Talk:Prince Edward Viaduct

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The Prince Edward Viaduct was constructed in 1918 for a final cost of 2.5 million dollars (~$36 000 000 when adjusted for inflation)...

Is that in Canadian dollars?

- Eric 00:24, 29 December 2005 (UTC)

Probably is in Cdn$

Yeah, that's definitely Canadian. Actually, the projected cost was $2.5 million, and it came out to $2,480,349.05 CDN.

WHO posted their ESC101 project here?

- unsigned

C$36M as of what year? The list of what the bridge crosses is repeated in two different forms in the introduction (where it belongs) and under Construction (where it doesn't). There is more than one railway line running under the bridge, and the tracks should be given their proper names by someone who knows them.

- poslfit

The state of the construction of the bridge was regularly updated in the Toronto Star; its opening and ribbon-cutting by Prince Edward was featured on the front page. World newspaper called it an "epoch-making project"; Canadian Engineer said that it had the "promise of becoming a boast of Toronto". When it opened it was the biggest viaduct in the British Empire. It was not "ignored" as was claimed in a previous edit.

--Geoffreynham 19:12, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

I wouldn't say the Luminous Veil is aesthetically pleasing. It's ugly as hell.

- unsigned

It is ugly, and doesn't compliment the original architecture. There was actually a lot of controversy about such an unnatractive and morbid construction. Some mention should be made of this, since the article suggests that the Luminous Veil was praised as "art"

- Thebunsk 04:09, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Well, if someone has a valid source for the æsthetic complaints (other than the expert opinions noted above), then go ahead and add it to the article. Cleduc 06:17, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Perhaps someone can find a good looking image of the viaduct. It doesn't look nearly as good in the winter as it does in the summer. If you look at the picture carefully all i can see at the bottom of the valley are leaf-less trees.

- Blackjays