It’s interesting that they’re using a natural (non chlorine) filtration system that just needs time to be calibrated and balance out and the water will start looking normal.
However, I still think this is a poorly designed park. Not because of the heart, I like the heart, I just don’t understand why you fill the entire centre of the park with an area that people can’t walk, and push everyone and the tiny scraps of greenspace right next to the road. Make the heart a creek instead of a pond, with cute little bridges over it, and now you can have a nice area in the center that’s slightly separated from traffic with more room for greenspace.
Because it looks cool on a map! Or something like that.
The cynical, having lived under John Tory, part of me, thinks it might be intentionally hostile architecture to not provide any secluded places that an unhoused person might sleep.
Good point. They could pump the water back to the start of the creek and make it into a lazy river. Moving water doesn’t get as icky and kids could race paper boats down it and run across the bridges as they follow.
Sounds about right for Toronto. Big ideas, little effort in the end…
Was there today, the water already looks a lot better. It’s basically clear now with a slight green tint. The park’s really nice actually
No article, but from the pic alone: a hedge around the outside to absorb traffic noise would make this a more human-enjoyable space. Also, the best shade tree in the park appears to be in a place where no one can easily sit under it without walking though a fountain. How about some stepping stones across the pond?
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@masterspace There is an entire fresh water Great Lake just meters away. What’s the point of this useless landscaping. Why not just bushes?
@masterspace I personally don’t think I’d mind the algae. It’s organic life.
Is the idea that people are going to be welcome to splash around in it - when it’s not green - do you think?
