The Toronto skyline as seen from Snake Island Park (Image credit: Jamie McCaffrey on Flickr)

POSTED: JANUARY 27, 2015 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN
By Meghan Hogan

People flood the streets in Toronto’s Kensington Market during a Pedestrian Sunday event.

In this three-part blog post, we’ll explore a number of factors that contribute to creating vibrant city streets. Part one explored “The Role of Urban Design.” This post explores “Breathing Life Into Our Streets” and the third and final post will explore “Street Art and the Politics of Public Space.”

POSTED: DECEMBER 22, 2014 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN
BY: CHRISTOPHER McKINNON

People often ask us what the Port Lands will look like in the future. This artist’s rendering helps show what it might look like as development moves forward. What questions do you have about Toronto’s waterfront revitalization?

POSTED: NOVEMBER 26, 2014
BY: ANDREW HILTON

Community members assemble around models and display boards at Brookfield Place during the Central Waterfront Design Competition.

POSTED: NOVEMBER 10, 2014
BY: MEGHAN HOGAN

Starting last Friday, you may have heard about a new Waterfront Toronto video. If you were at the movies over this past weekend, you might have seen it.

POSTED: NOVEMBER 5, 2014
BY: ANDREW HILTON

Our city is changing. And so is the way that we're telling the story of our waterfront  and the work we're doing to revitalize it.

POSTED: OCTOBER 31, 2014
BY: ANDREW HILTON

Earlier this month, Waterfront Toronto’s President and CEO, John Campbell, gave a speech to business leaders at a Toronto Region Board of Trade luncheon. His remarks touched on the work our agency has done over the last decade and looked ahead at the decade to come. This is an edited transcript of those remarks. (Image courtesy of Toronto Region Board of Trade.)

Activities along the waterfront kept the crowds coming back to the water’s edge throughout the summer. 

POSTED: SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
BY: HEATHER GLICKSMAN

Despite the cool weather, tourists and residents alike enjoyed some great summer activities along the water’s edge. Check out a few of the highlights that kept the crowds busy this summer at the waterfront. Food, entertainment, live music, movies and activities provided something for everyone to enjoy.

Extensive planting of native trees, shrubs, wildflowers and grasses has played a crucial role in turning this man-made peninsula into an essential piece of our city's wildlife habitat.

POSTED: AUGUST 21, 2014
BY: NATALIE RACETTE, TORONTO AND REGION CONSERVATION (GUEST CONTRIBUTOR)