May 31, 2010, Toronto, ON — The public is one step closer to choosing a new name for Sherbourne Park – an innovative new waterfront park opening this summer.  From now until June 8, the public can review and rank their favourite park names from a shortlist culled from the more than five hundred submissions received during the first phase of the contest.

The “Rename Sherbourne Park” contest was launched on April 26 by Waterfront Toronto and online news website Torontoist.

May 17, 2010, Toronto, ON — More than 500 park names were submitted to the Rename Sherbourne Park contest during the three-week submissions period that ended May 14.  The contest, sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and online news website Torontoist, gives members of the public an opportunity to become part of the history of the waterfront by ultimately choosing a new name for Sherbourne Park.

April 26, 2010, Toronto, ON — The public is invited to come up with a new name for Sherbourne Park – an innovative new waterfront park opening this summer.  The “Rename Sherbourne Park” contest sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and Torontoist, encourages members of the public to submit their ideas for a new park name and ultimately choose the winning name through a two-stage online voting process.

Toronto, December 17, 2009 – Waterfront Toronto’s striking Sherbourne Park Pavilion, designed by Teeple Architects Inc., has received an Award of Merit from the 2009 Canadian Architect Awards of Excellence.  This marks the first time that a building commissioned by Waterfront Toronto has been honoured for excellence in architecture. The organization has already won more than 25 awards for urban planning and landscape architecture.

Toronto, July 23, 2009 – Waterfront Toronto, together with the Governments of Canada and Ontario and City of Toronto, officially broke ground today on Sherbourne Park, a spectacular new waterfront park that will transform a formerly industrial area into much needed public greenspace on the lake.

Located just east of Lower Sherbourne Street, this 1.5 hectare park spans more than two city blocks, from Lake Ontario in the south to Lake Shore Blvd. in the north, on both sides of Queens Quay.