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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.
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While the French knew about the Toronto passage from the early 1600s and had occasionally set up trading camps along it, it was not until the 1720s that they maintained a permanent presence in Toronto. In 1720, the French built a small trading post on the Humber River on the south end of the passage. In 1750, they began building Fort Rouille, a mod...
Since much of the city’s major trade has historically been by boat, having manufacturing facilities adjacent to the waterfront made good business sense. Factories on the lakeshore allowed supplies to be easily received and finished products to be effectively transported. However, by the 1830s and ‘40s, the lack of available land along the waterfron...
After the Second World War, Toronto’s relationship with its waterfront changed. With industry concentrated along the waterfront, the downtown core became undesirable as a place to live. For decades, the wealthy moved from the industrial urban areas to the cleaner suburbs. As cars became more accessible to more people, Toronto residents moved out of...
The renewed vision for the next phase of waterfront revitalization will inform the continued transformation of Toronto’s central waterfront, as well as complementary, coordinated investments across the full 43 kilometer span of the wider waterfront, from Etobicoke to Scarborough.
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.
Mar 27, 2021 · The provincial government is considering proposals to redevelop the 155-acre site. In the meantime, good things have been happening. Trillium Park opened in 2017 on the eastern shore of Ontario...
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Toronto has a longstanding and shared relationship with its waterfront, from the beloved Scarborough Bluffs to Sunnyside, with Sugar Beach, Harbourfront Centre and the Simcoe WaveDeck downtown. Ontario Place has the ability to connect expressions of the waterfront experience in Toronto.
