{"id":2890,"date":"2008-03-20T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2008-03-20T14:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/03\/20\/witness-the-rise-of-the-new-don\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:37:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:37:34","slug":"witness-the-rise-of-the-new-don","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/03\/20\/witness-the-rise-of-the-new-don\/","title":{"rendered":"Witness The Rise of the New Don"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/don\/images\/simcoe_watercolour_700.jpg\" onmouseout=\"undefined\" onmouseover=\"undefined\" title=\"undefined\" height=\"309\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">It&#8217;s no secret that the Don River has seen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/don\/watershed.htm\">better days<\/a>. What used to be a sparkling habitat for many different animals and fish has become a dirty and polluted channel funneling at an un-natural 90 degree angle into Lake Ontario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">There is no shortage of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/don\/index.htm\">interest in and support for<\/a> reviving the Don, and next Saturday, March 29th, the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (on behalf of Waterfront Toronto) is hosting a Public Presentation, Discussion, and Drop-In on the progress of the Don Mouth Naturalization and Port Lands Flood Protection Project. The session will also include an update on how the winning design for last year&#8217;s Lower Donlands Design Competition (awarded to <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/05\/08\/mmva-wins-lower-donlands-design-competition\/\">Michael Van Valkenburgh and Associates<\/a>) will be integrated with the Environmental Assessment for the area.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold\" class=\"Apple-style-span\">Rise of the New Don<\/span>: Saturday, March 29, 10:00 am &#8211; 3:00 pm at St. Lawrence Hall (157 King Street East).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Presentation &amp; Discussion at 11:00 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that the Don River has seen better days. What used to be a sparkling habitat for many different animals and fish has become a dirty and polluted channel funneling at an un-natural 90 degree angle into Lake Ontario. There is no shortage of interest in and support for reviving the Don, and<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/03\/20\/witness-the-rise-of-the-new-don\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Witness The Rise of the New Don&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4019,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,5],"tags":[2031,23,370,1182,8433,8432,618,2337,19],"class_list":["post-2890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-green-space","category-waterfront","tag-don-river","tag-environment","tag-king","tag-lake-ontario","tag-michael-van-valkenburgh-and-associates","tag-port-lands-flood-protection-project","tag-region-conservation-authority","tag-st-lawrence-hall","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Witness The Rise of the New Don - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/03\/20\/witness-the-rise-of-the-new-don\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Witness The Rise of the New Don - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It&#8217;s no secret that the Don River has seen better days. 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