Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, with the help of concerned citizens, ensures the Oculus lives on
When I last visited the alien rune stone 11 years ago, Toronto’s citizenry were no longer interested in making contact with the Venusians. Old-timers, however – the ones who lived near South Humber Park anyway – knew that on nights when Venus would appear framed in the structure’s oculus, certain vocal frequencies, as amplified by the disc, would reach the planet, and the dialogue that began in 1959 could be continued, since there was still so much information to share between our two planets.
In those heady days of Sputnik, Alan Shepard, and the Space Race, folks could park at the treatment plant and easily find their way down to the Crossley-Cazaly flying saucer and dream of Venusians under the cool shade it provided. However, when the treatment plant expanded decades later and it wasn’t as easy to spot the high-flying structure, it fell into disuse and, eventually, disrepair.
By 2019, the ball really started rolling when two things happened: an amazingly detailed report for the city’s Heritage Preservation Services department was completed by Brown + Storey Architects, and Ms. Mah, unaware of the Brown + Storey report, decided to apply for a $36,000 grant from Park People’s “Public Space Incubator” program.
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