It is stark, industrial and is not aesthetically pleasing and does not entice the people to approach it, even without the barricades. Since then The Ramp has only been used for construction and the easy transportation of heavy materials and machinery up to the third level.Īlthough the construction does obstruct public access to The Ramp, the structure itself is built in a very uninviting way. Several years ago they closed the observation deck in order to built a “Green Roof” on the third floor of City Hall.
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After further investigation we learned that it has been years since The Ramp as been accessible to the general public. Later we discovered that originally, when City Hall was built in 1965 The Ramp was meant for people to walk up and go along to the observation deck for a better view of Toronto, City Hall and Nathan Phillip Square. It has a grandeur that makes it look like it is too important for an ordinary person to walk on. Just by looking at the structure, our group assumed that it was only meant for high standing political figures to drive up to get access to City Hall or to the observatory deck.
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It was not welcoming, and had a restricted feeling because only certain authorities (mainly construction workers) were allowed to go up and down The Ramp freely.
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Contrary to what we expected, it appeared that it was being used as a containment area for ready-to-be-used slabs of gravel and concrete. The first, and most obvious attribute that we noticed during our observation was that The Ramp was actually barricaded and inaccessible to the public.