The Spadina WaveDeck has received a Certificate of Merit as part of the 2010 National Urban Design Awards. This marks the fifth time that the wavedeck has received a design or construction related award since opening in September 2008.
Ontario’s Minister of the Environment, John Gerretsen, has cleared the way for the revitalization of Queens Quay Boulevard to proceed. This formally concludes the planning and approval process for the Queens Quay Revitalization Environmental Assessment undertaken by Waterfront Toronto and the City of Toronto.
Waterfront Toronto may now proceed with the transformation of Queens Quay from [...]
The votes are in and ‘Waterfront Development’ was named a semi-finalist in Torontoist’s Heroes and Villains of 2009 competition. Launched by popular website Torontoist in late December, the contest asked readers to vote for the very best and worst people, places and things in Toronto during 2009. The ‘Waterfront Development’ category, which featured a wonderful [...]
Toronto, December 7, 2009 – Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) has been selected to lead the transformation of a key waterfront site based in part on their innovative proposal to design an underground parking garage that is an enticing part of the urban experience rather than a grim, unwelcoming and disorienting piece of infrastructure.
Selected from [...]
Waterfront Toronto’s wavedecks have been awarded the 2009 Jury’s Choice Award at the 9th Annual Wood Works Awards. This marks the fifth time one or more of the wavedecks have received a design or construction award in less than a year.
Wood Works, an annual awards program sponsored by the Canadian Wood Council, recognizes people [...]
Toronto, October 1, 2009 – Toronto City Council has overwhelmingly approved Waterfront Toronto’s recommendation to transform Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard by replacing two lanes of traffic on the south side of the street with a beautiful linear park. The recommendation stemmed from a two-year long Environmental Assessment (EA) process for Queens Quay [...]
Toronto, June 25, 2009 – Investments made to date to revitalize Toronto’s waterfront are not only transforming the face of the waterfront but have also led to important job creation and growth within the economies of Toronto, Ontario and Canada, according to a recently- completed study commissioned by Waterfront Toronto.
In a keynote address at the [...]
Toronto, June 12, 2009 – Waterfront Toronto, together with the Government of Canada, Province of Ontario and City of Toronto, officially opened the Simcoe WaveDeck, the second and most dramatic urban dock being built along Toronto’s central waterfront.
The Simcoe WaveDeck, one of four uniquely Canadian wavedecks planned for the area, is as artistic as it [...]
Toronto, May 5 – Waterfront Toronto’s Spadina WaveDeck has received another prestigious design award, this time from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA). The Spadina WaveDeck earned a 2009 Honor Award from the ASLA in its General Design category and was one of two Toronto waterfront projects honoured this year.
Each year, the ASLA [...]
Toronto, March 25, 2009 – After comprehensive study, Waterfront Toronto is recommending that remaking Queens Quay into a grand lakefront boulevard featuring streetcar lanes in the centre, traffic only on the north side and a pedestrian focused space on the south side is the recommended option for transforming the waterfront’s main road.
Waterfront Toronto will officially [...]
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