Rascacielo
Senior Member
I think they're upset they have to retract their "We're getting a massive park over the rail deck" headline from a few years back. Wait, it's blogto, they never retract anything ...
I think they're upset they have to retract their "We're getting a massive park over the rail deck" headline from a few years back. Wait, it's blogto, they never retract anything ...
Perhaps we will get the option for some rock climbing activities. Can't think of many other cities that offer outdoor rock climbingI'm not sure I agree with what it may house...but I'd say that artificial rock/cliff outcrop could end up being one of the 7 Wonders of Urban Canada if they pull that off right. That's pretty fracking amazing, IMO.
I suppose that depends of the liability coverage of such a thing. But yes, that's was one of the first things that came to mind though.Perhaps we will get the option for some rock climbing activities. Can't think of many other cities that offer outdoor rock climbing
I've seen this at public plazas in South America. It was always a major favourite and there were lineups every weekend afternoon.Perhaps we will get the option for some rock climbing activities. Can't think of many other cities that offer outdoor rock climbing
blogTO on the topic.![]()
You're right in everything you say, but I was actually thinking that the park doesn't have to be so elevated above grade level if the parking level was removed.
I am probably missing something crucial engineering-wise, however.
I've always loved this example of parking garage facade cladding in Tennessee:Perhaps we will get the option for some rock climbing activities. Can't think of many other cities that offer outdoor rock climbing
If you do the calculations at $1600 per sq ft for the residential and 1.5B for the office and commercial the value of this whole development would be around 5.5B , unfortunately Toronto is not NY.Here's a loose comparable (note: in USD and buildings and grounds designed on an international oligarchical scale)
Hudson Yards in New York which decked over the LIRR rail yards.
HY: $25 billion project and covers 11 ha
that's $2.27b per hectare
$6 Billion of HY was funded through city and State
If Rail Deck Park footprint is 8 ha (confirm?) that comes to $18 b to construct deck, public spaces and fancy buildings... if we use HY as model
Then again, it looks like liability coverage may not be an issue at all here...Well, i'll be damned, Looking at the promo video, at the 26 second mark you can see people rock climbing in the bottom left of this cropped photo, I don't see any harnesses though
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The idea is that the trusses to span the tracks will be high enough that between their lower extent (which has to clear the future electrical service over the tracks) and their upper extent (on which the deck can rest), there will be enough space to create a servicing and parking level. The space will be there anyway, and the buildings will have to be serviced, and as others have pointed out, zero parking for 2,500 units is not really possible yet, so… use that space between the trusses for parking.You're right in everything you say, but I was actually thinking that the park doesn't have to be so elevated above grade level if the parking level was removed.
I am probably missing something crucial engineering-wise, however.
The idea is that the trusses to span the tracks will be high enough that between their lower extent (which has to clear the future electrical service over the tracks) and their upper extent (on which the deck can rest), there will be enough space to create a servicing and parking level. The space will be there anyway, and the buildings will have to be serviced, and as others have pointed out, zero parking for 2,500 units is not really possible yet, so… use that space between the trusses for parking.
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