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RICHARDSON ST

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CENTRE JARVIS BAY ST ST SLIP OLYMPIC CN RIPLEY’S YORK ST PARK TOWER AQUARIUM SIMCOE ST 5 ROGERS ROUNDHOUSE HARBOUR ST CENTRE PARK

YONGE 22 YORK ST. ST SLIP SPADINA AVE PARK 44 HARBOUR 3 SQUARE 3 REES ST PARK 11 CANOE REES ST. LAKE SHORE BLVD SQUARE LANDING PARK ST SLIPYORK PARK SIMCOE ST SLIP PETER ST SLIP CANADA SQUARE

ST SLIP PETER HTO PARK BATHURST ST

SPADINAHTO PARK ST SLIP MUSIC GARDEN

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1 Queens Quay Boulevard: Toronto’s signature 5 Rogers Centre: As seen from Queens Quay, the waterfront boulevard, the public realm, dedicated retractable roof of the Rogers Centre rises over the LRT and knit together the deck of the north of Rees Waterfront from west to east. Street Park. Lit at night and bright white by day, the architectural form of the roof tops the view of the park. 2 Harbour Street: Resulting from the removal of the York-Bay-Yonge off-ramp, Harbour Street has a new cross-section and will become a new 6 : Canada’s busiest rail and transit main street in the waterfront community. station. Every day Union Station brings hundreds of thousands of people within walking distance of both parks. 3 Jack Layton Ferry Terminal: Sees 1.4 million visitors per year departing for and arriving from Park. This site attracts most of the recreational traffic to the waterfront in the summer months.

4 Gardiner Expressway: An elevated expressway that creates a monumental linear division separating Toronto’s downtown from its waterfront and acting as a main thoroughfare into the city.

YORK STREET PARK AND REES STREET PARK CONTEXT 1 York Street Eight Bents: Remnants of the off- Sun Life Financial 1 Gardiner ramp that was recently removed, Expressway these piers of the former highway recall a spiral geometry prescribed by turning radii and speed limits. These bents may be removed or

Property line 3 incorporated into design proposals. HABOUR STREET 88 Queens Quay

Bikeway Waterpark Place II Royal Bank 2 Twelve Trees: Eight Siberian Elms, Three Norway Maples and a 1 Silver Maple have been preserved through the demolition of the ramp. These mature trees can contribute significantly to the park. YORK STREET PARK 4 3 Harbour Street Frontage: When the York-Bay-Yonge Ramp was removed, this became a street YORK STREET accessible to pedestrians, 2 permitting new patterns of use that have yet to be discovered.

4 Tall Buildings on Four sides: The park is framed by two office

Bike Share 55 Harbour Toronto QUEENS QUAY Square buildings and two residential buildings and will see use by the occupants of all four buildings.

Martin Goodman Trail- bikeway The view to the park that these buildings create is as critical as the 208 Queens Quay 77 Harbour Square frame that they provide for the space.

5 York Slip: located immediately LRT STOP south of York Street Park, York Slip Martin Goodman Trail-bikeway is a busy quay where passengers catch water taxis and party boats.

6 Queens Quay Terminal: Kitty- corner to York Street Park, this building includes a grocery store,

York Slip restaurants, a dance company 6 5 and residences. The Toronto Book Garden on its Queens Quay 207 Queens Quay Terminal Frontage is a shady green forecourt YORK STREET SITE PLAN 0 10 M to this heritage warehouse.

York Street Park will sit between the southern extension of the Financial District, known as “South Core,” and the York Quay residential neighborhood. • The design of this park will need to balance its role as part of a commercial core, tourist attraction, and active neighbourhood. • The park will occupy the site of the former York-Bay-Yonge eastbound off- ramp from the Gardiner Expressway • The site is approximately 8,000 square metres (2 acres) in area.

