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Toronto Star - Christopher
Hume |
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March
30, 2010 |
Hume's
Waterfront Tour: Toronto's newest beach set to open
Part
I - The West Don Lands (video)
Part
II - Sherbourne Park (video)
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March 19, 2010 |
It’s
a long way to Ireland Park |
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March 13, 2010 |
New
waterfront park does double duty - Sherbourne Street and
Queen's Quay |
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March 11, 2010 |
A
brilliant plan for a dreary space - Underpass Park |
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March 10, 2010 |
Radical
new waterfront park could transform Toronto - Underpass
Park |
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January 29, 2010 |
Trouble
brewing on waterfront
- Pan Am Games Athlete's Village |
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January 11, 2010 |
To
deal with trash, just suck it up - Waterfront Toronto |
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December 1, 2009
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Famed
architect unveils plan for Queens Quay jewel
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December 1, 2009 |
Waking
from the Gardiner's urban sleep |
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November 20, 2009 |
Hume:
Inadequate TTC spinning its wheels |
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October 16, 2009 |
Architectural jewel goes straight to L |
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September 7, 2009 |
How ACC square can be a winner |
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July 24, 2009 |
Politicians celebrate waterfront's new look |
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July 23, 2009 |
City breaks ground on newest waterfront park -
Sherbourne Park |
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July 9, 2009 |
Restored
roundhouse is city's best new accent piece |
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July 3, 2009 |
Possibility
of greatness awaits on the waterfront |
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June 29, 2009 |
10
of Toronto's best streets to live on -
Yonge Street #1 & Queen's Quay #10 |
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June 15, 2009 |
Waterfront on a roll with classy WaveDeck |
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May
8, 2009 |
Breathing
new life into Don River |
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May
8, 2009 |
Surreal
things where you least expect them - The former
Gardiner Expressway |
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January 10, 2009 |
The Gardiner's accidental wilds |
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December
18, 2008 |
Queens
Quay future looks brighter than ever |
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November
7, 2008 |
Plans
for waterfront should be at the forefront |
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October 4, 2008 |
TEDCO gets whacked. Who's next? |
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September
12, 2008 |
Catch
new WaveDeck, a useful source of delight |
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September
5, 2008 |
Waterfront
agency needs autonomy to succeed |
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August 9, 2008 |
Pedestrians, traffic jockey for space along main drag |
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August 4, 2008 |
An oddly appealing little park |
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July 9, 2008 |
Full
marks for adding college to lakeshore facelift
- George Brown College |
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June 20, 2008 |
Civic cowardice fuelling backward Gardiner plan |
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May 31, 2008 |
Feckless
ambition: When half a dream will do - Dismantling
the Gardiner |
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May 16, 2008 |
How waterfront dream became a misty memory |
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May 13, 2008 |
Poor
planning undermines waterfront |
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April 24, 2008
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Waterfront
vision springs to life - Transformation
of the West Don Lands |
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March 15, 2008
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Esplanade can't take any more bad planning |
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March
10, 2008 |
East
Bayfront the focus of city's waterfront push |
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February 8, 2008 |
Latest
waterfront fiasco: Umbrellas and sand pit- New beach at
Jarvis Street |
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February 2, 2008 |
What's
not so sweet about new Sugar Beach - New beach at
Jarvis Street |
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January 19, 2008 |
Sure
footing on Jarvis slip - Enhancing the Jarvis
Slip
(Video Presentation) |
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December 24, 2007 |
Waterfront plan: A magnet and, hopefully, a model -
Redesign between Bathurst and Parliament Sts |
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December 8, 2007 |
New
designs must impress-
Waterfront Design Review Panel rejects
Jarvis St. developement plan |
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December 3, 2007 |
Rustlings of redesign reaching waterfront -
Central Waterfront Plan |
| September
30, 2007 |
Toronto's
bright future (or not) - Reshaping a City |
| August
11, 2007 |
A
St. James Town redux by the lake?-
Criticism of the Pinnacle Centre |
| June
26, 2007 |
Housekeeping
move makes for lakefront `milestone' - Jarvis St. developement |
| June
25, 2007 |
To
revitalize waterfront, first give city hall a shake
- The West Don Lands |
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June 16, 2007 |
How do you spell creative bankruptcy? R-O-U-N-D-H-O-U-S-E
- Leon's Furniture |
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June
15, 2007 |
Waterfront project design doesn't break new ground
