Beautiful Urban Moments – Part I
This might not seem like an urban moment – but since it’s but a few minutes walk from Bloor and Yonge in Toronto, it gives you an idea of the wealth that the ravines give this city. This is the Bloor-Danforth subway line as it crosses the Rosedale Ravine viewed from Bloor Street East. The Rosedale Valley Road can just be seen in the bottom of the photograph. Why we always put a road down the middle of a beautiful valley I don’t know, but it does make for one of the most beautiful roads in the city – it just happens to be mostly used as a shortcut to the Don Valley Parkway for vehicles and bicycles. Curiously enough, in almost every other direction you would see a variety of apartment buildings poking out of the foliage, but in this case we’re looking towards Rosedale itself, one of Canada’s most exclusive residential neighbourhoods.
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Its interesting to note that the subway was at one point exposed. But due to the opposition and noise complaints from the wealthy and influential Rosedale neighbourhood and safety concerns from the TTC it soon became exposed.
Its agreed that this is one of the more beautiful bridges in the city.
By Tonto on 02.28.06 1:43 pm
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