TTC Shelter Turned Into an Igloo
After two weekend snow storms and more white stuff than the city knows what to do with, finding a place to put the snow can be a real challenge. Fortunately a group of people at Trinity-Bellwoods Park this weekend came up with an idea and covered almost three sides of a TTC shelter at Queen and Strachan with snow. It's kind of like an igloo, but I think it looks more like fort, regardless, the technique is most impressive.
It's not just a big pile of snow, but individually cut blocks stacked neatly. The builders even provided two windows so waiting riders could see the next streetcar approaching. I don't really care for the purple dye that's covering most of the structure, but there is a message painted into the snow on the one side (pictured below). I've got to say, bravo to whoever participated in this - a fun and safe way to use the snow.
Photos by Joseph Michael.
Comments (17)
Not seeing anything about this on the Toronto Public Space Committee website, but I do believe this was their work. Check out more photos on Torontoist.
stuffing it up one's rectum, for example, would probably fall under category of "unsafe uses of snow"...
did anyone call Astral, the outdoor ad supplier? I think they should give the advertiser some compensation
>did anyone call Astral, the outdoor ad supplier? I think they should give the advertiser some compensation
Sad thing is that the ad they are covering (on the outside) is for a small local business that can probably only afford this one shelter as advertising.
I hope they give the advertiser some compensation too, I mean the local business is part of the "public" no?
Maybe someone from the public space people can answer that?
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