- Jarvis St. developement |
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June 11, 2007 |
A businessperson's notion of a festival
- Luminato |
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June 07, 2007 |
Reclaiming the lake with new HtO waterfront park |
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June 04, 2007 |
Who'll save the waterfront? Not Miller, not Ottawa |
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May 30, 2007 |
What's wrong with this picture? - Pier 27
developement |
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May 17, 2007 |
Waterfront revival at a turning point |
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May 15, 2007 |
Waterfront plan from a different era
- Pier 27 developement |
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May 09, 2007 |
A winning vision for the Lower Don |
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May 03, 2007 |
Why waterfront revival will fall short of brilliance |
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May 02, 2007 |
Beauties and the beasts-
Pinnacle Centre Pug Nomination |
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April 14, 2007 |
The Lower Don's rise |
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April 13, 2007 |
Glass boxes don't square with waterfront greatness
- Jarvis St. developement |
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April 02, 2007 |
Let panel do its job in fixing waterfront |
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Toronto Star -
Royson James |
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September 2, 2008 |
Medicine is easier to take without the
rhetoric |
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July 17, 2008 |
Gardiner plan offers raze of hope |
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May 31, 2008 |
A
lesser dream, but a possible one - Slaying the
Gardiner Expressway |
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June 18, 2007 |
Governments mute as lake condos set to rise |
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Toronto Star - General |
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December 30, 2009 |
Toronto Island airport expansion set for takeoff |
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November 26, 2009 |
Hundreds
play lottery for chance at Islands real estate |
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November 10, 2009 |
Putting
a new spin on Toronto Port Authority |
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November 7, 2009 |
Long-awaited L Tower gives historic area modern
footprint |
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October
26, 2009 |
Partnership saves a city landmark and adds a new one |
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October
9, 2009 |
Sony
Centre finally ready to renovate |
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August 7, 2009 |
Private
firm lands Union Station deal |
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July 28, 2009 |
Tough
year for T.O. tourism |
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June 19, 2009 |
Don't pull
down Gardiner, green it up, architect says |
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April
28, 2009 |
Island
airport success
- Editorial |
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April
28, 2009 |
Island
airport expansion to double Porter passengers |
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April
27, 2009 |
Athletes'
village plans could boost waterfront |
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March
26, 2009 |
Lakefront
plan gives pedestrians top priority
- Waterfront
Toronto unveils its design for users' feedback |
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October 4, 2008 |
City to replace TEDCO |
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October 3, 2008 |
Arts complex axed from Sony Centre
skyscraper -
Sony Centre
Makeover |
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September 7, 2008 |
Waterfront renewal's slow drip |
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September 4, 2008 |
Waterfront Toronto to delay
some projects |
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September 2, 2008 |
Spadina Wave will allow pedestrians to
get closer to water near Queens Quay |
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August 17, 2008 |
Toronto West's shoreline
evolution |
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July 9, 2008 |
George
Brown's new campus adds waterfront zest |
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May
30, 2008 |
Chop
Gardiner, Miller says - Tearing down the Gardiner
Expressway |
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May
30, 2008 |
Teardown an 8-year project |
| April
25, 2008
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Filmport
ready to roll - 4.6 hectare site just off Commissioners Street |
| March
28, 2008 |
Crombie
joins opposition to big-box mall - Big-box retail
development on Eastern Ave |
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March 13, 2008
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George Brown eyes lakefront - George Brown
College's lakefront campus |
| January 31,
2008 |
An
improved design, but still not great -
Jarvis St. office developement |
| January 08,
2008 |
Soon
(okay, in 2012) Union Station will debut new platform |
| December 11,
2007 |
Transit-first street plan hailed - West Donlands
Cherry Street Streetcar |
| November 17,
2007 |
Downtown
project at water's edge - Additional Pier 27
developement |
| July 13 2007 |
Roundhouse way off track selling sofas - Leon's
Furniture |
| June 26 2007 |
Hummingbird
gives way to Sony
- Renaming of the Hummingbird Centre |
| June 20, 2007 |
Unreal
estate: Condos -
How developers trade public art for added height and
density. Chequebook planning? |
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Toronto Star - Condo Law |
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Lawyer
Gerry Hyman is an expert on condominium law who appears in
Condos every Saturday |
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National
Post |
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October
21, 2009 |
Sony
Centre gets facelift, L-Tower gets started |
