Waterfront
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What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 2)
Sequel to Part 1 of “What’s really happening at Ontario Place?“ Ontario Place was conceived by Conservative Premier John Robarts in 1968 as an...
By Ian Darragh -
What’s really happening at Ontario Place? (Part 1)
The investigation by Ontario Auditor-General Bonnie Lysyk into the Ford government’s removal of 7,400 acres of prime farmland and wetlands from the...
By Ian Darragh -
Love Park, and loving parks
Toronto has a new park devoted to love, and it’s already been the venue for two weddings. The final day of the Park People 2023 national conference held...
By Ian Darragh -
The Ontario Place redevelopment isn’t about tourism
There’s a lot to question about the Ontario government’s plans for Ontario Place. The 95-year-long lease of the land on the site’s West Island to Austrian...
By Maryam Siddiqi -
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