Church to Yonge, it will not have such a wide sidewalk but will have trees, I think one row only plus pedestrian lighting at least from Church to Scott. The trees (or tree pits) you note on Church were installed by the condo developers and they are still, I think, responsible for them. I reported them to 311 several months ago but, if they are City trees, it will certainly be next year before anyone does anything. If they are developer trees then Forestry needs to force them to replant. Until recently they were more of a hazard as the cones were not there and, as the cone migration season approaches, the cones will doubtless soon be off to warmer climes!
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Those trees will be the City's by now.
They had been planted by late 2018, the standard warranty is two years after planting. (The City is looking at going to three I believe, but it would have been two for this development for certain)
So we're long past that now.
* The exception would be if the trees were reported dead prior the two years being up, but that seems unlikely.