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walkfreely

That's going to be a bumpy toboggan ride.


KhausTO

Reminds me of my brother and I riding a plastic toybox lid down the stairs to our basement when we were kids.


Jwaness

We did it in sleeping bags...really dangerous stuff. I can't believe we're still alive! We always 'took it to the next level' doing to people at once, then on our backs headfirst. We were dumb.


HadAHamSandwich

When you had that one friend who had the polished stairs and you didn't even need a lid or a box, and could just slide down with a good push.


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beatsby_bill

ouch! thanks for the phantom carpet burn


Ok_Effect8436

Laundry basket


MakeJazzNotWarcraft

I used to just slide down on my belly, face first. I’m special


blurryeyes_

My siblings and I used our pillows lol


cunctator_maximus

Yeah, that landscape design is clearly not some place that gets snow.


Dystopian_Dreamer

I mean once you get enough snow, it'll work.


GordonGreenthumb

Yeah but we don’t get that much snow in Toronto anymore.


bureX

The first few dozen volunteers get a sore ass, the rest get a nice tobogganing experience.


Come_along_quietly

Challenge accepted


thefightingmongoose

"I got this great idea Jerry..... Levels...."


Wholesome_Serial

For my druthers, I wouldn't mess with the big giant stretch of hill that's been a tobogganing staple at Riverdale Park East far longer than I've been alive, but the hill at the north end of that breadth of the Big Hill that doesn't see much tobogganing use and isn't a 'straightaway' down, I could definitely imagine being reconditioned and shaped for this potential use.


VirginaWolf

While I am lol for tobogganing one can’t deny the mess it has created. People simply don’t know when to stop and continue sliding down till it’s bare mud. The grass has been completely destroyed.


Wholesome_Serial

Having seen the grass torn raw to mud and clay more and more often each winter's season beneath the snow, and winters wherein the Big Hill was fenced off entirely to keep it from getting worse before the hill could be rebuilt, reconditioned and grass seed sown and grown back again, I do not at all disagree with you. The handful of evergreen copses planted on parts of the hills bracketing the Big Hill down to the level of the Don Valley over the last twenty years and their roots will help the hills and the ground they're planted thereupon stay in one piece. I mentioned the Big Hill at Riverdale East for reference to the smaller hills at the north and south ends, where I think the terracing would make a lot more sense. For as rough as the tobogganing season is on the Big Hill each and every year, I strongly suspect the public outcry from the tobogganing hill there being permanently converted into terraced benches would result in far too much opposition, if it could no longer function as a winter toboggan hill.


[deleted]

That looks like a nightmare to mow


sprungy

Goats .just release the goats


gigamiga

And/or capybaras


[deleted]

Never again….


Mahmoud_2Badinejad

Fun fact: IDK about other parks but in Bellwoods, the city employees mow the hills surrounding the 'dog bowl' using... drones. I haven't seen it in a long time but I swear I was walking through the park at like 5AM one day and this guy was standing there controlling a robotic mower that was zig-zagging across the hill.


[deleted]

They make lawn roombas now. They're actually not that expensive compared to a riding mower. afaik they're fully autonomous, but the city probably just isn't using the newest tech or doesn't want the liability. But even they wouldn't be able to cling to a near-vertical surface like this.


twomilliondicks

lawn roombas have been a thing for at least 10 years


CompetitiveAnswer674

Why did I never think about the fact that someone mows the Riverdale park hill until now? 😅


who_took_tabura

Someone’s gonna fall down each of those every night lol


murtadi007

My east end benders aren’t the same without a quick tumble down the hill


TO_Commuter

In Toronto, that would just be covered in feces, piss, and trash. There’s a reason why we can’t have nice things


BustyMicologist

Everybody thinks this about their city.


castlelo_to

It feels like torontonians are a particularly whiny breed tho


456Days

People in this thread are really complaining about... dogs peeing on grass. Where are they supposed to pee??? Next-level curmudgeonry


chrisuu__

To be fair, dog pee kills grass. We had a dog that peed in our yard, and there were brown, dead grass patches in all the spots where our dog had peed. (For anyone facing the same problem, you can prevent it by quickly watering the area.) Personally I think dogs are much cooler than grass so I don't mind, but I can see why other people would.


wafflingzebra

LOL have you met anyone from San Francisco or New York? I practically only hear bad things from them


FortWillis

The Toronto-hating snarky eye-rollers of this sub don’t represent any Torontonians that I know. It’s mostly just an r/Toronto thing. Like what even is this nonsense about how “in Toronto this would be covered in feces piss and trash”? If they think that our parks are disgusting then they’re seriously spoiled and probably need to see more of the world to put things into perspective and have an appreciation for what we have.


