A Toronto park looks like a total wasteland this week as Metrolinx proceeds with the controversial clearcutting of over 1,200 trees. Fallen trees lit…
A Toronto park looks like a total wasteland this week as Metrolinx proceeds with the controversial clearcutting of over 1,200 trees.
But the park is also home to a dense ring of tree cover dividing the public space from the busy roads to the east and south. Or, at least, it was until this month. As of late October, the clearcutting operation is in full swing, and the landscape is looking far more like a demolition site than the wooded area that area residents enjoyed for decades until the heavy equipment showed up.
blogTO photographer Fareen Karim was struck by the state of the park when surveying the scene on Tuesday, saying, "It was a pretty sad sight to see all the trees being cut down." Despite this promise to locals, the reality is that trees take decades to grow to the heights of those now being clearcut at Eglinton Flats.as part of the Ford government's controversial scheme to transform the former destination into a new attraction featuring a private megaspa.
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