Oddly enough, when approaching from the other direction at Macleod Trail, there is a fence and sign indicating no pedestrians. I guess it just got overlooked from the other direction?
Oddly enough, when approaching from the other direction at Macleod Trail, there is a fence and sign indicating no pedestrians. I guess it just got overlooked from the other direction?
Interesting. That area seems to have a bunch of pedestrian infrastructure that was built in the 70's that is no longer accessible. On the other side of the interchange there is a pedestrian underpass that is now sealed shut by the city due to homeless encampments and drug problems. This was the former entrance:
Ironically it was closed for safety concerns but a family was recently struck and the father killed while waiting at the crosswalk at that intersection.
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Interesting. That area seems to have a bunch of pedestrian infrastructure that was built in the 70's that is no longer accessible. On the other side of the interchange there is a pedestrian underpass that is now sealed shut by the city due to homeless encampments and drug problems. This was the former entrance:
I remember the "future bus zone" signs well growing up - some of them seemed to remain theoretical for quite some time. Not so much in my area but had friends who lived in newer subdivisions. When you were old enough that parents didn't want to give you a ride all the time but to young to drive / lacking a vehicle it could be quite annoying to get around.
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All I can think is that it's for a future BRT or something since there is clearly a bus stop there currently and it is in the inner city that has established routes.
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That wretched, looming building in the background looks like something out of a Siberian City. Positively Yakutskian. Soul sucking. Almost makes Clockzilla attractive in comparison.
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Something is wrong in the world to pay $1 million to live in a rinse and repeat neighbourhood like that.
I don't know what vacuums the soul more... that there are million dollar homes which look like that, or the fact our real estate market values them so.
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That vinyl box home replaced homes like these that used to be in the once rare Million dollar category (in areas away from the GTA)
Then: ~8,000 sq ft
Cold concrete apartments
Rise up from wet black asphalt
Below them a few carcasses
Of the long-gone age of privacy
It takes a scary kind of illness
To design a place like this for pay
Downtown's an endless generic mall
Of video games and fast food chains
One by one, the little houses are bricked up and condemned
A subtle hint to move before the rats move in
This could be anywhere
Could be anywhere
Everywhere
Those new kids at school seem cool
But dad says not to talk to them
Stick to your old friends, they're not our kind
So now there's lots of fights
So many people I know
Come of age tense and bitter-eyed
Can't create so they just destroy
Come on, let's set someone's dog on fire
Empty plastic culture slum, suburbia is a war zone now
Sprouting the kinds of gangs we thought we'd left behind
This could be anywhere
Could be anywhere
Everywhere
Could be anywhere
Could be everywhere
Could be anywhere
Kids at school are taking sides
Along color and uniform lines
My dad's gone and bought a gun
He says he's fed up with the crime in this town
This could be anywhere
This could be everywhere
This could be anywhere
This could be everywhere
This could be anywhere (anywhere)
This could be everywhere (everywhere)
This could be anywhere (anywhere)
This could be everywhere
I hope I'm gone before it explodes
I linger late at night waiting for the bus
No amount of neon jazz could hide the oozing vibes of death
My dad's a vigilante now, he's bringing home these weird-ass friends
Like the guy who fires blanks at his TV when Kojak's on
Or the guy who shows off his sub-machine gun
To his sixteen year old daughter's friends
Whose sense of pride and hope is being in the police reserve
This could be anywhere
Could be everywhere
Could be anywhere
Everywhere
This could be anywhere
This could be everywhere
This could be anywhere
This could be everywhere
Everywhere
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