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Apr 16, 2024 · In the late 20th century, the city of Toronto recognized the potential of the Harbourfront area and embarked on a series of urban renewal projects and waterfront redevelopment. The goal was to transform the neglected waterfront into a vibrant community space that would attract residents, visitors, and businesses.
- Truth, Justice and Reconciliation, Including Through Indigenous Engagement
- Strategic and Inclusive Economic Development
- Equity, Inclusion and Access, Including Through Housing and Community Benefits
- Climate Resilience and Sustainability
A renewed vision aims to address the importance of the waterfront to Indigenous communities and advance City commitments to take meaningful action to advance truth, justice and reconciliation, including through priorities identified in the Reconciliation Action Plan. The next phase of waterfront revitalization will build on engagement with First Na...
A renewed vision will identify specific economic themes that support post-pandemic recovery and deliver on economic, social and environmental outcomes. To date, waterfront revitalization has incorporated innovative approaches to city-building and these approaches will continue to inform precinct planning for future waterfront neighbourhoods, commun...
A renewed vision provides the opportunity to create a more inclusive waterfront in alignment with City strategies that advance equitable outcomes related to affordable housing, accessible design, racial equity, pedestrian and cycling connections, transit infrastructure and community services. The next phase of waterfront revitalization could be use...
The next phase of waterfront revitalization will embed climate resilience and TransformTO greenhouse gas reduction targets into infrastructure projects (i.e. transit, flood protection) and set a precedent for climate positive design. Ongoing precinct development will advance climate positive design and aquatic habitat restoration while advancing pu...
Mar 17, 2019 · The big change, however, took place in the 1920s when the Harbour Commission actively filled in a huge chunk of the original harbour, creating much of the city that exists south of the Esplanade...
Most failed or caused additional problems and in the 1910s plans were developed to change the area permanently. In 1912, the Board of the Toronto Harbour Commission completed a plan for transforming Ashbridges Bay Marsh into a massive new industrial district with waterfront parks and summer homes.
Apr 16, 2024 · The waterfront’s past is closely tied to the development of Toronto itself. Toronto’s harbor and the waterfront have played a vital role in the city’s history, serving as a hub for trade and transportation. However, the history of Toronto’s waterfront is also one of constant change and development.
Toronto’s identity cannot be separated from its waterways and harbourfront: Lake Ontario has shaped not only the city but all of us who call it home. Explore Toronto's ongoing relationship with its shoreline, told through the many parks that now enrich it.
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Oct 8, 2022 · In the early 1920s, the Toronto Harbour Commission made good on a plan hatched years before to fill in a portion of the harbour, which eventually gave rise to Lake Shore Boulevard.
