{"id":1065,"date":"2006-08-10T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T11:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1065"},"modified":"2006-08-09T22:13:50","modified_gmt":"2006-08-10T02:13:50","slug":"what-about-winter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/08\/10\/what-about-winter\/","title":{"rendered":"What about winter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/waterfront\/bridge-winter.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Maybe last week&#8217;s insane heat really did affect my head, but in a small way I found myself looking forward to winter. While summer will always be the time we celebrate freedom and outdoor activities, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/wvs.topleftpixel.com\/archives\/photos_cityscape\/040112_394.shtml\">a serene beauty<\/a> in winter that only those of us who are forced to live through it can find.<br \/>\nI suspect one of the reasons we fear winter so much is because suddenly our public spaces become inhospitable and unfriendly; they&#8217;re places to avoid rather than hang out. One of the last places we think to go during the winter is the waterfront &#8211; not only is it cold, it&#8217;s windy and wet.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons I liked PORT&#8217;s runner-up submission to the Central Waterfront Design Competition was it paid a lot of attention to the reality of our winter: it proposed a long skating rink into the lake, dozens of huts clustered at the bottom of Jarvis with fire pits in them, and of course those tall weather masts that changed colour with the temperature. While the winning <a href=\"http:\/\/www.west8.nl\/\">West 8<\/a> design does have some winter ideas (see the above photo), I think they spent less time than PORT did on making the area friendly year-round.<br \/>\nObviously most of us would rather be on a beach in August than January, but I&#8217;m curious to know if <em>Spacing<\/em> readers have any opinions on ways the waterfront can be enjoyed as an exciting place even in the dead of winter. These can be ideas you&#8217;ve seen in other winter cities or just something you&#8217;ve always thought might work. Please feel free to drop your comments here, and enjoy the summer while it lasts&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maybe last week&#8217;s insane heat really did affect my head, but in a small way I found myself looking forward to winter. 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