Yesterday I spent the day with my Israel travel group doing a case study on Liberty Village, a district in east downtown Toronto. This district is based around the core of the industry sector of Toronto which is now defunct. It used to be the hub where all the manufacturing and industries were located but many of these places are no longer in use. So many offices and studios are in these old buildings now. It's a large district and has been recently updated with new offices and residences in 1999. It's still in the renovation and revitalization stages.
Which brings us to the part where my group comes in.
We had to choose an area in the Liberty Village District and see how we could revitalize it or add a feature which would link to the heritage of the site.
My group chose to work with the streets and alleys near the Carpet Building and make it more pedestrian-friendly.
We did this by proposing to relieve the streets from car parking and add more walkways and stairs that creates a flow throughout the streetscape. Each set of stairs would work with the pattern of the bays in the industrial buildings. The stairs would have a new material introduced, using weathered railway ties which would link to the railway line that runs throughout the street.
At the end of this street is a cafe and a place for outdoor seating. A revitalized pathway would open up this area to the public.
Anyways, we arrived at the site at 10am and finished our day at 8pm. It was a good day.
1 comment:
Cool. Are they actually going to do that stuff that you proposed? Cause that would be even COOLER! I like those pictures that you took.
In response to you coming with me to TO to take pictures. You can come if you'd like, but I guess that means I'll have to wait until you get back. That'll be better anyway cause I could see myself getting lost. But keep it on the dl. This isn't one of those "taking everyone along" type trips.
That's all I think.
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