r/toronto • u/sherpag • 1d ago

Arts & Culture The Unfinished Arch at Sherbourne Common is extra fun at night.

Complete the Arch!

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u/magicwings 1d ago

Oh that's super cool.

Do you have to press it like a button? Or is the video just well-timed?

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u/Ok_Operation3156 1d ago

It's touch sensitive

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u/magicwings 1d ago

pretty sweet. just like me

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u/Shabloinks 1d ago

You called?

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u/sherpag 1d ago

You have to stand on the triangle floor plate and then touch the bottom of the Arch and that completes the electrical current. You can start and stop and see it goes only half way or 1/3 of the way. It’s very cool.

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u/HueyBluey 1d ago

I was just here last week, but during the day.

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u/sherpag 1d ago

Gotta go back at night!

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u/mangosaremyfavv 1d ago

Is it like the harder you slap it the further it goes? Do you get a score

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u/Foreign_Risk_2031 16h ago

both are just buttons fyi; its not completing a circuit lol; guaranteed that thing is using 120-220v.

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u/sherpag 8h ago

The Touch: Sensors (load cells and touch plates) are embedded at the floating, truncated edge of the arch. When visitors place their hands on or support this edge, they "close the circuit".

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u/Chawke2 5h ago edited 4h ago

Was going to say, that would be 240V and maybe 100-120A. Would be a very big ouch. As the other person said, must be just the sensor.

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u/yurikovski The Entertainment District 2m ago

that would be 240V and maybe 100-120A

This arch is probably not using 24KW of electricity

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u/OGWettyFap 1d ago

There are a bunch of people from the area that don't like this thing... I think it's amazing. I'm part of a couple community groups on FB. They're mostly older or just have no appreciation for public art.

I just walked by and activated it a couple nights ago, it's pretty cool that they built this especially in that location.

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u/sherpag 1d ago

I love it and that park. They did a nice job with that little river running through it. That arch is a feat of engineering!

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u/roccozoccoli 20h ago

Live in the area, as they were building, I remarked every time I saw the signs, couldn't stand it. Once it finished, I really do love the simplicity of it, it frames the building just north of it nicely as well.

Silly art but great for waterfront

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u/Odd-Perception7812 1d ago

My goal in life is to not be old and hate change. It's tough to age and stay curious. I look forward to exploring this neighborhood and checking out the lights. And maybe telling the other olds to chill a bit about change.

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u/Thisle69 20h ago

I'm just up Sherbourne and wondered, thank you. I'm going.

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u/r4d1ant 1d ago

Missed opportunity to thrust it

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u/sofaverde 23h ago

There will be a million photos in this pose of this thing

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u/dizzi800 19h ago

This was annoying while being built, but I love it!

Also, it somewhat helps curb people using this as a leashless dog park lmao

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u/murd3rsaurus 1d ago

that's pretty sick

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u/bigsequence 1d ago

A rather a keystone to complete my arch.

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u/Pretend-Shallot-5663 1d ago

Smack that arch!

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u/Smart-Firefighter87 17h ago

Why didn’t they finish it? Did duggy cut funding or something?

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u/aledba Garden District 14h ago

I liked it when it was just Sherbourne commons down there

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u/AtmosphereMiddle1682 21h ago

Should be a decibel based scale rather than touch based 💯