{"id":1444,"date":"2007-01-10T16:26:15","date_gmt":"2007-01-10T20:26:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2007-01-10T16:26:15","modified_gmt":"2007-01-10T20:26:15","slug":"best-of-2006-the-waterfront","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/01\/10\/best-of-2006-the-waterfront\/","title":{"rendered":"Best of 2006: The Waterfront"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/images\/waterfront\/images\/queens-quay-harbourfrnt-pm.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">2006 was a year of ups and downs for the Waterfront. We saw an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towaterfront.ca\/dynamic.php?first=43fa75b221b08&amp;second=43fa7f3cddad8&amp;third=442c38f26aee1\">innovative design competition<\/a> announced for the Central Waterfront with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dtah.com\/\">widely popular winner<\/a>. We saw an all-too-brief (and heavily criticized) glimpse of the fruits of that competition through the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.towaterfront.ca\/dynamic.php?first=43fa75b221b08&amp;second=43fa7f3cddad8&amp;third=442c38f26aee1&amp;fourth=44ed0ffc8f8d3\"> Quay to the City<\/a> in August. We also witnessed expanded service at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoport.com\/Airport.asp\">Island Airport<\/a> and the Federal Government&#8217;s endorsement of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontoport.com\/index.asp\">Toronto Port Authority<\/a> through the Tasse report, a report many had hoped would bury the Waterfront agency. Popular parties on Cherry Beach proved that the Waterfront was already revitalized in certain areas, but complaints forced them to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowtoronto.com\/issues\/2006-10-05\/news_story4.php\">shut down<\/a> by police, and temporary sports field construction had some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.savecherrybeach.ca\/\">up in arms<\/a> about the felling of several trees in the park. The Feds <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=1307\">failed to submit a bid<\/a> for an International Expo that many hoped would kick-start revitalization of the Portlands, but the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towaterfront.ca\/index.php?home=true\">TWRC<\/a> went ahead and announced a design competition for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.towaterfront.ca\/dynamic.php?first=43fa75e02de57&amp;second=44efb7e4157b4&amp;third=4581b20629042\">part of the area<\/a>, anyway. In terms of water cleanliness, many of Toronto&#8217;s beaches remained closed during some of the hottest days in the summer, but City hall is considering making the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/water\/protecting_quality\/downspout.htm\">downspout disconnection program<\/a> mandatory, which could reduce the amount of sewer runoff heading into the lake.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">2007 promises more of the same: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/harbourfront\/hto_design.htm\">HtO Park<\/a> on the Central Waterfront is nearing completion, the airport is still expanding, and the Waterfront remains a central point of discussion in Toronto news. A number of other Waterfront parks and projects are underway and it seems that large sections of the paperwork are complete and the implementation phase of revitalization is on the horizon. Perhaps the best of the Waterfront in 2006 will be the results created by the preliminary groundwork and planning accomplished during that year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2006 was a year of ups and downs for the Waterfront. We saw an innovative design competition announced for the Central Waterfront with a widely popular winner. We saw an all-too-brief (and heavily criticized) glimpse of the fruits of that competition through the Quay to the City in August. 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