Tale of the Tape

I’ve reported before on the endless, endless construction at the corner of Yonge and Bloor Streets in Downtown Toronto, and of the haphazard manner in which the construction has been undertaken. Here’s a photographic update on the current state of construction, which appears to be utilizing materials found at a landfill site and equipment stored by… throwing it on the ground.

Note, too, the liberal use of yellow CAUTION tape as a continuing design motif:

Unsatisfied with merely inconveniencing Toronto’s citizenry with narrowed streets and impossible-to-maneuver sidewalks, the contractors have apparently been instructed to make the site aesthetically offensive, too:

The impact on the neighbourhood is unquestionably negative. Pedestrians and motorists alike have been inconvenienced and placed in danger by the ineptitude of the unending construction. Predictably, retailers are suffering, too, though one is not sure whether they’ve acquiesced to the ugly wounding of the intersection or are embracing it:

Stollery’s