[Rascacielo]

The new Temperance St looks nice when it's empty (as in the pictures above), but now that it's fully open, almost half of the street (the north side close to the tower-side curb) is taken by parallel-parked cars. And no, they're not illegally parking - there are rates posted and I think there's a parking meter.

 

[Wey]

Toronto wasn't just a frontier town, it was designed as an army outpost. It wasn't some fancy Parisian architect designing our streets. It was the British army engineering corps. If I remember correctly, in addition to a grid, the street width as designed to allow exactly two army logistics wagons to travel next to each other in each direction. Pedestrians and cafes weren't a consideration.

 

[goodcitywhenfinished]

Wish Yonge street's side walks were this wide with trees and patios lining it up. The original Toronto urban planners definitely didn't think this through

yongetomorrow is in the works. Design should be similar to this. Albeit probably 2030 before we can actually walk on it.

 

[egotrippin]

In the early 1900s, Toronto was a frontier town. No one could conceive it'd ever surpass Buffalo or Detroit.

Toronto was hardly a frontier town in the 1900s. By 1921 it had surpassed Buffalo in population; it was a similar size as Detroit at the turn of the 20th century, however Detroit exploded with the rise of the automobile.

But importantly, Temperance is no wider than Yonge. The City could do this exact same thing if we'd finally just kick cars off of Yonge St.

 

[officedweller]

Indeed; it is hard to fault our ancestors for failing to predict the future!

Or likewise, for the successors to fail to accept change and expropriate to widen Yonge Street.
Street widenings have often required the demolition or partial demolition of buildings.
In some cities, that why historic basements extend below the sidewalks after the street level part has been cut back.

 

[Riseth]

The new wider sidewalks along Temperance are indeed nice and look great. Makes walking down that street far nicer.

 

[Paclo]

Still fencing around the cloud gardens

 

[AlbertC]

Many teenage memories chilling on those Cloud Gardens ramps!

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...are they planning on doing something with it?

 

[AHK]

May 2 - Have not noticed this effect before - the afternoon sun shining through the mechanical penthouse areas of the two new Bay Adelaide Centre buildings, seen from Yonge Street.

 

[Paclo]

...are they planning on doing something with it?

Restoration work has been ongoing as part of the Bay Adelaide complex and Temperance Street work. The website now says it will remain closed until late 2026..

Cloud Gardens Conservatory

This small, two-level greenhouse is set to the cool and moist conditions of a cloud rainforest, complete with waterfall. The colourful plant collection includes: tree ferns palms other exotic plants

www.toronto.ca

 

[Northern Light]

Restoration work has been ongoing as part of the Bay Adelaide complex and Temperance Street work. The website now says it will remain closed until late 2026..

Cloud Gardens Conservatory

This small, two-level greenhouse is set to the cool and moist conditions of a cloud rainforest, complete with waterfall. The colourful plant collection includes: tree ferns palms other exotic plants

www.toronto.ca

TY for the update, Paclo, but one can't but be irked by the ever slipping timeline on Cloud Gardens Conservatory.

 

[Johnny Au]

July 20, 2024:

I photographed through the bubbles themselves.

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

...the bottom ones are tripping balls.