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October
16, 2009 |
So much for design on the waterfront |
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October
1, 2009 |
Council approves Queens Quay revitalization |
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September
10, 2009 |
Waterfront plan gets approval, but no funds |
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August
18, 2009 |
‘Santa
Claus’ city hall hands out $2.6-million for green roofs |
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August
17, 2009 |
Making
Toronto Islands our own Central Park |
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August
17, 2009 |
Simcoe
Street underpass now open |
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August
15, 2009 |
New
York's getting new green space, so why can't we? |
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August
15, 2009 |
Living
The High Life |
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July
25, 2009 |
Province, Ottawa pitch in $305-million for Union Station |
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July
25, 2009 |
T.O. A to Z: Queen's Quay is worth visiting (just look beyond
the condos) |
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July
24, 2009 |
Money flowing fast to Toronto's long-neglected eastern
waterfront |
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July
24, 2009 |
City's waterfront awash in money |
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July
13, 2009 |
Pushing up the downtown relief line |
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June
13, 2009 |
Waterfront gets $5.5M worth of 'eye-catching curves' |
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June 4,
2009 |
Wavedeck curves, dips on waterfront |
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June 3,
2009 |
Whimsical wavedeck debuts next week |
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June 19, 2009 |
Architects propose Gardiner greening |
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June 18, 2009 |
Keep the Gardiner, architect says, but make it
green |
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June 13, 2009 |
Waterfront gets $5.5M worth of 'eye-catching
curves' |
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June 8, 2009 |
City committee approves Union Station renovation,
Queens Quay ... |
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May
8, 2009 |
A
river may run through the Lower Don Lands |
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March
26, 2009 |
Waterfront
'grand gateway' proposed |
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March
25, 2009 |
It’s
Queens Quay, except nicer |
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January
3, 2009 |
Big
splash on the way |
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January 2, 2009 |
Finally, a little love for the eastern downtown waterfront |
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November
22, 2008 |
Wing
of Union Station to be sold to GO Transit |
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November
21, 2008 |
City
sells part of Union Station to GO |
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November
21, 2008 |
It's
all about the views: Trophy Condos; Waterfront property is
limited and therefore rare |
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November
19, 2008 |
City
to clear snow from Martin Goodman Trail this winter... mostly |
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October 7, 2008 |
A different kind of waterfront bridge
- Simcoe Street Underpass |
| September
12, 2008 |
WaveDeck
lovely exclamation point |
| June
26, 2008 |
Life
is not a beach for park designer - HtO Park; Creator
upset over colourful new chairs |
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May
30, 2008 |
Gardiner
Removal Back On Table |
| November
29, 2007 |
Waterfront
revolution begins tomorrow |
| September 15,
2007 |
The
downtown that should have been - Port Credit
waterfront |
| September 4,
2007 |
Thorpe: Condos Are A Lofty Concern |
| September 1,
2007 |
Condos eating up all kinds of space - Scaramouche a
Toronto landmark |
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August
24, 2007 |
City to splash out on waterfront art - A city plan
to spend $115,000 on an "art installation" |
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The
Bulletin |
| November
29, 2009 |
Chow:
Waterfront revitalization moving forward |
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June 10, 2009 |
Give Toronto the Port
Authority: Chow |
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June 9, 2009 |
Waterfront sound warriors gear up |
| November
20, 2008 |
City
to expand green bin program to apartments, condos |
| September 28, 2008 |
Waiting for Queen’s Quay |
| January 2008 |
Key
Waterfront building design is cheapened: Bait and Switch ? -
Jarvis St developement |
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Globe and
Mail (**purchase required to read full articles) |
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November
20, 2009 |
Porter:
the little airline that could |
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November
15, 2009 |
Pan
Am Games put West Don Lands in high gear |
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October
30, 2009 |
City
looks to preserve waterfront silos |
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October
29, 2009 |
Toronto
settles for half a Libeskind |
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September
10, 2009 |
Slow
condo sales may delay Queens Quay facelift |
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October
9, 2009 |
Toronto's
Sony arts centre set to start renovations |
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August
7, 2009 |
Toronto approves Union Station makeover |
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July 24, 2009 |
Pieces falling into place for $640-million Union Station
reno |
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July 24, 2009 |
Condo residents fear impact of new tax on fees |
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July 23, 2009 |
Hope floats on Toronto's waterfront |
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July 13, 2009 |
