OVERVIEW – NEW PARK AT 318 WEST A new 9,600m2 (0.96 Ha) waterfront park is being designed at 318 Queens Quay West on 's Central Waterfront. The site is bordered by Queens Quay Blvd to the south, Rees Street to the east, the to the north, and 350 Queens Quay West (a residential condominium) to the West.

FUTURE VISION FOR PARK When completed, the New Park at 318 Queens Quay will serve as a keystone, unlocking the potential of the emerging network of parks along our Waterfront for area residents and waterfront park users citywide.

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SITE HISTORY ON THE WATERFRONT 1975 318 QUEENS QUAY THROUGH THE YEARS…. Industrial past of site: Home to the Maple Leaf Mills Silos. 1972 The Federal government expropriated the Maple Leaf complex in as part of the redevelopment of Harbourfront. 318 QUEENS QUAY BLVD W 1997 Federal Government conveyed the 2.65 acre to the City as a to be developed as a future public park.

PETER STREET SLIP • The site is part of the 40 acres of land intended for parks and Turning Basin open spaces, as outlined in the Harbourfront Implementation Agreement (HIA) between the Government of Canada, Harbourfront Corporation and the City of Toronto (1992). • The site is currently being leased as a public parking lot by . 1985

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New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 The new design at 318 Queens Quay will need to address neighbourhood SITE CONTEXT + CONNECTIONS connections and complement and enhance important Waterfront features.

WEST – Maple Leaf Quay NORTH – and SOUTH – HTO Park and Lake • Courtyard and Turning Basin Roger’s Centre • Destination Park on the Waterfront • Residential and Commercial Uses • Tourist destination in City • Urban Beach • Development application in progress • Key connection route to downtown core • Waterfront Promenade • connections EAST – Rees Street Lakeshore Blvd. and Gardiner along Queens Quay Blvd. • Sidewalk/Street connection to North • Primary vehicular circulation access point • Clear views to HTO Park and Lake • Residential and Commercial Uses • Existing Pedestrian and Cycling Connections beyond • Rees Street Parkette

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 GUIDING PRINCIPLES In October 2016, a workshop was held with local stakeholder organizations to identify priorities, key themes and needs for the future park, described as “Guiding Principles”.

Create Opportunities Connected And Relevant A Winter City Park for All for Curiosity and – A Systems Thinking Season Use Experimentation Design Approach

Encourage Community Complement rather than Innovation and Stewardship and Compete with Existing Sustainability Collaborative Context Partnerships

Technical analysis and Budgets, together with public and stakeholder input on guiding principles, park program and future park concepts will inform the final park design.

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BATHURST QUAY Linear boardwalk Seating

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New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 318 QUEENS QUAY –SITE AERIAL

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SCALE COMPARISON 9,600 m2

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SHERBOURNE COMMON SOUTH 3,600 m2 9,500 m2

HTO PARK SIR CASIMAR GZOWSKI PARK 13,200 m2 PLAYSPACE + WADING POOL AREA ~8,850 m2

LITTLE NORWAY PARK BUDAPEST PARK 24,800 m2 PLAYSPACE + WADING POOL AREA ~6,200 m2

TORONTO MUSIC GARDEN 15,050 m2

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 AND CENTRAL WATERFRONT PROJECT

d Central WaterfrontThe new park will also house Project an underground vertical storage shaft as part of the Don River and Central Waterfront Project proposed by Toronto Water. The project is designed to “virtually” eliminate combined sewer overflows into Lower Don River and Toronto's harbour.

The 15m diameter shaft will be constructed at a future date, however the new park design will account for this in the concept evaluation and final design proposal.

The team will collaborate with Toronto Water through the design process to ensure that all technical requirements are met while Parks design vision and program goals and objectives are not compromised. The resulting new park design will be win-win for city departments and park users alike.

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 PROJECT SCHEDULE AND NEXT STEPS

Request for Environmental Stakeholder Proposals for 2016 Investigations Consultation Design Services

Public Preliminary Preferred Remediation 2017 Consultation Design Concept Site (as required)

WE ARE HERE

On‐going Site Detailed Construction Remediation 2018 Design tender (as required)

WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU For more information about this project contact:

Kate Nelischer Senior Public Consultation Coordinator Public Consultation Unit, City of Toronto [email protected] Metro Hall, 55 , 19th floor 416‐392‐4360 Toronto, ON M5V 3C6

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SHARE YOUR IDEAS Activity #1 Activity #2 Idea Generation –Park Design Collage Local Experts ‐ Community Mapping Wall

Share your ideas by creating a collage. Add your ideas to a collaborative community mapping wall to help identify local assets, barriers, and surrounding connections that are STEP 1: Think about what features you would like to see important to consider when designing the New Park at 318 Queens in a new park at 318 Queens Quay West, find them in Quay West. the images on your table, and add them (glue/tape/) to your aerial map to create a collage. If you think of The people who travel in, around, and through an area are the ones something that is not represented in the images, draw or who know it best. write it in. How could a new park add to the waterfront park system? STEP 2: Identify where you think park entrances/exits What local assets/amenities are nearby that could connect and pathways could be located: to the new park? Use an X to mark entrances What challenges could limit use of the new park? Use arrows to mark a pathway How can a new park be connected to the adjacent community context? North/South, East/West? What's your vision for the new park at 318 Queens Quay How would a new park influence or change the way you visit and West? What facilities and programming would you like to spend time on Toronto's Waterfront? see included? What new park features/amenities would encourage four season use of the park?

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SAMPLE IMAGES – Landscape Features

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SAMPLE IMAGES – Hardscape Features

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SAMPLE IMAGES – Recreation

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SAMPLE IMAGES – Flexible Space

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017 SAMPLE IMAGES – Site Furnishings

New Park at 318 Queens Quay | Public Event April 1, 2017