YORK STREET PARK- SITE CONTEXT 1 HTO Park: Directly across Queens Quay to the south lies HTO park, REES STREET completed in 2007.The position of Gardiner Expressway this iconic park in relation to the

LAKE SHORE BLVD future site of Rees St. Park with Queens Quay running between 2 them creates a unique streetscape on the waterfront.

Property line 2 Frame of the Gardiner : The view Existing of Rees Street Park from Queens public washroom Quay is neatly framed by the REES STREET PARK Gardiner Expressway, that runs 3 along the length of the park to the north. The structural supports of the expressway are geometrical/ geographic and rhythmic spatial LRT STOP markers. LRT STOP

QUEENS QUAY Future Toronto Water Stormwater 350 Queens Quay 3 Beer Store Sailing and Storage Shaft: Within 10-15 years, Powerboating it is anticipated that the southern 7 Martin Goodman Trail- bikeway 5 portion of Rees Street Park site 6 will accommodate a stormwater storage shaft and a small structure to support the operations of the stormwater infrastrucutre. Martin Goodman Trail- bikeway

4 Retail Frontage: The eastern 1 frontage of 350 Queens Quay is currently occupied by two HTO PARK businesses, including a Beer Store. The businesses have potential entrances on both the east and west facades of the building Toronto Fire and Marine Station Rees Street Slip 5 Rees Street Wavedeck: One of the ’s iconic lies directly south of the site.

Toronto Inner Harbour 6 John Quay Powerboating/Sailing Centre: The main location for small watercraft rental, activities and REES STREET SITE PLAN 0 10 M lessons in the Central Waterfront, the Rees Street Slip sees plenty of active recreational traffic.

7 Peter Street Basin: West of Rees Street, the Peter Street Basin is the only location where Rees Street Park will be located in a residential part of the waterfront, to extends north of Queens Quay. the south of the Rogers Centre and Entertainment District. Surrounded by retail storefronts of 350-380 Queens Quay, the • Its north side is bordered by Lakeshore Boulevard and the elevated Peter Street Basin and the public walkway surrounding it are public Gardiner Expressway. parkland managed by Parks, Forestry and Recreation. • The site is currently operated as a parking lot by Harbourfront Centre and will be constructed as a new park upon completion of the lease. • The site is approximately 9,500 square metres (2.3 acres) in area.

REES STREET PARK- SITE CONTEXT York Street Park – looking south from Harbour York Street Park – looking south from 1 York podium 1 Street 2

York Street Park – looking west from bridge over York Street Park – looking west from 88 Queens 3 Harbour Street 4 Quay lobby

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York Street Park – looking north from Queens Quay 5

YORK STREET PARK- KEY VIEWS Rees Street Park – looking North from HTO Park 1 Rees Street Park – looking north from Queens Quay 2

Rees Street Park – looking west from Lake Shore and Rees Street Park – looking east from Queens Quay 3 Rees 4

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Rees Street Park – looking north from Queens Quay 5 2

REES STREET PARK- KEY VIEWS JACOB JAVITZ PLAZA, NEW YORK NY

BRYAT PARK, NEW YORK NY

CAMPUS MARTIUS, DETROIT MI

PARK PRECEDENTS JACOB JAVITZ PLAZA, NEW YORK NY

JACOB JAVITZ PLAZA, NEW YORK NY

IDEA PRECEDENTS 83.3 YORK STREET PARK SIZE = 7,779 SQM 88.1 m 88.1

73.4 m REES STREET PARK SIZE =9,587 SQM 50.9 m

174.5 m

total area = 7779 sq.m.* canopy cover = approx. 2500 sq.m.

1 m SIZE =3,606 SQM

1 m

77.3 m SOUTH SIZE =10,800 SQM

145.5 m

44.9 m

201.9 m TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN SIZE = 15,050 SQM

99.6 m

HTO PARK EAST SIZE =13,220 SQM

120.3 m

157.7 m

GRANGE PARK 112.8 m SIZE =18,000 SQM

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