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How do you build an island in Toronto?

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How do you build an island in Toronto?

Villiers Island will feature parklands, walking and biking trails, and residential and commercial real estate. But first, we have to build it.
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Decent primer/recap on the project in the article above. Not much new to thread regulars but maybe a few details that have received scant discussion concerning ground water, soil stabilization and schedules.
 
I guess this would be the water treatment plant mentioned in the Star article at the southwest corner of the site.

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A couple more. One of the new river valley and the other at the location of the ramp south of the new Cherry St. bridge.

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Couple neat tidbits in here specifically about the parks, from the WT blog:

Unique Play Experiences
There’s a growing body of evidence that play and time spent in nature can have a powerful positive effect on children’s health and development. This is partly why playgrounds that focus on immersing children in a series of natural play environments are increasingly common in urban regeneration projects.
We have planned for two such play spaces in our project.

Once complete, the Port Lands will have a new playground carved out of the upland forest along the northern edge of the river’s banks. This playground will include immersive play areas like “Green Giant Forest” and “The Toronto Badlands” designed to reflect the local ecosystem of the Don River and Southern Ontario.
Planning has also started for a larger-scale destination playground in Promontory Park. This playground is planned to be almost two acres big (the size of two football fields) – making it the biggest in Toronto. Think Chicago’s Maggie Daley Park to get a sense of the scale we’re hoping to achieve. It is being designed as a place that will attract kids from all over Toronto. Our five-year plan includes raising funds to contribute to this playground.
 
I know it’s just outside the scope of the development, but the Go Karts beside T&T are done, complaining about “shifty” landlords. Anyone know who owns that parcel, and whether new cherry street curving to meet the old bridge will cut across that site?
 
From the WT newsletter:

Port Lands: Project Update
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Water treatment system up and running
A new water treatment system has been installed to help with excavating the new river valley. As we excavate, we will continuously pump out groundwater to keep the area dry. The water will first be kept in the treatment tanks outside this dome. It will then travel inside the dome where it will run through a series of weir tanks, an air stripper, then through organoclay, carbon and resin filters. This system will treat 1-3 million litres of water a day!
 
From today.
All the trees are gone. And the sky is grey.
From the Don Roadway and Villiars St.
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There was a building here a few weeks ago. This image from the north on Villiars St.
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Specifically this one. Taken from the south side on Commissioners St on December 8.
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Finally, T&T is closed and internal demolition has started.
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PIC Core Urban Design Guidelines Update DTAH Presentation #2

Details are as follows:

Date: March 26, 2020

Time: 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Place: Ralph Thornton Community Centre

765 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario M4M 1H3
 
Wow, that looks really good!

That play area looks huge as well, does Toronto have anything currently that is about that size to compare it to? I cant think of anything that large.
 
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