[LINK] "HisT.O.ry #1: Old Otter Loop"
May. 7th, 2009 05:35 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldOver at Acts of Minor Treason, Andrew Barton has come up with a superb summary of Toronto's Otter Loop, once a linchpin of the Toronto transit system--first bus, then streetcar--but since then sadly neglected.
The post has photos, and even video. Go, read (and watch)! As the post's title indicates, this post is just the first of an ongoing series examining different corners of Toronto, so pay attention to this blog.
When the City bought the loop for a dollar, as the TTC no longer had a use for it, the plan was apparently to convert it into a heart-shaped urban park with the oh-so-creative name "Heart Park." Considering that all the details I can find of this initiative date from 2006 and that Otter Loop is still intact, it's fair to say this project hasn't really got off the ground. Otter Loop is, however, going into the ground. No one appears to be maintaining the structure. Some of the brickwork has crumbled and one of the signs identifying itself as "MUNICIPAL PROPERTY OF THE TORONTO TRANSIT COMMISSION" has been left to weather and its paint allowed to run.
The post has photos, and even video. Go, read (and watch)! As the post's title indicates, this post is just the first of an ongoing series examining different corners of Toronto, so pay attention to this blog.
