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May 11, 2024 · One of the city's oldest and most affluent neighbourhoods — Baby Point — could get a new name, as part of an ongoing city review that may designate the neighbourhood a Heritage Conservation...
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.
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.
- 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...
Over the years, there have been many ideas about what to do with Toronto’s waterfront but a cohesive vision was missing. Harbourfront Centre, Queens Quay Terminal, and the surrounding area are the result of one effort to redevelop the Central Waterfront in the early 1970s.
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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After six years of debate with the City of Toronto, the Federal Government set up a quasi-independent agency, the Harbourfront Corporation, to develop a mixed use urban waterfront. The agency's parks, public programming, and initial redevelopment projects were acclaimed and popular with local citizens.
