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can be used regardless of the time of the year
I dont know, the winds down there are pretty brutal and doubt much will be happening there in January and February
can be used regardless of the time of the year
I'd also like to see the walkways under the railway lines renovated or at least creatively painted. They also have a big impact on people walking to the waterfront, along with the Gardiner underpass. The sad thing is, it would be so easy to make those spaces pleasant to walk through but the city does not want to spend the small amount of money to beautify them. It just takes a bit of imagination and $$$.Ah, makes sense. But I still hope the City soon decides to do a bare-bones improvement to other parts of the Gardiner. Bay, York, Yonge, and Simcoe probably see +150k pedestrians walking underneath every day. The status quo of cold + dank + dark could be easily changed with paint, paneling, and lights into something a little warmer and welcoming. And not even just for peds, but drivers as well. IMO the whole underside of the Gardiner needs a basic aesthetic makeover. Nothing monumental and frilly, just some minor flair.
[...] it is without precedent in a city with a very poor reputation regarding its urban parks and public spaces [...] under noisy and polluted highway overpasses [...]
The Matthews' clearly have a lot of love for their city, but this seems like an awfully strange project to donate $25mm to (a lot of money!!). Especially because it is without precedent in a city with a very poor reputation regarding its urban parks and public spaces.
We certainly have a unique situation in this city where condos keep sprouting up next to the Gardiner. But I just don't know many people who enjoy spending time under noisy and polluted highway overpasses. There is probably also limited amounts of light, not ideal conditions for a park...literally a few metres away we have the beautiful shores of Lake Ontario.
I can appreciate this donation to the city but worry about the execution, and ultimately the effectiveness of this
project. I hope they prove me wrong!
It sounds great; I'm just wondering what's behind the motivation to 'give back to the city' - for what? The fact that Wilmot Matthews made a bundle as an investment banker to Torontonians?
If you had more money than you needed, would you not consider the same thing? I can think of several pet projects throughout the city that I would want to help bring to life. No motivation needed other than myself.
It sounds great; I'm just wondering what's behind the motivation to 'give back to the city' - for what? The fact that Wilmot Matthews made a bundle as an investment banker to Torontonians?
Absolutely. During the presentations, I definitely thought that if I had a few million hanging around, I'd also love to leave a legacy project. We need more philanthropists.If you had more money than you needed, would you not consider the same thing? I can think of several pet projects throughout the city that I would want to help bring to life. No motivation needed other than myself.
It sounds great; I'm just wondering what's behind the motivation to 'give back to the city' - for what? The fact that Wilmot Matthews made a bundle as an investment banker to Torontonians?