THE DOWN SIDE OF DOING a tour of green roofs in the autumn is that it can be damp and cold outside. Yesterday, it was both. But the upside is that the roofs that you visit aren’t all green: they’re green and yellow and orange and red, and every shade in between, because in northeastern North America the leaves cycle through the colour spectrum before they fall off the trees and bushes. What a sight to behold!
THE COVENANT HOUSE, a Catholic support center for street youth, recently renovated their roof at 20 Gerrard Street East in downtown Toronto, and we got to see it the day before last. It’s kind of weird to peer through the shrubbery and see a sign for “So You Think You Can Dance” several blocks away. Green roof with sign view is not nearly as good as green roof with no sign view, but it’s infinitely better than regular roof with sign view, so I won’t complain. Much!
TRULY, IT’S A LOVELY little escape from the smoggy street-level hustle and bustle. Great work!
Tags: Cities Alive, green roofs, Toronto
