Toronto, November 17, 2015 – Today, the City of Toronto, together with philanthropists Judy and Wil Matthews and Waterfront Toronto announced a $25 million partnership that will create a new public landscape beneath a section of the Gardiner Expressway. In making the announcement, Judy Matthews was joined by Mayor John Tory, Waterfront Toronto CEO John Campbell, Toronto City Councillors Joe Cressy (Ward 20) and Mike Layton (Ward 19) and Lai-King Hum, President of the CityPlace Residents Association.

POSTED: APRIL 29, 2015 I DESIGN, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES, SUSTAINABILITY
By Christopher McKinnon

POSTED: APRIL 17, 2015 I DESIGN, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
By Heather Glicksman

As Toronto’s next waterfront park, located just east of Sherbourne and south of Queens Quay, Aitken Place Park will serve as a local neighbourhood amenity for those living in the area. The 0.75-acre park will offer opportunities for play and recreation, as well as quiet places to relax and enjoy waterfront views.

April 10, 2015, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto, in partnership with the City of Toronto today announced that KPMB Architects + West 8 + Greenberg Consultants is the winning team of the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park Innovative Design Competition. The goal of the competition was to create an inspiring vision for the long-term transformation of the area. The winning design is subject to approval by Waterfront Toronto’s Board and the City of Toronto.

Waterfront Toronto will be hosting a town hall meeting to give members of the public an opportunity to get an update and ask questions about waterfront revitalization.

POSTED: MARCH 18, 2015 I ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DESIGN EXCELLENCE, PARKS AND PUBLIC SPACES
By Andrew Hilton

March 12, 2015, Toronto, ON— On Monday March 16, Waterfront Toronto will unveil five innovative design proposals for the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park. The proposals will be on exhibition for public feedback in the Rotunda at Toronto City Hall during regular hours, beginning Monday, March 16 at 12:00 p.m. and closing at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, March 20.

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

February 3, 2015, Toronto, ON— Waterfront Toronto has selected Scott Torrance Landscape Architect Inc. and Thomas Balsley Associates to design Aitken Place Park. Located in the heart of the new Bayside development, Aitken Place Park is the third waterfront park (following Canada’s Sugar Beach and Sherbourne Common) to be built in the emerging East Bayfront neighbourhood.

At the eastern end of East Bayfront, in the heart of the new Bayside development, is Toronto’s next waterfront park – Aitken Place Park. (Image courtesy of Hines and Tridel)

PUBLISHED: FEBRUARY 3, 2015
BY: SAMANTHA GILENO

Five renowned design teams have been shortlisted to participate in an Innovative Design Competition that will set the stage for the revitalization of the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park. An impressive number of high calibre design team submissions were received during the pre-qualification phase of the competition which launched, in partnership with the City of Toronto, last November.