{"id":4546,"date":"2009-06-05T13:39:35","date_gmt":"2009-06-05T17:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=4546"},"modified":"2009-06-05T15:31:37","modified_gmt":"2009-06-05T19:31:37","slug":"pedestrian-bridge-design-competition-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/06\/05\/pedestrian-bridge-design-competition-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedestrian Bridge Design Competition Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upside-down.ca\/BridgeCharette\/Charette-UTlogo-horiz.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"498\" height=\"121\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last March, the City&#8217;s planning staff put out a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgingthedesigngap.com\/\">report<\/a> regarding a pedestrian and cycling bridge that would cross <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.ca\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Portland+St,+Toronto,+ON&amp;sll=43.645346,-79.38122&amp;sspn=0.006739,0.016222&amp;gl=ca&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=43.641378,-79.398226&amp;spn=0.00337,0.008111&amp;t=h&amp;z=17\">the rail corridor<\/a> south of Front Street in between Portland Street and Draper Street.\u00a0 The highly visible box truss bridge proposed would lead to a new 3 hectare public park currently under construction.<\/p>\n<p>In the hopes of avioding getting stuck with a thoroughly unremarkable design for this future gateway to the city, <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/index.php\">UrbanToronto<\/a> has initiated a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bridgingthedesigngap.com\/\">Design Charette<\/a> where individuals have submitted their own designs for the bridge to be assessed by the voting public (50%) and <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/showthread.php?t=9384\">a selected jury<\/a> of architects, planners and community leaders (50%).<\/p>\n<p><strong>REGISTER TO VOTE: <\/strong>you must first <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/register.php\">register<\/a> with UrbanToronto.<br \/>\n<strong>TO VOTE: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forumdisplay.php?f=29\">Pedestrian Bridge Design Charette<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>VOTING DEADLINE: <\/strong>Friday, June 12 @ 6 PM<\/p>\n<p>Some of the design submissions:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upside-down.ca\/submissions\/mac-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><br \/>\nDesigner: <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/showthread.php?t=9362\">Mackenzie Keast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upside-down.ca\/submissions\/Infra-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/showthread.php?t=9379\">InfrastructureStudio<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upside-down.ca\/submissions\/ORE-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"323\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/showthread.php?t=9382\">Office for Responsible Environments (anonymous)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upside-down.ca\/submissions\/green-north2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Designer: <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/showthread.php?t=9344\">Nathaniel Addison &amp; Khalid Al Nasser<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More designs on the <a href=\"http:\/\/urbantoronto.ca\/forumdisplay.php?f=29\">UrbanToronto Charette&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last March, the City&#8217;s planning staff put out a report regarding a pedestrian and cycling bridge that would cross the rail corridor south of Front Street in between Portland Street and Draper Street.\u00a0 The highly visible box truss bridge proposed would lead to a new 3 hectare public park currently under construction. 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