[smably]

The exposed aggregate look is also ubiquitous on the west coast. Lots of sidewalks like that in Victoria and Vancouver, e.g., https://www.google.com/maps/@48.422...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

 

[Northern Light]

It looks exactly like the kind of concrete used in higher end concrete private driveways. I can’t imagine it’s wildly difficult to replicate.

It's not.

However, that could be said of much of the City's interlocking brick in sidewalks boulevards, or bodies, or much of the tile in TTC stations, yet, so often when patch jobs are done, replacements don't match.

In the case of interlock, it's even worse, in that, the City actually has spares of most (but not all ) styles in its various yards.......but it either loses track of where they are or what they're for, or if a third-party contractor is doing the work they may not be made aware the City has matching material available so go and source something different.

I don't think everything needs to be standardized, We want different areas to have different vibes; but the City has allowed literally dozes of streetscape styles into existence and just doesn't have a good track record in terms of maintaining them property.

The exposed aggregate look is also ubiquitous on the west coast. Lots of sidewalks like that in Victoria and Vancouver, e.g., https://www.google.com/maps/@48.422732,-123.3683233,3a,80.3y,104.12h,81.61t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1shL4d40hGlPyd8c00A6-HmA!2e0!7i16384!8i8192!5m1!1e3?coh=205409&entry=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI0MTAyMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

Yup, and again, nothing wrong w/that. It's just a matter of whether the City has the systems in place to maintain each different treatment it allows. The evidence, at this time, is that they do not.

 

[officedweller]

That's a nice aggregate mix with all the white marble chips.

 

[gooddaysir]

This building is not complete btw

 

[daptive]

Almost fully occupied, well except the office portion I assume.

 

[gooddaysir]

View attachment 610574

Almost fully occupied, well except the office portion I assume.

This is interesting, but I can tell you there are not more than 10-15 people living in that building - shame they leave all those lights on though

 

[RyanD]

 

[interchange42]

This is interesting, but I can tell you there are not more than 10-15 people living in that building - shame they leave all those lights on though

When UrbanToronto flips something to "complete", it actually means substantially complete, not totally. The last bits can drag on for months after the building is already occupying, so we take the beginning of occupancy to mean substantial completion.

So, should our wording be changed to "substantial completion" or "substantially complete" instead of just "complete"? Probably, but those won't fit in the box in the same font.

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