Waterfront
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EXCLUSIVE: What is the source of Therme’s financing?
When Infrastructure Ontario executes public-private partnership arrangements, there are numerous permutations — design-build-finance-maintain, outright...
By John Lorinc -
MAYOR’S RACE: We need to talk about Doug
I have no idea what Ontario Place will look like in 2118, but I feel confident in predicting that Therme Canada’s 65,000 sq.-m human aquarium...
By John Lorinc -
MAYOR’S RACE: Candidates oppose Ford’s Ontario Place spa plans
In back-to-back water’s edge press conferences last week, Ana Bailao and Josh Matlow planted their respective flags on the West Island at Ontario...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Ontario Place and a tale of two message tracks
After spending much of last Wednesday watching Therme Canada and its consultants perform in public, first during a four-hour session with a combined...
By John Lorinc -
LORINC: Speaking truth to power about Therme’s mega-spa
Tomorrow will be an all-day spa event in Toronto. The day will end with an online “consultation” session at 6pm, showcasing Therme...
By John Lorinc -
Take me back to Happiness: an art show about Hanlan’s Point beach
What: Take me back to Happiness: paintings of Hanlan’s Point art show by Zach Rosen When: March 9-14 Opening Reception March 10 6-10PM Where...
By Shawn Micallef -
Megalandscape: A counter-proposal for Ontario Place
The Ontario government’s proposal to cannibalize Ontario Place by building a monstrous, for-profit spa on public land will destroy a waterfront ecology...
By Catherine Howell, Ramsey Leung, and Joe Loreto -
Reimagining under the Gardiner
Toronto’s journey towards urban renewal could witness a new stage unfold with plans to transform overlooked areas beneath the Gardiner Expressway between...
By Nicole Capogna -
LORINC: Can the Ontario Science Centre save Ontario Place?
Here’s a strange little detail about the 20-car pile-up that is the Ontario Place redevelopment scheme: Shortly before Christmas, the province...
By John Lorinc -
As is: Photographs of Ontario Place, 2021- 2022
In advance of Spacing’s upcoming issue focused on Ontario Place, we are sharing some of photographer Steven Evans’s images of the site. See...
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Rexdale deserves a spa: An invitation to Therme
Therme Canada’s proposal for a spa is better suited for Woodbine Entertainment’s renewal plan, and would allow the City of Toronto and the...
By Chloe Brown -
LORINC: 10 questions about the Ontario Place redevelopment
At some point this week, City officials will upload the Ford government’s zoning bylaw amendment application for the Ontario Place redevelopment to...
By John Lorinc