Corus building perks up Toronto waterfront |
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July 12, 2009 |
Skate parks, promenades and
plazas |
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June 18, 2009 |
Putting the garden back in the Gardiner |
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June 8, 2009 |
Impact of proposal to tear down part of Gardiner to be
studied |
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May
19, 2009 |
Sony
Centre reopening delayed |
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March
26, 2009 |
Toronto's
Queens Quay getting a $192-million facelift |
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March
23, 2009 |
Talking
to unions and fixing the waterfront |
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March 19, 2009 |
Toronto's
Sony Centre condo tower set for spring |
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March
6, 2009 |
Construction
cranes headed to the West Don Lands |
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November
21, 2008 |
Slowly, a new
riverside emerges |
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November
7, 2008 |
A ground-level
view of a transforming city
A new video work explores the effect of life in a
building site |
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October 3, 2008 |
Das Boot
design kicked to the curb - Sony
Centre Developement |
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June
25, 2008 |
Only in this city can failure look so good
- Sony
Centre Developement |
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May
30, 2008 |
Waterfront
plan would tear down east Gardiner |
| May 7, 2008 |
Why
das boot will will never get off the ground - Sony
Centre Developement |
| March 8, 2008 |
Waterfront's
long-running revitalization saga moves into a
high-stakes phase |
| February 2,
2008 |
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Cormier
design wins Jarvis slip competition
- “Sugar Beach” wins Jarvis Slip
Design Competition • Spacing Toronto |
| February 1,
2008 |
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Another
small step towards waterfront renewal |
| January 21,
2008 |
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TEDCO tower's latest revisions - Office building at
the foot of Jarvis St. |
| January 21,
2008 |
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Joining the two Simcoe Streets - Tunnel under the
rail yard at Union Station |
| September 21,
2007 |
New
Condo Design - Derek Raymaker - Pier 27 |
| June 8, 2007 |
WATERFRONT: Resort-style project going on sale
- Pier 27 developement |
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Area Links and Websites:
Residences
of the World Trade Centre Forum
City
of Toronto:
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Waterfront
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Central Waterfront Plan Part II
The Central Waterfront Part II Plan spells out key
public priorities, opportunities and an implementation
process to ensure results. The Plan focuses on core
principles and big public moves, leaving area-specific
details to precinct development strategies that will
be completed later.
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City
Planning
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East Bayfront Precinct Plan
The East
Bayfront Precinct extends from Jarvis Street in the
west to Cherry Street in the east, between the
lakefront and the Gardiner corridor. This Precinct
Plan document focuses on the area between Jarvis and
Parliament Streets.
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Toronto's Port Lands and West Don Lands
The
eastern shore of Toronto Harbour will gain a new lease
on life as a $61-million project is initiated to clean
up and service valuable land in the Port Lands
district that holds great promise as a significant
residential community and a node for new economy
businesses.
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Heritage
Preservation
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Union
Station Plan
Toronto City Council adopted the
Union Station Master Plan in December 2004. The
master plan is a bold, visionary roadmap for the
restoration, revitalization and operation of the Union
Station complex. As a high-level policy document it
will direct decision making as a specific concept for
Union Station continues to evolve and take shape.
Toronto
Transit Commission (TTC)
GO Transit:
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Union
Station Renewal Plan
GO Transit has embarked on an extensive renewal
program for Union Station and the tracks approaching
the historic station. The improvements will double the
station’s capacity to more than 80 million passengers
per year, improve train operations and reliability,
and reduce operating costs.
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GO
TRIP Transit Rail Improvement Plan
Waterfront
Toronto
(formerly the Toronto
Waterfront
Revitalization Corporation)
(November 30, 2007)
Notice of Study Commencement - Queen's Quay Revitalization
(September 20, 2007)
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East Bayfront Precinct Plan
East Bayfront is being targeted as a prime site to
attract significant new employers to the city. The new
district will have 7,000 residential units, jobs for
8,000 people to 1.5 km of continuous water’s edge
promenade.
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West Don Lands Precinct Plan
The area is within walking distance of downtown, is
right next to the Distillery District and has good
connections to the existing St. Lawrence and Corktown
neighbourhoods.
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Port Lands Implementation Plan
This extensive, underutilized area presents an
unprecedented opportunity for waterfront
revitalization - much of the Port Lands is in public
ownership, the area has exceptional waterfront access
and it is within a 20 minute walk of downtown.
Harbourfront
Community Association
Central
Waterfront Neighborhood Association
Toronto
Bay Initiative
Pinnacle
Centre Condominiums
18 Yonge St.
Condominiums
Pier 27
Condominiums
L Tower
Condominiums (Hummingbird
Centre - City
Planning Application)
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