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I've always been curious as to the number of dedicated parking spaces downtown, I found some articles that point to the development of surface lots over the last 40 years that is quite interesting.
Map TO came up with an estimate of approximately 40% of the surface lots which have been redeveloped from 1978 to 2019. Its not exact science but an interesting indication of how far development has come.
1978
2019
www.blogto.com
www.theglobeandmail.com
www.mapto.ca
Map TO came up with an estimate of approximately 40% of the surface lots which have been redeveloped from 1978 to 2019. Its not exact science but an interesting indication of how far development has come.
1978
2019
![www.blogto.com](https://media.blogto.com/articles/20191230-torontosurfaceparkingmap.jpg?w=1200&cmd=resize_then_crop&height=630&quality=70)
Map shows how many parking lots Toronto has lost over the last 40 years
Between 1978 and 2019, Toronto added some 230 million square feet and 15,000 storeys-worth of building space to its landscape. The city's explosive...
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![www.theglobeandmail.com](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/resizer/DhLuzKqYIIgiZ1IqRq2HuDNEkBk=/1200x0/filters:quality(80)/arc-anglerfish-tgam-prod-tgam.s3.amazonaws.com/public/KKQZD5BFEBBRPDB5YTV2C5ZUGM.jpg)
Surface parking’s decline has offered up lots of space for a more vibrant Toronto
American cities with vast swaths of downtown asphalt serve as a reminder of how dreary our core used to be
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Toronto’s Parking Lot Transformation — mapTO
In 1978 Toronto’s downtown had massive areas dedicated to surface parking. Over the past 40 years, real estate developers and city council have transformed these essentially vacant lots to accommodate some of Toronto’s most iconic structures,
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