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Elevated Terraformed Hiking Paths
Bring the great outdoors into the city. Unique green zones (creatively designed parkettes representing various terrains found outside the city) linked by elevated paths that twist, turn, ascend and descend to create challenging/inspiring activity for hikers to enjoy in the comfort of their own backyards. A great way to inspire fitness, and provide tourists with a sense of what lay outside the city. These paths could be enclosed to provide shelter from the elements and remain usable throughout the seasons. As well, information on plants, rocks, ponds, caved sections, as well as more information on the represented outlying areas (found along the paths) could be provided to hikers on a geopositoning app for their smart phones, for them to discover as they trek through different sections. A larger picture could have each path linked by parkettes, creating a system of elevated trails that cover a great distance, and at certain interval parkettes, guided treks could be offered to tourists, with hiking boot rentals and supplies, as well as to provide security for those who aren't too sure on their feet. Revenues from these guided trek 'outposts' could help generate maintenance fees for the paths, and work to support path expansion. Ultimately, bringing a little more scenic Ontario into the seemingly building laiden facade of the city could act to reinvigorate Toronto's active community, and could work as a huge stepping stone to other 'great outdoors' inspired projects Yet perhaps even more motivating, would be to create something soo uniquely done, that it puts travelling to Toronto on everyones bucket list (hence the 'elevated' and 'terraformed').

Peter Coulter
2012-08-08 12:16am

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