A new stormwater management system will serve the neighbourhoods in East Bayfront, the West Don Lands and future communities north of the Keating Channel.

POSTED: FEBRUARY 18, 2015
BY: CHRISTOPHER MCKINNON

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

The park’s location under an overpass provides great protection from the sun, rain and snow allowing visitors the opportunity to use this uniquely urban space in all weather conditions. (Photo credit: Waterfront Toronto/Nicola Betts).

POSTED: JANUARY 7, 2015 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN
By Heather Glicksman

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

New York City’s Times Square has a hustling and bustling street life – but it wasn’t always so people-friendly. What does it take to make truly great streets? (Image by chensiyuan, from Wikimedia Commons.)

In this three-part blog post, we’ll explore a number of factors that contribute to creating vibrant city streets. Part one explores “The Role of Urban Design.” Part two explores how we can “Breathe Life Into Our Streets” and part three looks at “Street Art and the Politics of Public Space.”

November 18, 2014, Toronto, ON  – Last month, Waterfront Toronto awarded Berlin-based artists Hadley+Maxwell the third and final public art commission for Front Street East in the West Don Lands. The artists have proposed Garden of Future Follies, a new sculptural work, which will be located on the corner of Front Street East and Bayview Avenue. This section of the new Front Street promenade will form a series of urban rooms that will define the emerging neighbourhood.

By remixing Toronto’s monuments, artists Hadley+Maxwell will create a series of sculptures that will animate the generous, pedestrian-friendly sidewalk at Front Street East at Bayview Avenue in the West Don Lands. (Early rendering, provided by the artist.)

POSTED: NOVEMBER 17, 2014
BY: CIARA MCKEOWN

Toronto, November 13, 2014 - Corktown Common has received international recognition from Popular Science magazine for its significant environmental and community impact.

Underpass Park, the uniquely urban park we created beneath the Richmond and Adelaide overpasses in the West Don Lands, was a finalist in the Guardian’s first World Cities Day Challenge. (Image courtesy of Spencer Wynn)

POSTED: NOVEMBER 12, 2014
BY: PAUL FRENCH, DIAMOND SCHMITT ARCHITECTS (GUEST CONTRIBUTOR)

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

POSTED: NOVEMBER 10, 2014
BY: MEGHAN HOGAN