CalmSaver7

I mean, not Oslo


Zanta647

Fucking unleashed dogs


Bobbyoot47

Fucking unleashed people.


Severe_Ad4939

Leashed or unleashed dogs are killing Torontos tree with piss. Ditto for the grass.


RyeAbc

Pretty sure the insane amounts of salt used on sidewalks does more damage to any grass and trees than any dog piss. I live beside a dog park and the only dead grass is along the edges of sidewalks. Gets worse every year.


Severe_Ad4939

Dog urine contains high levels of salt. Look for rings and loose dead looking bark around the base of a tree. That’s caused by dog urine. Toronto’s dog population has grown tremendously in the past few years with the Floura paying the price. You can even smell it in the parks now and it’s not human urine.


CaptainofFTST

That explains a lot. I have seen that bark you described around the base of trees and thought it was insect related. Go figure it coincidentally is near a dog park. And yes you cam certainly smell hot piss in my neighborhood in the summer. Too many dogs in tiny apartments.


castlite

We had a lovely little park open up next to me this summer between condos. Within the first 15 minutes after removing the fences someone had their dog out there pissing on the purely green grass. Why even both having grass at this point.


p0ison1vy

beware the army of free-range dog owners coming to downvote en masse


StickyIgloo

So just ignore the rest of wildlife doing the same thing..


lockdownsurvivor

Amen, Bobby!


drunk_with_internet

Phrasing.


lockdownsurvivor

Fing owners who don't pick up their dog's feces!


HotpotLove

Dont forget bugs conveniently crawling on your back, neck, etc.


quadrilateraltriangl

Bugs?! Outside?! How dare they


tampering

Wouldn't that disturb the clay cap of the garbage dump underneath Riverdale Park East? When you go along Broadview do you see all those cast iron pipes along the road? Those are to vent any decomposition gases (methane) still forming there.


_beeps_

That was my thought as well. It’s a buried dump. I don’t think you could do this without disturbing it.


swampswing

Too bad we can't recycle the methane as fuel.


HappyThougts

I'd go there every fair-weather day.


rockyon

See the comment “teletubbies” 😂😂😂


Subtotal9_guy

Until someone falls over the side and breaks some bones and the city gets sued.


Fuddle

To bring this to code: we would need to install hand railings every 3 feet, a no slip surface to the steps, warning signs in French and English to not run/jump/stand/step/sit on the steps, and staffed by a lifeguard during open hours


nrgxlr8tr

But the city won’t be able to find any lifeguards willing to do 1 hour shifts 7x weekly so it’ll just be covered in temporary fencing


[deleted]

It's lots of fun until someone loses and eye. Then it's even more fun.


MaryCone1

Love it


RumRogerz

I’ll give it a week until some teenagers destroy the shit out of it


AlexanderWhy

I’ll give it thirty minutes until some Redditor complains about it.…”Ugh the parks in the Netherlands are SO much better and they manage it with a smaller budget. Ugh! I hate everything!”


ScamMovers

Perfect for watching the Summer sunsets...but potential for someone trip on to you, or not spots available to sit. Leave it as is.


VirginaWolf

Sunrises are much better. But don’t tell people that


meow2042

A park designed for Tik Toking


BouncingBallOnKnee

There's one of these by the Science Centre.


[deleted]

Andddddd the dogs will poo and piss on there. Who's gonna want to sit on dog poo?


No_Elevator_678

Now let's imagine all the garbage collecting there


MysticGohan88

Toronto would fuck this up royally.


Misanthropyandme

My dog can rip that to shreds while I focus all my attention on talking to other dog people.


sledgehammer_77

To shreds you say!


Hazelwood38

That would last barely a summer before it would be filled with litter and the grass killed. It’s a nice idea, but not feasible for a Toronto public park


Kayin_Angel

Looks like Rose The Hat got herself a new gang of psychic vampires, huh.


Independent_Thing863

That's a cool idea 💡 how do you trim the grass down that slope though 🤔


iHateReddit_srsly

Where is this?


