LORINC: The finicky business of planning Ookwemin Minising
The City and Waterfront Toronto released their new planning vision for the Portlands, but will it solve the problems that have dogged Liberty Village for years?
By John LorincThe City of Toronto and Waterfront Toronto have been futzing around with the zoning for Ookwemin Minising, formerly Villiers Island, for going on a decade now — a period that included a lengthy digression that culminated in a nearly universally panned plan, released in 2024. That grimly monochromatic version of a high-density community of an estimated 15,000 people looked, basically, like the cluster of big glass buildings in the South Core — large blocks, large podiums, large towers, no... Read more
