slicecom said:
Many of the trees are in bad shape already. I noticed they already removed most of the tall trees from the courtyard as they died immediately. Here’s a couple more on Sherbourne that are already too far gone.
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There's a lot of trees not doing well near the lake as well; on Jarivs and within Sugar Beach as well.
 
The trees on the promenade at Sugar Beach seemed to have been infected with something last year that was spreading rapidly. I never made it down there this summer to see if it had been stopped.
 
evandyk said:
The trees on the promenade at Sugar Beach seemed to have been infected with something last year that was spreading rapidly. I never made it down there this summer to see if it had been stopped.
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I was there yesterday and while there are a few dead trees, it looks much healthier overall this year.
 
They uninstalled the bike racks along The Esplanade and put planters in their space. I guess to compensate for the promised but not delivered trees along the south side of the building?
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slicecom said:
They uninstalled the bike racks along The Esplanade and put planters in their space. I guess to compensate for the promised but not delivered trees along the south side of the building?
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This project is always one step forward, two steps back.

They installed surprisingly decent-looking interlocking stone pavers in the south courtyard last summer, then spent months parking big trucks on them repeatedly until the stones were all cracked and chipped.

They spent months installing complicated self-irrigating soil cell trenches on the north sidewalk, then they inexplicably planted a bunch of trees during a heatwave in the last days of July, didn't turn on the watering system, and then -- shockingly -- all the trees died within days in baking dry soil.

Now they've put positioned these planters right next to the walls where the trim covering the foam insulation along the bottom has yet to be installed. I predict the next step will either be 1) they never bother to install that missing trim, or 2) they damage the planters trying to install the trim around them.
 
CityPainter said:
Now they've put positioned these planters right next to the walls where the trim covering the foam insulation along the bottom has yet to be installed. I predict the next step will either be 1) they never bother to install that missing trim, or 2) they damage the planters trying to install the trim around them.
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I’d actually be happy if they move them out away from the building with some tall shrubs that can offer pedestrians some shade. The heat along that stretch in the summer sun is brutal!
 
slicecom said:
I’d actually be happy if they move them out away from the building with some tall shrubs that can offer pedestrians some shade. The heat along that stretch in the summer sun is brutal!
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The poor residents of those ground floor units on The Esplanade would also probably welcome some screening from passers-by. One appears to be occupied now.
 
Amare said:
Absolutely trash quality from a shoddy quality developer, i'm not surprised to see the sad state of affairs with the courtyard.
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I am torn between thinking that this behemoth didn't turn as bad as I thought it would be...but it was built entirely in the wrong area in every way. /sigh
 
UtakataNoAnnex said:
I am torn between thinking that this behemoth didn't turn as bad as I thought it would be...but it was built entirely in the wrong area in every way. /sigh
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In any other context, I wouldn't have any huge issues with the development. However, the fact that it borders the St. Lawrence community, one of the best Toronto neighbourhoods of the last century, is unfortunate, and at worse, insulting.
 
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