salvius
Active Member
I was going to post that it looks like seaweed, but tubeworms works too. I can't say I'm a fan.
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I was going to post that it looks like seaweed, but tubeworms works too. I can't say I'm a fan.
ShonTron
Moderator
Heh. Welcome to Toronto as you leave it. Is Mississauga and its strange superiority/inferiority complex going to one-up Toronto at this point to remind people that they're entering its airport?
Tuscani01
Senior Member
Heh. Welcome to Toronto as you leave it. Is Mississauga and its strange superiority/inferiority complex going to one-up Toronto at this point to remind people that their entering its airport?
Yep, right behind these signs, Mississauga is erecting signs saying "Silly Toronto, You are now entering Mississauga!"
It would be funny if Mississauga tried something like that...
...but I'm not so sure they could: I believe the GTAA owns the highway (including the whole right-of-way) from the Toronto border, which runs down the west side of 427, all the way in to the airport. The GTAA wouldn't be interested in letting travelers know they are in Mississauga: in the past they moved the airport's phone numbers from the 905 area code to the 416.
Mississauga could find lots of other places to put up big welcoming artwork though. Let 'em. A little rivallry is always fun.
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...but I'm not so sure they could: I believe the GTAA owns the highway (including the whole right-of-way) from the Toronto border, which runs down the west side of 427, all the way in to the airport. The GTAA wouldn't be interested in letting travelers know they are in Mississauga: in the past they moved the airport's phone numbers from the 905 area code to the 416.
Mississauga could find lots of other places to put up big welcoming artwork though. Let 'em. A little rivallry is always fun.
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The Fusionist
New Member
Maybe the poles are waving goodbye? It would be funny to have some massive hands waving goodbye on the top of them,lol.
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scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
This whole project needs major corporate tie-ins: the wavy things could be huge cigarettes, sponsored by Marlboro (Welcome to Toronto Country), or we could build giant mooses with Holstein markings, sponsored by Gateway Computers.
They could all be little CN Towers if a bubble is put two thirds of the way up each one.
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Bogtrotter
Senior Member
..or how about the one finger salute.
afransen
Senior Member
I think they'd be neat landmarks and a great branding opportunity. I don't care much for the 'Toronto' font (or colour). I kind of like the City's Toronto font.
Are these supposed to be vertical in zero wind situations? If so, why does that one rendering depict two clumps of the poles, each leaning towards the other?
Are these supposed to be vertical in zero wind situations? If so, why does that one rendering depict two clumps of the poles, each leaning towards the other?
Bogtrotter
Senior Member
I don't expect it will be like a gracefully swaying field of wheat. From what I understand they will individually wobble and wiggle every which way since their sizes are different.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
They could easily be adapted for Pride: long ... tendrils ... beckoning visitors who cab it downtown from Pearson.
fiendishlibrarian
Active Member
It looks ridiculous. They remind me of those foam sticks people wave at basketball games to distract a player making free throws.
scarberiankhatru
Senior Member
Well, if they're gonna cause accidents, the wavy things should be sponsored by tow truck companies...
brettrobinson
New Member
why is this under Toronto Issues?