TheKingEast
Senior Member
Agreed. I enjoy their work.
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Agreed. I enjoy their work.
Red Mars
Senior Member
Sadly all the mature trees have been cut down.
Photo by drum118 see post#6 on this thread.
Photo by drum118 see post#6 on this thread.
neuhaus
Senior Member
junctionist
Senior Member
Bathurst has the best overhead wires in the city. You get the full rack. For some reason, there's two crooked wooden poles in front of this property--double your pleasure.
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Yeah, I never understood why condo developers don't work with the city/Toronto hydro (or whoever is in charge of poles - I forgot since we sold them) to just bury the most offensive poles in front of a high profile condo developments.
I mean, aren't people who buy a unit on the 4th floor a little concerned that their bedroom window is 4 feet away from a rotting wooden superstructure with live wires covered in pigeon feces?
Automation Gallery
Superstar
Yeah, I guess one day they will realize that our infrastructure is in par to a 3rd world country, unfortunately i doubt anything will be done about it in our life time
doug
Active Member
You can't just simply bury overhead wires.
They would have to lower the distribution voltage substantially, which reduces the amount of power carried.
This means increasing the number of wires, or using much lower gauge cables, and installing transformers to interface with the overhead wires with the higher distribution voltage.
They would have to lower the distribution voltage substantially, which reduces the amount of power carried.
This means increasing the number of wires, or using much lower gauge cables, and installing transformers to interface with the overhead wires with the higher distribution voltage.
junctionist
Senior Member
The process of burying the wires has been refined over the past century and isn't a big deal. It will be done in our lifetime.
Wrenkin
Active Member
True, but it makes no sense that they would be above ground, buried for a block, and then above ground. Pay into a fund for a larger-scale overhaul in future, sure.
waterloowarrior
Senior Member
Toronto Hydro has bigger things to worry about than burying wires. It's quite expensive - see http://www.newmarket.ca/en/townhall...ibilityStudyUndergroundHydroConsolidation.pdf
junctionist
Senior Member
It's true that Toronto Hydro doesn't have much money or the leadership to make it happen. That will have to change.
Hipster Duck
Senior Member
Yes, exactly. That's what I was trying to go for. I would like to see something like a Section 37 for hydro burial and streetscape improvements in designated districts. As a value-adding amenity, buried wires are no different from a park. Personally, I would pay an extra $25,000 if my 4th floor condo had a real view, and not a view of rotting wood, live wires, humming transformer boxes and a roosting spot for pigeons that will likely dump shit on my balcony.
cruzin4u
Senior Member
One thing I'd like to see (and I know this is far fetched) is for developers to include hydro poles in their renderings, so it gives the potential purchaser an idea of what they will be staring at while looking out their window.
This idea came up when I was looking at urbandreamer's post from today of the Thompson Residences. For instance, this render makes everything seem fine and dandy, but the reality is...
there are hideous hydro poles in the front of the development.
Photo courtesy of urbandreamer.
oneeleven does the same thing. They show beautiful mature trees in the render, but no hydro poles.
The reality...
Photo courtesy of neuhaus.
This idea came up when I was looking at urbandreamer's post from today of the Thompson Residences. For instance, this render makes everything seem fine and dandy, but the reality is...
there are hideous hydro poles in the front of the development.
Photo courtesy of urbandreamer.
oneeleven does the same thing. They show beautiful mature trees in the render, but no hydro poles.
The reality...
Photo courtesy of neuhaus.
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Miscreant
Senior Member
Funny thing is, I don't even notice those monstrosities until they're brought to my attention. And that's not because they're inconspicuous, but because I've become so bloody inured to the tragic profundity of their grotesqueness.
