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.

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

November 4, 2014, Toronto, ON—The world’s most talented and creative design professionals are invited to develop bold new concepts for one of the waterfront’s most important gateways. An Innovative Design Competition, launched today in partnership with the City of Toronto, will set the stage for the revitalization of the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park.

As a gateway to the Toronto Islands, the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal and Harbour Square Park is a unique waterfront site with historical significance.

POSTED: NOVEMBER 4, 2014
BY: HEATHER GLICKSMAN

There is a unique power inherent in water and Toronto’s Ship Channel District offers the opportunity to engage with that power.

POSTED: AUGUST 18, 2015
BY: BRENDA WEBSTER AND CIARA MCKEOWN

July 10, 2014, Toronto, ON— Today, Waterfront Toronto and its government partners celebrated the official opening of Corktown Common with a ribbon cutting ceremony in the park.

River City cuts a striking figure in the West Don Lands. The recently completed first phase of the condominium has received a PUG Award for Outstanding Achievement in Architecture and Design. (Image credit: Saucier + Perrotte Architectes, courtesy of the PUG Awards)

POSTED: JUNE 20, 2014
BY: TARI STORK

June 10, 2014, Toronto, ON— A plan to develop 80 affordable rental homes within a mixed-use market condominium building on the Toronto waterfront was adopted by City Council today.

"Congratulations to all of the partners involved in making affordable housing happen in the new East Bayfront community," said Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly. "The approval of the Bayside Pilot Project affirms Toronto's commitment to city residents having the opportunity to live in all neighbourhoods."