metropolis
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Does anyone know why fountain on Queen and University is not functioning yet?
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I actually wrote to 311 only yesterday to ask exactly this question. I suspect inertia but ...Does anyone know why fountain on Queen and University is not functioning yet?
If Ontario is on better economic footing and largely deficit free by 2018, it would be a nice legacy project for the Liberals to announce some changes for Queen's Park and environs. Perhaps even taking/buying parts of University Avenue (and Queen's Park itself) from the city to make it a "provincial park" and a more befitting entrance for a capital city and its legislature. Better lighting and connections with U of T could also be part of this.
The southbound lanes of University Avenue belong to U of T - the city only has them on a lease.
There's a photo of the completed fountain in that Facebook album. The fountains are great. The pool could have been better with some sort of finish besides ordinary grey concrete. The odd thing is that the pool was blue in the photo of the fountain when it was working. But in the photo taken just before demolition work began, it had 1960s tiles with faint yellow and blue squares.
How do you know that?