{"id":26096,"date":"2012-02-14T11:14:37","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T16:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=26096"},"modified":"2013-01-21T12:54:36","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T17:54:36","slug":"the-design-review-panel-looks-at-the-infotogo-pillars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2012\/02\/14\/the-design-review-panel-looks-at-the-infotogo-pillars\/","title":{"rendered":"The Design Review Panel looks at the InfoToGo Pillars"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Yesterday<\/a> (PDF), Toronto’s Design Review Panel<\/a> looked at the new “InfoToGo” info\/ad pillars installed by Astral Media as part of the city’s street furniture contract, which have received a lot of criticism<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Josh Fullan<\/a> of People Plan Toronto attended the review and gave this report to the Walking Toronto<\/a> Facebook group, which he has allowed us to share here.<\/p>\n

Good news<\/strong>: the Design Review Panel discussed the info pillars today and agreed that the placement and more importantly the design of the pillars was unacceptable sidewalk clutter. The words “atrocious” “awful” and “inexcusable” were all used by professional designers and architects to describe a major piece of street furniture largely in our downtown core.<\/p>\n

Bad news<\/strong>: every time the issue of redesign of currently installed pillars came up, the Transportation Services rep from city hemmed and hawed, basically saying there is a contract and Astral is disinclined to consider redesign (no kidding) but will carefully look at future installations.<\/p>\n

Next steps<\/strong>: the recourse is to compel PWIC (Public Works and Infrastructure Committee) and council to force Astral into a redesign within existing contracting, location tweaks are not enough, and note that info pillars are a fraction of the total ad space agreement with astral. The Design Review Panel will be writing a letter to this effect to councillors and so should everyone else who cares about this issue. PWIC meets again in March when this will be on agenda and Design Review has also asked to weigh in on pillars once more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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