TORONTO CENTRAL WATERFRONT LEADING WITH LANDSCAPE
800 Hectares / 1977 Acres 25,000 Residential Units 40,000 Jobs $1.5 Billion Infrastructure TORONTO CENTRAL WATERFRONT PUBLIC REALM DESIGN
DESIGN INNOVATION COMPETITION WEST 8 + DTAH
WATERS EDGE SLIP BRIDGES and DECKS GREAT STREET (ROAD+TRANSIT+TRAIL+PROMENADE)
QUEENS QUAY NEIGHBOURHOOD PARKS
WEST DONLANDS ST. LAWRENCE NEIGHBOURHOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD
CITYPLACE NEIGHBOURHOOD EAST BAYFRONT FORT YORK NEIGHBOURHOOD NEIGHBOURHOOD HARBOUR SQ NEIGHBOURHOOD
FUTURE LOWER DON LANDS NEIGHBOURHOOD BATHURST NEIGHBOURHOOD
LAKE ONTARIO PARK CORRIDORS AND DESTINATIONS
WEST DON LANDS ST. LAWRENCE NEIGHBOURHOOD
CN TOWER
SPADINA SHERBOUR YONGE SUGAR LOWER SLIP NE H2O LANDING BEACH PARK DON LANDS BATHURST PARK HARBOURFRONT QUAY
YORK LANDING
LAKE ONTARIO PARK
Rees Wavedeck
NEW NEIGHBOURHOODS
TRANSIT
Joint EA Study Area
Existing Conditions: 20m
• Historic buildings on east and west 20m sides of existing 20m right-of-way • Railroad
bridge=18.6m 18.6m wide between abutments EA Master Plan: Cherry Street
35.7m
35m
37m
18.6m 20m: King Street East 36m: Spadina Avenue south of College EA Master Plan Typical Mid-Block Cross Section
24% Pedestrian Boulevards Final EA Typical Mid-Block Cross Section
60% Visually Expanded Zone without Automobiles
Vision
Queens Quay at Simcoe Today Simcoe Slip Simcoe Slip
South Side Transit – Pedestrian Priority (21 Signals) South Side Transit –Transit Priority (12 Signals) South Side Transit – Final Concept (14 Signals*)
WATER’S EDGE
Secondary Waterfront: Boulevard / Slip- Ends – Continuity along the Streetscape
Four WaveDecks along Queens Quay bind the streetscape to the slips:
PORTLAND WAVEDECK
SPADINA WAVEDECK
REES WAVEDECK
SIMCOE WAVEDECK
Water’s Edge Promenade Primary Waterfront – Continuity along the Water’s Edge
Five Bridges link a continuous water’s edge promenade:
SPADINA BRIDGE
PETER BRIDGE
REES BRIDGE
POLICE BRIDGE
SIMCOE BRIDGE
1.6km Timber Bridges Timber Bridge Concept
Water’s Edge Promenade – East Bayfront
Storm Water Management System Aquatic Habitat Schematic Design Storm Water Tanks, Aquatic Habitat and Boardwalk Parliament Slip DETAILS MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND Queen’s Quay Section MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2 MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND MAX. 8.3% - OPTION 2
HTO MOUND THE EXPRESSWAY
THE OUTER HEADLAND
Waterfront Toronto $1.5 billion stimulus funding 2000 acres / 800 Hectares 170 acres parkland 20,000 residential units 40,000 jobs
Thank you / Merci Beaucoup