Winning name announced for new waterfront park

June 16, 2010, Toronto, ON— Sherbourne Common has been selected as the new name for East Bayfront’s signature waterfront park following a city-wide naming contest which invited members of the public to submit their ideas for a new park name and to vote for their favourites online.  The new name, which incorporates the park’s location with the idea of ‘the commons’ where park spaces belong to the people, must now be approved by Toronto and East York Community Council on June 22.

 

Top three names announced and final round of voting begins in naming contest for new waterfront park

June 9, 2010, Toronto, ON — The final round of voting in the Rename Sherbourne Park Contest is now underway.  Until June 15, the public may vote for one of three, top ranked park names chosen by the more than 1,500 people who voted during the contest’s first round of voting. The name with the most number of votes will ultimately become the new name of the park.

 

The final three park names for public voting at www.torontoist.com/park are:

 

Shortlist announced and voting begins in naming contest for new waterfront park

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.

Last chance to submit a name for Sherbourne Park

May 13, 2010, Toronto, ON — The submissions phase for the Rename Sherbourne Park Contest ends this Friday, May 14 at midnight. Nearly 500 park names have been submitted since the contest launched on April 26.

 

Sponsored by Waterfront Toronto and Torontoist, the Rename Sherbourne Park contest allows 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.

 

City-wide naming contest for new waterfront park now underway

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.

 

Sherbourne Park Pavilion Honoured for Architectural Design Excellence

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.

 

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