androiduk
Senior Member
About time. They also 'owe us' 2 more pieces that were supposed to go in at Bay & Bloor.
Bring on the art! I hope it's monumental.
Was walking on Bloor St. last night (Saturday). The sidewalks look shockingly bad. Most of the London Plain trees are dead (80%), most of the uplights are burnt out (95%), cracked granite, cocking with mineral-deposit staining, etc. What in the world is going on? Who in god's name is responsible at the BIA?
Part of the problem is the species of tree - all because a street in Barcelona has beautiful london-plane trees we think we need to have one here, issue is that the species of london plane we can get in canada doesn't do well in our climate and the city has had little to no success with london planes in recent years even trying multiple species. In my opinion a lot of the issues are due to poor advise by the consultants selling a vision that cannot be sustained in Toronto.
I'm sure I read way-back-when that these trees were chosen partly because they are so hardy in these types of conditions. Now that most trees finally have full leaves (though still not all) I can see a dramatic difference looking out toward Cabbagetown and beyond. I see buildings that are normally blocked covered by tree leaves, some trees have discoloured leaves and the canopy is not as green as it should be. That ice storm combined with a long, very harsh winter really took it's toll on trees. I have friends who live in the Cambridge Ave. apartments off Broadview Ave. atop the Don Valley facing west and I can see a difference in the vast tree canopy from there too, my friends noted it also.