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Posts Filed Under: Waterfront

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It’s All Yours at Ontario Place

The landmark's evolution from a showcase of the province's achievements to a family amusement park.

By Jamie Bradburn

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Casa Mendoza Comes Down

From shipyard to sizzling food, the story of the last classic Humber Bay hospitality spot.

By Jamie Bradburn

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2011 Hero: CodeBlueTO

Nominated for: heart and activist savvy in equal measure.

By Jake Tobin Garrett • Illustration by Sasha Plotnikova

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Urban Planner, December 12, 2011

Today you can: learn about Toronto's waterfront future at a public meeting, or about its past at Fort York's Parler Fort series; celebrate Christmas with the senior entertainers at Belmot House; hear author Michael Morpurgo read from War Horse; and see comedy based on Postsecrets.com from Bad Dog Theatre.

By Steve Fisher

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Waterfront Toronto Launches a Public Review of Port Lands Plans

This summer, Doug Ford argued that we needed to pick up the pace of waterfront development. Today Waterfront Toronto announced public consultations on the Port Lands, to discuss just that.

By Steve Kupferman

Aerial views of the Port Lands. Photos courtesy of Waterfront Toronto.

Projecting Toronto

A new online project aims to engage Torontonians with the city's past.

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: On the Waterfront

The evolving, modernizing waterfront through the lens of Toronto Harbour Commission photographer Arthur Beales

By Kevin Plummer

Arthur Beales with photography equipment set up near Ship Channel, looking northwest to city skyline, October 2, 1914, by Beales' assistant. Toronto Port Authority Archives, PC 1/1/135.
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City Council Reaffirms Plan for the Port Lands

A sigh of relief among many as the City votes to allow Waterfront Toronto to continue with development plans.

By Hamutal Dotan

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Duly Quoted: Paula Fletcher

"This is a triumph for the public... This is a Toronto moment, a Jane Jacobs moment."

By Hamutal Dotan

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Two Weeks at City Hall

Decoding the series of city council meetings that'll be happening this week and next.

By Hamutal Dotan

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Duly Quoted: Doug Ford

By Hamutal Dotan

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Urban Thinkers Line Up Against Ford’s Waterfront Plan

"Recent proposals to radically alter plans and development control for the Lower Don Lands are ill-conceived, reckless, and, if adopted, will result in irrevocable harm to the City."

By Hamutal Dotan

The view from the Port Lands. Photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_snow/5188537209/"}Andrew Snow{/a}, from the {a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/torontoist/"}Torontoist Flickr Pool{/a}.
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Wearing the City on His Sleeve

Jameson Skaife only lived in Toronto for two years. He chose to tattoo the city's skyline on his left sleeve so he'd never really leave.

By Carly Maga • Photos by Corbin Smith

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Ferris Wheel of Fortune

Yesterday, council's Executive Committee met to discuss the future of Toronto's waterfront. And it ain't pretty.

By Daren Foster (aka City Slikr)

Photo by {a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/andrew_snow/5189136094/"}Andrew Snow{/a} from the {a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/torontoist"}Torontoist Flickr Pool{/a}.

Glad Hand: Doug Shops for a Megamall

By Brett Lamb

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Making Waves at the Sail-In Cinema

Toronto's first sail-in cinema is on this weekend. Kind of like a drive-in, but with water.

By Carly Maga

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Behind the Scenes of Pinewood Toronto Studios

By John Semley

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Historicist: The Future of the Past

By Kevin Plummer

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Historicist: Toronto Illustrated ’57

By Jamie Bradburn

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On the Waterfront

By Hamutal Dotan