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Railfans
will be sad, but residents of Toronto will be happy if they get a new downtown park.
The new park, called Rail Deck Park, will cover the tracks between Bathurst Street and the Rogers Centre leading to the west of Union Station.
The new park, called Rail Deck Park, will cover the tracks between Bathurst Street and the Rogers Centre leading to the west of Union Station.
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The 21
acre is still not a sure thing; discussions are ongoing with CN and Toronto
Terminal Railways, which is owned by CN and the CPR, which owns the air rights
to the space above the tracks.
The
city plans to secure those rights, allowing them to ensure the space is
reserved for public use. But it is unclear at this time if those rights can be
purchased, and for how much.
As
well, as the Toronto
Star reported that although the City of Toronto has made its intentions
for the park known, there are still unknowns such as how to pay for the cost of
construction.
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| New York's cover up. |
The
park, if constructed, will be similar to what
is happening in New York City, where 17 million square feet of
buildings and open space will be built on top of a 26-acre space above a Long
Island Railroad yard.
Top photo by Chris Paxton. Bottom photo from Toronto Star.
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| One day this may be a memory. |
They did this in Seattle in the 80s, and it's a neat concept...The I5 cut Seattle in half, so one of the compromises was this park, which bridges a large section of the I5. It's surreal how tranquil it is, with ponds, lush forests and trails.
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