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Section 1
The Vision for East Bayfront
Toronto is Canada’s largest city, a rapidly growing metropolitan region on the north shore of Lake Ontario. To counter urban sprawl and revitalize the waterfront, the three levels of government created the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation (TWRC), charged with coordinating the redevelopment of a vast tract of waterfront property adjacent to downtown Toronto. The TWRC’s mission is to transform the Toronto waterfront into a series of sustainable, mixed use urban precincts integrated with parks and open spaces that greatly expand the City’s capacity for urban living, employment and recreation.
Initially, precinct plans have been developed for the two areas closest to the downtown, West Don Lands and East Bayfront. These two precincts connect the downtown to the lake and the Don River corridor, as well as create gateways to future precincts and public open spaces in the Port Lands. The Don River corridor will be improved as a natural open space system with its terminus in a naturalized river mouth. The water’s edge will become a continuous magnificent publicly accessible promenade linking the downtown to the Outer Harbour and ultimately connecting to the Eastern
Aerial view of East Bayfront
East Bayfront Master Plan
EAST BAYFRONT PRECINCT PLAN | TORONTO NOVEMBER 2005 TORONTO WATERFRONT REVITALIZATION CORPORATION