beautifulwar
New Member
how long are these strikes going to last?
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UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
Up to 6 weeks from the strike date if there is not a settlement reached before then. And a front page Explainer about that...
Explainer: How Construction Trades Union Negotiations Work in the GTA | UrbanToronto
Several construction trades strikes are currently underway in the Greater Toronto Area, with tens of thousands of workers currently off the job. UrbanToronto talked to Richard Lyall, president of the Residential Construction Council of Ontario, to better understand the negotiation process.
Edit/Update: Seems some settlements are a foot in the forming department. So the strikes should be wrapping up and work will start to pick up on Tuesday if not sooner, from what I gather. .
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junctionist
Senior Member
It almost feels like they're building a second Eaton Centre in terms of the diversity of uses, the architectural quality and the general sense of ambition to the project, though without the same emphasis on fashion retail.
Tuscani01
Senior Member
They did refer to it as ‘the Eaton Centre of the west’ in its early days, so that’s definitely what they were hoping for it to be competing with.
karledice
Senior Member
Great observation! For me this is more of a Food/Restaurant and Health, and life style focused with the chosen vendors vs. fashion retail
Patch
Active Member
05/20/2022
Nice day for a sunny stroll around the site!
Nice day for a sunny stroll around the site!
Johnny Au
Senior Member
The Well peeks out when viewed inside the Dome:
DavidCapizzano
Senior Member
Park is nice. Landscaping needs to mature though. On a side note, it seems like nearly every other house on Draper is getting a gut renovation job including the two that flank the park, which have just received nearly identical rear additions that wall in the park in a nice, intimate sort of way. Maybe the old residents had enough of all the development going on around them lol.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
tstormers
Senior Member
Screen fully installed, view from the road.
beautifulwar
New Member
the strike.........holding back construction
generalcanada
Senior Member
Index was supposed to move in on the 5th, now it's going to be at least early july
UtakataNoAnnex
Senior Member
...is mostly over now.
felix123
Active Member
A couple questions for anyone in the know:
1) I was under the impression from early renders that as part of the project, the sidewalk would be widened along Wellington St all the way west to Portland, as apparently the parking lots west of Draper St are on leased land. Now the widening seems like it has stopped east of Draper St. and there is no indication it will actually continue west. Perhaps it was never going to be extended to Portland?
2) Are there any plans to modify Wellington St between Spadina and Portland in conjunction with the completion of The Well? This stretch operates as sort of a wide, laneless speedway at the moment. The redeveloped intersection at Wellington/Portland was a mistake as it's difficult to cross as a pedestrian, and cars seem to have no idea how to handle the triple crosswalk.
1) I was under the impression from early renders that as part of the project, the sidewalk would be widened along Wellington St all the way west to Portland, as apparently the parking lots west of Draper St are on leased land. Now the widening seems like it has stopped east of Draper St. and there is no indication it will actually continue west. Perhaps it was never going to be extended to Portland?
2) Are there any plans to modify Wellington St between Spadina and Portland in conjunction with the completion of The Well? This stretch operates as sort of a wide, laneless speedway at the moment. The redeveloped intersection at Wellington/Portland was a mistake as it's difficult to cross as a pedestrian, and cars seem to have no idea how to handle the triple crosswalk.
Northern Light
Superstar
Part 2 is a definite Yes. As part of the Bikeway project for Wellington. I posted the slides for this over in the Cycling Infra thread....
Don't have time to look through all the slides, but they may answer part 1 as well.
Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes headed downtown)
Agreed. You need to spend the money correctly. Some councillors would rather spend the property taxes on their fetishes, like the Gardiner, instead on improving the cycling infrastructure.