Public Realm in Canadian Cities - Developments

[TorontoDrew]

Speaking of street names, this is Porter Lake N.S

[someone123]

Originally Posted by TorontoDrew

Speaking of street names, this is Porter Lake N.S

There's a trailer park not far from there with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs street names. These trailer parks around the outer parts of the metro area are Trailer Park Boys land.

[WhipperSnapper]

The man behind the name doesn't deserve to have a street named after him in Canada. It's still a complete waste of funds we don't have to rename it. No one knew who Dundas was until it became an issue. Most people still don't know.

As for renaming Ryerson for essentially one article he later retracted is plain stupid in my books. As you can see, I'm just not really into creating a new Canada. There's certainly darkness in our past but I'm optimistic we have learned from it . There enough in the present that contradicts our high moral standards. The shit I here my nieces are doing in the Toronto school system does nothing for the long dead victims. It goes beyond acknowledgment to never do it again. These are attempts to make amends to long dead victims

[J.OT13]

New park at Zibi at the western tip of Chaudiere Island.

Originally Posted by zzptichka

Pangishimo Park, almost ready to open.

[J.OT13]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

New park at Zibi at the western tip of Chaudiere Island.

A few more on this one:

Originally Posted by zzptichka

Progress

And from RailFans Discord:

[Nite]

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[rousseau]

Originally Posted by Nite

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It's true, Montreal does an amazing job at this. Toronto should really step up its game when it comes to things like this.

[Nite]

Montreal

https://www.reddit.com/r/CityPorn/co...ntreal_canada/

[Al Ski]

Originally Posted by rousseau

It's true, Montreal does an amazing job at this. Toronto should really step up its game when it comes to things like this.

Having lived in both places, Montreal actually cares about its inhabitants. Toronto just sells its soul to developers and settles for whatever minimal scraps the developers decide to toss to the city.

Pocket parks that nobody will ever hang out in, ridiculous facadectomies, crappy art 'things' whatever..

[someone123]

Tender has been awarded for the Cogswell interchange demolition in downtown Halifax. Construction scheduled to begin in 3-4 months:
https://twitter.com/WayeMason/status...93087947284480

[davidivivid]

Passerelle des Trois-Soeurs on the St-Charles river in the St-Sauveur neighbourhood (Quebec City).



https://www.instagram.com/p/CPNxi96nDl7/

[Nite]

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[Nite]

Woodbine Beach and Woodbine Park - Toronto

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[Al Ski]

Originally Posted by Nite

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I live on De Castelnau and our street has had summer closures for 6-7 years now. The closures had nothing to do with COVID.. not sure what this recent immigrant is talking about ..it's just a continuation of an ongoing policy.
The resistance the first year was fierce on the part of many business owners - particularly the ones who did not live in the neighbourhood.
"Parking" lol!
As if everyone was driving from wherever to our little side street (an admittedly authentic side street).
Most of them were just parking there to go to the market one block up off Jean-Talon, they weren't hanging on our street, like us neighbourdoods do.
But they were all-in after the second year!
I think most people would prefer that it remain closed year-round.
We are all deeply saddened when it is over.

[Al Ski]

Nice vibe from 2020!
And Av Mont-Royal has been doing this for years, it's not just some sudden reaction to COVID.
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[J.OT13]

The Ottawa Rideau and William Street renewal project is complete. All that's missing are the three art pieces (don't know what they are or where they will be installed).

The area has had a rough history over the last 40 years, with the bus mall and heated bus shelters in the 80s (along with the street killing Rideau Centre) that brought seedy activities to the area, to the stroad of the 90s and 2000s, and the years of construction and the major sink hole caused by the Confederation Line tunneling.

The expanded Rideau Centre, the new O-Train Station, the street that now better serves active transportation as opposed to cars. Night and day compared to what it was.

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[Binour]

Victoria Square in Montréal. A nice urban oasis.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEu0CCsbMs&t=184s

[isaidso]

TORONTO


Dundas Street West




Bay Street




Bloor Street West


https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/thread...tscapes.32724/

[Echoes]

K.W. Nasser Plaza @ River Landing | Saskatoon







https://www.instagram.com/bokeh_ontheplaza/
https://www.instagram.com/imdrbob/

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Al Ski

Having lived in both places, Montreal actually cares about its inhabitants. Toronto just sells its soul to developers and settles for whatever minimal scraps the developers decide to toss to the city.

Pocket parks that nobody will ever hang out in, ridiculous facadectomies, crappy art 'things' whatever..

Montreal may pay more attention to public spaces but, it's hardly as big of a gap as you make it out to be. It's a much bigger part of Montreal's identity and garners more attention than it does in Toronto. There are many landscaped bump outs in Toronto.

The money from development has made Toronto a very pro development city. The jury is still out on Montreal. Toronto has been a global real estate hot bed for decades. The level of foreign investment driving Montreal development is still fresh.