Waterfront
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Outer Space: public realm articles from around the world
St. Pancras in London, England, from The Guardian • The world’s most beautiful train stations [ The Guardian ] • San Diego’s...
By Matthew Blackett -
Soccer fields in the Port Lands — the continuing debate
A view from what will one day be called Lake Ontario Park. Thursday night, I went to the Port Lands Action Committee meeting to learn more about the...
By Dale Duncan -
Public spaces melting?
Ok, so it’s not exactly waterfront news, but there’s an article in today’s Star about the effects of global warming on Toronto’s...
By Ian Malczewski -
The fate of the Cherry Beach trees
Anyone interested in learning more about plans to build soccer fields on the contaminated, but forested, soils by Cherry Beach — and judging by the...
By Dale Duncan -
Putting an end to Cherry pickin’
A group of concerned citizens has launched a website and an online petition urging people to band together to “save cherry beach:” The Toronto...
By Ian Malczewski -
Expo bid “dead”
The Star is reporting that Toronto’s Expo bid did not get off the ground in time for the noon deadline today, despite a high level of support for...
By Ian Malczewski -
TWRC changes meeting date
A few weeks ago we reported the Annual General Meeting for the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation would take place tonight at the CBC. The TWRC...
By Ian Malczewski -
Island airport announces expanded service
Yesterday Porter Airlines announced that as of Dec. 11 its service will expand to include Montreal. The expansion takes place despite the efforts of local...
By Ian Malczewski -
Expo bid coming down to the wire
Jim Byers has an article in today’s Star about the lack of “sizzle on the street” for Toronto’s Expo bid: So why is no one on...
By Ian Malczewski -
Protesters greet Porter Airlines
About 30 protesters greeted the frist group of travellers on Porter Airlines, the Toronto Star reports. You can also read a feature by a Star repoter...
By Matthew Blackett -
Rejuvenating the waterfront, one big box store at a time
The land where the Toronto Film Studios sits is one step closer to being taken over by big box retail. Big box store developer Mitch Goldhar now owns a...
By Dale Duncan -
Creating Connections: another option for the Gardiner
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation recently released a report (PDF) outlining four different options for dealing with the Gardiner...
By Spacing