Toronto’s New Waterfront Street — Queens Quay Open After Three Years of Revitalization Work

After three years of construction, Toronto’s revitalized waterfront boulevard is open – on schedule, and in time for the Redpath Waterfront Festival and the upcoming Pan Am and Parapan Am Games.

Once a street that featured poor design, insufficient room for pedestrians, and ageing infrastructure, Queens Quay has been transformed into a beautiful boulevard that includes a separated TTC right-of-way, a new section of the Martin Goodman Trail that connects the Trail across the downtown waterfront, and an enlarged pedestrian promenade that reflects the central waterfront’s importance as the second most-visited area of the city. Under the street, key infrastructure has been replaced or upgraded, including power, gas, water, sewage and telecommunications systems.

Area: Central Waterfront  Topic: design excellence,  parks & public spaces, queens quay,  reconnect to the water,  sustainable development

Read more: Toronto’s New Waterfront Street - Queens Quay Opens on Time After Three Years of Revitalization Work / Waterfront Toronto

Where's Senior Gov's help in #Nanaimo?—Canada, Ontario + City created WaterfrontToronto to oversee waterfront renewal http://t.co/dIwNaiO2xl

— NanaimoCommons (@NanaimoCommons) June 30, 2015

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How urban designer Ken Greenberg's neighbourhood made succesful transition from industrial to mixed use

More at @CBCToronto Toronto 2025: How to grow, with minimal growing pains

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Check out the video - Revitalization plan for former Guvernment site revealed in Toronto : http://t.co/BWlmpozSSA via @CityNews

— Ken Greenberg (@KGreenbergTO) March 26, 2015

Via @KGreenbergTO Revitalization plan for former Guvernment site revealed in Toronto @CityNews

Posted by Nanaimo Commons on Thursday, March 26, 2015

New @WaterfrontTO + Port Lands video Via @GraphicMatt

New @WaterfrontTO hype video concludes with a snazzy Port Lands render. https://t.co/w3ufLXl8IS pic.twitter.com/6IbOy4rFzH

— Matt Elliott (@GraphicMatt) November 7, 2014

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From The Globe and Mail — Shored Up: How Toronto's Waterfront Redevelopment is Going Right

On Unwin Avenue in Toronto’s port lands, the ground looks like a blank canvas: it’s largely a scrubland of asphalt and sumacs, punctuated by a power plant. The skyline of downtown shimmers like a mirage, but it’s just four kilometres away.

From here, it’s clear why governments see this area of the waterfront as ripe for development, and why the public agency Waterfront Toronto was created in 2001 to make that happen. But as the agency’s CEO John Campbell explains, it’s not as simple as it looks. “All the land south of Front Street is landfill,” said Mr. Campbell in an interview this week. “It’s all brownfield” – former industrial land, often contaminated – Read more: ”Shored up: How Toronto's waterfront redevelopment is going right - The Globe and Mail

From Urban Toronto — Waterfront Toronto Officially Opens Corktown Common

Downtown Toronto's newest park has seen an overwhelmingly positive reception since its soft opening last Summer, and after a ribbon cutting ceremony this morning, the 18 acre Corktown Common is now officially open at Bayview and River Streets in the West Don Lands. With plenty of green space and over 700 trees as well as thousands of shrubs and aquatic plants, Corktown Common offers a diverse, ecologically rich habitat for visitors to walk, bike or just enjoy the sunshine. Read more: Waterfront Toronto Officially Opens Corktown Common | Urban Toronto

—@KGreenbergTO talk at the recent Congress for New Urbanism in Buffalo

My talk at the recent Congress for New Urbanism in Buffalo https://t.co/FrxemZ1ksz

— Ken Greenberg (@KGreenbergTO) June 20, 2014

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SymbioCity — Hammarby Sjöstad: Modern, Eco-Freindly Neighbourhood

Nanaimo: how high do you want to set the bar for the redevelopment of our harbour industrial lands? Here's the new Hammarby neighbourhood in Stockholm.

SymbioCity unlocks synergies between urban systems 

to save resources while driving growth.

A new district has emerged around the lake of Hammarby Sjö in Stockholm. A run-down port and industrial area has been cleaned up, developed and converted into a modern and eco-friendly district. Hammarby Sjöstad is Stockholm’s largest urban development project with its own environmental programme incorporating energy supply, water and wastewater treatment and waste management. More at: SymbioCity - Hammarby Sjöstad: three in one and Hammarby Sjöstad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Architect, Urban Designer, Ken Greenberg To Discuss Waterfront Development At Halifax Conference

Nova Scotia Waterfront Development Corp's upcoming Carmichael Lecture features guest speaker Ken Greenberg.

Ken Greenberg, architect, urban designer, teacher and author will discuss the concept of place and the fundamental changes that are occurring in cities around the world. The former Director of Urban Design and Architecture for the city of Toronto, he is now principal of Greenberg Consultants. The American Institute of Architects honoured him with the 2010 Thomas Jefferson Award for public design excellence. In 2011, he wrote Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder. 


This from the NS Waterfront Development website —



We bring people together at the water's edge

At Waterfront Development, our goal is to get you as close as you can possibly get to the unforgettable beauty, captivating experiences and unparalleled opportunities where land meets sea.

Waterfront Development is a provincial crown corporation developing the strategic potential of waterfronts in Bedford, Dartmouth, Halifax and Lunenburg. It’s our job to foster the creation of waterfronts that drive economic opportunity, enhance tourism, provide experiences, and reflect and protect our marine heritage.

Through our projects and partnerships, we have received a number of awards and recognitions. We proudly share these with the many partners, visitors and communities we have worked with over the past three decades. 

Waterfront Development website.