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The fabric of Toronto is literally changing daily. With the city in the midst of a burgeoning architectural renaissance, a number of international star architects, including Frank Gehry and Daniel Libeskind, have landed to create an exceptional collection of fashionable iconic works. Of course the addition of contemporary architecture is an important element in reshaping any city’s urban fabric. But what is important is also what is happening in between those dramatic architectural moments, in the continuous space of the city. Collectively, Toronto is by and large an enlightened metropolis that recognises the value of quality public space. With this in mind, the fires are lit yet again on its ongoing waterfront revitalisation initiative. With the selection of the competition-winning scheme by Rotterdam landscape architect Adriaan Geuze of West 8, in a joint venture with local architects du Toit Allsopp Hillier (DTAH), the stretch of lakefront at the city core is poised to be infused with a lively mix of recreational and pedestrian amenities, cultural facilities and private condominiums. Toronto’s civic awareness of its waterfront can be traced back to the city’s founder, John Graves Simcoe, who in 1793 advocated the preservation of the water’s edge for the benefit of all citizens. The name Toronto is actually a Native American term for ‘trees in the water’, though it is often mistakenly translated as ‘meeting place’. Once home to shipbuilding and military operations, some remnants of the city’s heritage still remain, including the former Tip Top Tailors Building, Toronto’s most significant Art Deco structure now repurposed as premium lofts. Large-scale urban planning began in earnest in the late 1970s. Yet with only a few isolated spurts – such as the recent Music Garden which interprets in landscape Bach’s ‘First Suite for Unaccompanied Cello’ and was co-designed by landscape West 8 and du Toit Allsopp Hillier (DTAH), Waterfront Revitalisation Initiative, Toronto, Canada, 2006 A floating bioremediation reef in the form of the iconic maple leaf adds a touch of folly to the scheme. Speaking the vernacular of the Canadian north, the scheme features several heavy timber bridges that run the length of the boardwalk and provide a continuous pathway along the water’s edge. 49
Running the entire length of the scheme is a significant wooden boardwalk, which is 18 metres (59 feet) wide so as to allow trees to produce a dense green promenade. The existing Queens Quay Boulevard will be pedestrian focused with its southern lanes reconfigured as an animated granite esplanade. To re-create what Geuze affectionately calls the city’s ‘green foot’, the designers envision multiple rows of maple trees to celebrate the original summer greenery and autumn colour spectacle of the waterfront. 50
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