grey
Senior Member
I think it was the weather. It still feels like a ghost town with the odd jogger, dog walker, and realtor.
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ottbike
Active Member
and utility worker*
Gphorce
Active Member
Give it time. Also remember it's no completed, there are still many empty lots awaiting development. That will add people and in time it will feel lived in.
grey
Senior Member
Well, yeah, I wasn't trying to disparage the neighbourhood.
DSC
Superstar
This came out from George Brown yesterday:
"Tomorrow is another milestone for George Brown College. It’s the day we receive official possession of our first student residence, at the corner of Front and Cherry Streets in the new Canary District. This fall we will welcome more than 500 students to their new home, which will also offer a range of student life services; creating a George Brown Community that supports both living and learning.
With this important date now upon us, it seemed like an ideal time to announce the name of our newest location. Those of you who were able to attend my Town Hall meetings earlier this month will know that after much consideration, and an extensive search for the title that would do both the building and our community justice, our first student residence will be called The George.
This name was chosen in three separate submissions by Aiden Farrell, a recent graduate of our Business Administration – Marketing Program, Jessica Atan, a graduate of the Food and Nutrition Management Program and Peter Koutsokeris, Student Life Assistant at George Brown College. Thank you all and congratulations!
As you may recall, we asked students, staff and faculty to send us their name recommendations two years ago. We received more than 300 creative and thoughtful suggestions. After we shortlisted The George, it was singled out in an employee and student survey as the resounding favourite, receiving the highest degree of positive feedback across the full range of criteria by which we were evaluating the options. I’d also like to thank the 1,800 students and staff who participated in this process. Whether you suggested a name or took the time to complete the survey, you played an instrumental part in making The George a strong reflection of our college identity.
In addition to being a student residence, our new building will also contain a conference centre with 4 rooms and standing capacity of more than 300. In September, it will be available for the use of college staff, students and the larger Toronto community. We are delighted to be able to name this space The Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre,in recognition of these important leaders in the anti-slavery struggle in Toronto during the 1830’s who were long time community contributors in this part of the city. A formal, public announcement will be made in the fall.
Staff tours of the new residence will be available through the summer, and we hope you’ll come out for our grand opening in early September as we welcome our first cohort of student residents. Watch Update for more information in the weeks ahead.
I look forward to see you all then as we celebrate the historic opening of The George.
Anne Sado
President
George Brown College"
"Tomorrow is another milestone for George Brown College. It’s the day we receive official possession of our first student residence, at the corner of Front and Cherry Streets in the new Canary District. This fall we will welcome more than 500 students to their new home, which will also offer a range of student life services; creating a George Brown Community that supports both living and learning.
With this important date now upon us, it seemed like an ideal time to announce the name of our newest location. Those of you who were able to attend my Town Hall meetings earlier this month will know that after much consideration, and an extensive search for the title that would do both the building and our community justice, our first student residence will be called The George.
This name was chosen in three separate submissions by Aiden Farrell, a recent graduate of our Business Administration – Marketing Program, Jessica Atan, a graduate of the Food and Nutrition Management Program and Peter Koutsokeris, Student Life Assistant at George Brown College. Thank you all and congratulations!
As you may recall, we asked students, staff and faculty to send us their name recommendations two years ago. We received more than 300 creative and thoughtful suggestions. After we shortlisted The George, it was singled out in an employee and student survey as the resounding favourite, receiving the highest degree of positive feedback across the full range of criteria by which we were evaluating the options. I’d also like to thank the 1,800 students and staff who participated in this process. Whether you suggested a name or took the time to complete the survey, you played an instrumental part in making The George a strong reflection of our college identity.
In addition to being a student residence, our new building will also contain a conference centre with 4 rooms and standing capacity of more than 300. In September, it will be available for the use of college staff, students and the larger Toronto community. We are delighted to be able to name this space The Lucie and Thornton Blackburn Conference Centre,in recognition of these important leaders in the anti-slavery struggle in Toronto during the 1830’s who were long time community contributors in this part of the city. A formal, public announcement will be made in the fall.
Staff tours of the new residence will be available through the summer, and we hope you’ll come out for our grand opening in early September as we welcome our first cohort of student residents. Watch Update for more information in the weeks ahead.
I look forward to see you all then as we celebrate the historic opening of The George.
Anne Sado
President
George Brown College"
UrbanAffair
Senior Member
^I think based on stuff like the GB res, this nbhd will be a great success and in very short order. In my opinion it seems light years ahead of neighbourhoods that are almost strictly residential like Cityplace, Liberty Village. It would be great if they mixed in a completely commercial building in the next "round" but I am sure the rest will be residential use.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
From the "That Didn't Last Very Long Department":
The sidewalk at Bayview and Front is torn up.
The sidewalk at Bayview and Front is torn up.
slicecom
Active Member
Don't worry, they'll fill it in with crappy asphalt that will remain there for a decade before being fixed.
achender
Active Member
I believe this is less depressing than first feared. I think it is the creation of the base for an art installation by Berlin artists Hadley+Maxwell.
See this Waterfront Toronto blog entry from 2014.
Berlin-Based Artists Hadley+Maxwell to Create New ‘Garden of Future Follies’ for Front Street East
achender
Active Member
Here is a cell phone picture I took on the way home this evening.
There is also a Facebook page for the project that documents the development of this "monumental" work.
There is also a Facebook page for the project that documents the development of this "monumental" work.
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Armour
Senior Member
I'm not sure what looks better: the unfinished product or the art installation?
ADRM
Senior Member
Yeah, it'd be super avant garde if that photo depicts the finished product.
torontologist
Active Member
Avant garde or not, it's going to be way better than the Water Guardians.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
Oh, I quite like them. Like a big blue Three Graces. Or Charlies Angels. Or Destiny's Child.
torontologist
Active Member
Haha! I was thinking " 2005-chic PoMo inspired Steel Smurfs", but I like the Destiny's Child imagery. They may grow on me now.