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TOcore: Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan

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The Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan establishes a vision and blueprint based on Five Transformative Ideas

The Core Circle and Great Streets explore the co-existence and interplay of Toronto’s landscape and urban structures

Contemporary city grid overlaid on Toronto’s pre-settlement landscapes – creeks, ravines, bluffs and shorelines c. 1790

Map showing proposed initiatives for Transformative Idea 1: The Core Circle

South Core Circle – Toronto Islands and Toronto Bay re-conceived as a Blue Park

Map showing proposed initiatives for Transformative Idea 2: Great Streets

University Avenue Linear Park and Gardens, re-configures the roadway to create a linear park on the eastern edge

Parliament Street: ravine portal in the north, local street in the centre, and waterfront portal in the south

King Street Pilot Transformation, re-balances the street to better accommodate pedestrians, cyclists and transit users

Map showing proposed locations for investment in absorptive landscape infrastructure

Parliament Street and University Avenue – Absorptive Landscape Infrastructure Corridors

Map showing proposed initiatives for Transformative Idea 3: Shoreline Stitch

Rail Deck Park represents a generational opportunity to create a large park in the heart of Downtown Toronto

Rail Deck Park – Decking Structure Representation and Front Street ‘Walks and Gardens’

Map showing proposed initiatives for Transformative Idea 4: Park Districts

The Garden District connects discrete parks, streetscapes and open spaces into a cohesive green whole

Map showing proposed initiatives for Transformative Idea 5: Local Places

Opportunities and keys to success for local place initiative: residential laneways

Public Space Public Life Study, provides trends for the core, and site-specific recommendations for the 16 survey zones

The Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan – Framework Plan

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2019 National Award | Planning and Analysis | Large-Scale Design

TOcore: Downtown Parks and Public Realm Plan

PUBLIC WORK office for urban design & landscape architecture in collaboration with the City of Toronto

The Plan re-imagines the public realm to enhance quality of life within Toronto’s rapidly intensifying urban core. It presents new ways of thinking about how we design, maintain and use our parks, streets and open spaces to support public life and achieve a bold and transformative legacy for future generations.

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