Rhododendrons of Mississauga- itβs cooler by the lake. π΄πΌββοΈπ΄πΌββοΈπ΄πΌββοΈ
Mississauga pet cemetery on the old Adamson Estate π΄πΌββοΈ
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A lawn
The @OCAD needed a bit of extra colourful support. Call if there any lateral sway @acserrano
This aft the amount of bikes on Lake Shore W was staggering. Endless stream - never seem so many. To think city staff recommended not opening this - another reason why we need elected pols to sometimes disagree w staff and take a different direction.
Anyway, every park was a carpet of people sitting & hanging out, deep into Mississauga. By far the most people in public space like this in my 2 decades here. Just totally sublime day. Endless picnics. strava.app.link/hivuZZ7Sjgb π΄πΌββοΈπ΄πΌββοΈ
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In the @TorontoStar I write about Rail Deck Park. A beautiful dream but it was proposed in Toronto, an extremely cheap town that doesn't like to pay for nice things. That's more of barrier than last week's tribunal decision.
Also, maintenance! you just need to walk around Toronto & see the state of any park. Toronto Parks dept does a very bad job at taking care of the nice things we do have. Look what they've done to Ledbury Park in Alex's thread:
Something as simple as a lawn is hard here - between parks dept trucks driving thru (and police cruisers/SUVs - because police need to drive into parks rather than walk) the ruts and mud are all over.
G20 news! Friend who was kettled by police at Queen & Spadina & part of a class action FINALLY got a settlement: $12,000 (minus legal fees = $9300). Not sure how many were part of class action but you & I are paying a lot out on behalf of police & former chief (now Lib minister).
All the folks/pundits/politicians who gave the G20 abuses a pass because they didn't like the politics of protestors can now meditate on the money they're paying out.
All this $$$ paid out, and barely any police charged, wrists slapped. The system at work.
Smart design people dunking on this - I can't find the tweet but somebody already mentioned that if SUVs and pickups were designed like this, lives would be saved. The function is the function and it's functional. And safer.
And it's cute. The fashion of vehicle design has been aggressive the last while - think of all those angry, beak-like snouts on cars & mad max front grills on trucks - fashion can lead us in bad directions.
One industry observer said to me of this vid: "Homesense is always filled w realtors stagers - an industry that will not slow down. Talked to a realtor who buys items at homesense, stages a house, and then returns it all when sheβs done. Including linens."