Waterfront
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Port Authority sues CommunityAIR
According to the CBC, the Toronto Port Authority has filed a $3-million lawsuit against CommunityAIR, (the group that helped stop the bridge to the...
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Pressure from West-end Waterfront residents working on Watson
In April, the Spacing Wire reported on a plan to turn some waterfront parkland near the newly renovated Palais Royale into a parking lot. The Parkdale...
By Dylan Reid -
Toronto beaches open today
From the Toronto Star: Toronto’s city beaches officially opened for business yesterday with some city councillors frolicking in the 16C waters off...
By Matthew Blackett -
What do YOU do on the beach?
On Saturday, June 8, the Toronto Waterfront Revitilization Corporation wants to know what citizens want to do at Lake Ontario Park, the new park planned...
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Bits and bites about the winning waterfront design
On Friday, we reported that the West 8 design team had won the competition to redesign our Waterfront. Here’s what some of the mainstream media had...
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. . . And the winner is:
Well, even though the official announcement isn’t for another two hours the Star is reporting that West 8 has won the Waterfront design competition...
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Winning design announcement on the way…
There are a couple of articles in The Star today about the Waterfront . . . you can almost taste the excitement building up to the announcement of the...
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“Street Design and Healthy Communitiesâ€
Waterfront Action is hosting a panel discussion on Tuesday May 30 on the subject of “Street Design and Healthy Communities”. From their...
By Dylan Reid -
Sleeping beauty . . . and a new flag?
The Star‘s Christopher Hume writes that the addition of a Sobey’s supermarket to the Queen’s Quay terminal is helping wake up the...
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Meanwhile, in other Waterfront issues…
As if there wasn’t enough to think about on the Waterfront these days, an unofficial Expo 2015 website has been launched, branding Toronto’s...
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Robert Fung wants the Gardiner to get down
Royson James’ column today is with Robert Fung, the now deposed head of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation. James reveals...
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Waterfront design competition
The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) is sponsoring a $20 million international design competition to re-design the area from the...
By Matthew Blackett