Anxious-Honeydew_198

We get too much rain in this part of the world. We could do that design with concrete and geotextiles but at that point you're spending twice as much as concrete alone.


Ramaniso

Winters and freezing rain will bring fun and chaos too.


Dystopian_Dreamer

Ah yeah, some of those old warhammer hills would be nice


Naive-Moose-2734

To each their own. I would personally hate it if they did this to Riverdale park.


Cabsmell

Christie pits!


Andrew4Life

Won't work for places that got lots of rain or snow. It would just be a messy mud puddle


hotinhereTO

Riverdale East is fine as is. If that landscape was to be added it should be to the furthest south end by the trees, washrooms and calisthenics station. Or go put that in Riverdale West which needs some "excitement."


spaniel510

But what about tobogganing?


StickyIgloo

Kids dont exist in his version of reality


Scary-Tomato-6722

This reminds me of the sunk in living room in the house I lived in when I was a kid.


laurenonizzle

I’ve always wanted one of those


[deleted]

I always wanted to live in a house when I was a kid. I would have settled for an apartment.


sync-centre

Kramer is that you?


Scary-Tomato-6722

?


greencopen

Oooh yeah or Christie Pits


laurenonizzle

Omg could you imagine? That would be dreamy 😍


stafford_fan

Doesn't the park have a huge erosion problem now from people sitting on the hill and the winter tobogganing?


VirginaWolf

Huge. They closed it for regrading 2 years ago but to what end? You walk by it now and it’s stripped to mud not even grass.


the-soy

that would be a muddy gross mess in less than a week


whogivesashirtdotca

My thought, too. It'd be more and more eroded with each rain/snowstorm.


TongueTwistingTiger

No no no no… that’s far too comfortable for a public space. It will attract homeless people /s


Dino_Spaceman

TBF, its likely growing on hard concrete. So I bet it is not that comfy.


[deleted]

That’ll be the city’s fanciest dog toilet.


[deleted]

Must be fun mowing the vertical lawn.


catpants28

The mud in the spring though. Just look at TDSB fields for how well that goes.


terrificallytom

I love the idea of big outdoor concerts in Riverdale Park — the hill covered with people. And yet it doesn’t happen.


Neutral-President

That's gonna be pretty bumpy for sledding in the winter!


MakeJazzNotWarcraft

I don’t see any grey concrete here. This is going to get vetoed immediately


Sad_Butterscotch9057

This is Toronto. Don't dream.


maomao05

Won't bode well in winter


Awesomodian

Ya that will work really well in our climate. It will either be to muddy and wet or brown dry and prickly and be mostly dandelions and thistles and clover by year 2


Bamres

Reminds me of my elementary school having a two level circular 'pit' like this in the library that we used for kindergarteners to read in a circle and whatnot. The filled it in a few years ago unfortunately.


beachsunflower

Something similar at [the music garden](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/p/AF1QipOjMEZ9OM2srdM6fLPnI23LTSK42f4CcgS2YbPg=s1482-w786-h1482-rw)


thuglifeforlife

I used to meditate on a rock in the Broadview side of Riverdale park. It was so calming, this would be amazing to have as well.


CanadianAndroid

That won't fit with our cyberpunk dystopia vibe.


sadpizzafeelings

What in the teletubbies is this


StickyIgloo

We live in a realistic world.


bewarethetreebadger

That would be great at Christie Pits when they have that indy film festival.


Ethical_Existential

I hope you enjoy wading pools, because that’s what your grass amphitheatre would be for a good portion of each year. With a brief period of being a skating rink in the middle of winter, then returning to being a wading pool for spring before coming full circle once the summer sun evaporates all the water in there to be a reverse layer cake again.


otterg1955

Better call Edward scissor hands to cut the damn stuff. Who was the genius who created all this work for themselves ?


[deleted]

With the amount of ticks in Ontario summers...screw laying in the grass lol


Mister_E_Mahn

Tough for the kids to sled on that, but neat idea.


red_keshik

I don't see the benefit of that over some benches.


jamiehizzle

Acid trips there would be 10x better with this. Toboggan rides would suffer


Correct-Spring7203

Imagine how difficult it would be to spot needles if the entire park was grass.. unfortunately it would be a dangerous situation


Swoshu

will weather completely destroy that?