This once lakefront parking lot has been transformed into a unique urban space that raises the bar for city-building and set a new standard for the creativity of design and quality of materials.

POSTED: OCTOBER 23, 2014 I PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, DESIGN
BY: HEATHER GLICKSMAN

Canada’s Sugar Beach has been in the news lately, held up as an extravagance and a park created without oversight. All of this is untrue – in fact, Sugar Beach is an excellent example of what Waterfront Toronto was created to do, which is create great parks and public spaces to spur the development of new communities and give the water's edge back to the public. (Image courtesy of Claude Cormier + Associés)