{"id":772,"date":"2006-05-13T13:40:19","date_gmt":"2006-05-13T17:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=772"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:52:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:52:26","slug":"waterfront-design-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2006\/05\/13\/waterfront-design-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Waterfront design competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/static\/Specials\/design\/060512_waterfront01.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) is sponsoring a $20 million international design competition to re-design the area from the water&#8217;s edge along the Western Gap in the west to the Parliament St. slip in the east, a distance of 3.5 km. According to the TWRC, 38 design teams from 15 countries on four continents submitted proposals. Five teams were selected to compete. Their submissions will be on display at the BCE Place Galleria, Harbourfront Centre, Eaton Centre, Sherway Gardens, Fairview Mall and Scarborough Town Centre for two weeks. <span style=\"font-weight: bold\">Teams will present their work at <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=BCE+Place,+Toronto+ON&#038;om=1\">BCE Place<\/a> on Monday at a public forum that starts at 6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Hume in the Toronto Star <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/NASApp\/cs\/ContentServer?pagename=thestar\/Layout\/Article_Type1&#038;c=Article&#038;cid=1147470612130&#038;call_pageid=968332188492&#038;col=968793972154&#038;t=TS_Home\">writes today<\/a>: &#8220;Cynicism comes cheap in this town, a place where many are content with the breezy comfort of ignorance&#8230;. For the record, work underway on the waterfront includes the recently completed dragon boat racecourse, the engineering of the new berm at Don Valley Park, the Cherry Street Beach clean-up, the John and York Quay promenades and the HtO urban beach park. That doesn&#8217;t include detailed planning for the East Bayfront, the West Donlands, Lake Ontario Park and Commissioners Park. Though the entries vary in quality, there&#8217;s no shortage of great ideas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You can vote for the designs you like on the Star&#8217;s website by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestar.com\/static\/Specials\/design\/060512_waterfront_poll.html#\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) is sponsoring a $20 million international design competition to re-design the area from the water&#8217;s edge along the Western Gap in the west to the Parliament St. slip in the east, a distance of 3.5 km. 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