http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/ blog.fawny.org Thu, 26 May 2011 13:52:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4-alpha-19861 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/comment-page-1/#comment-1438 Notes from bidders’ meeting on new subway design ¶ Personal Weblog of Joe Clark, Toronto Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:47:52 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/#comment-1438 [...] have the same constraints as the Sheppard line – bare concrete train walls? [I gave the room the story of Downsview’s looking so nice that Mike Harris’s government reduced the Sheppard-line [...] [...] have the same constraints as the Sheppard line – bare concrete train walls? [I gave the room the story of Downsview’s looking so nice that Mike Harris’s government reduced the Sheppard-line [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/comment-page-1/#comment-724 Erecting a façade – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark Mon, 26 Mar 2007 18:07:43 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/#comment-724 [...] He mentioned that Museum and St. Patrick were being handled by that (disastrously misguided and unwanted) Renaissance program (the main beneficiary of which is – wait for it – Diamond Schmitt), but nobody ever explained why those stations were also listed in the current plan. [...] [...] He mentioned that Museum and St. Patrick were being handled by that (disastrously misguided and unwanted) Renaissance program (the main beneficiary of which is – wait for it – Diamond Schmitt), but nobody ever explained why those stations were also listed in the current plan. [...]

]]> http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/comment-page-1/#comment-721 What happens when you expose the TTC’s flaws – Le «blog personnel» de Joe Clark Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:01:52 +0000 http://blog.fawny.org/2007/01/09/beauty-price/#comment-721 [...] This is the same TTC that handed half a million bucks to Jack Diamond, without a tender, to beautify a couple of subway stations. We’ve got other priorities here. The issue isn’t beauty, it’s state of good repair, and that has to include properly-designed and -tested signage. [...] [...] This is the same TTC that handed half a million bucks to Jack Diamond, without a tender, to beautify a couple of subway stations. We’ve got other priorities here. The issue isn’t beauty, it’s state of good repair, and that has to include properly-designed and -tested signage. [...]

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