Tag Archives: Harbourfront

Junior Festival: Big thoughts for growing minds

Harbourfront Centre, one of Canada’s leading presenters of contemporary arts and culture, is proud to announce Junior, a new international children’s festival that takes on the challenging questions facing youth today. Featuring Canadian premieres, acclaimed performances from as far away ...

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Town-hall talk about more waterfront development

On a rainy Tuesday evening loads of concerned Torontonians gathered in the auditorium of George Brown College’s waterfront campus to obtain information on the development of the city’s east side water’s edge and to talk with Waterfront Toronto’s board of ...

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CityPlace town hall hits a ‘wall’—Queens Quay protesters

There was a full house ready to greet city councillor Joe Cressy as guest speaker of the CityPlace Residents’ Association (CPRA) second town hall of the year on May 31. And while it was intended to be an agenda-less night ...

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Artisan market returns to waterfront

The Waterfront Artisan Market, presented by The Waterfront Business Improvement Area and operated by Scadding Court Community Centre, returns to HTO Park (339 Queens Quay West, between Rees Street and Lower Spadina Avenue) this summer. Drop by Saturdays from May ...

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After 30 years we get our chance at city hall

Thirty years ago…yes, 30 years ago…Harbourfront gave the City of Toronto all the land at Eireann Quay and Bathurst Quay for parkland.Bathurst Quay park What happened? Construction vehicles used it for making the tunnel and airport expansions, cars whiz down the ...

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Viewpoint: A watery new museum for lakefront Toronto?

Ontario Place -one of several locations along Toronto’s waterfront for a World Water Museum.

Museums are again in the wind in Toronto. There has long been a need for a Museum of Toronto to locate large collections about the city’s history. That would attract mostly Torontonians. An even better variant on that would be ...

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Downtown Seen Sept 2016: Cityfest

On Aug 27, Canoe Landing Park at Concord CityPlace (Spadina and Fort York Blvd.) took on a festival atmosphere as residents and young families enjoyed the sights and sounds of Cityfest. The day-long event featured food trucks, art, music and ...

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School safety audit for improved Queens Quay

Queens Quay has been blazing trails in more ways than one. The street has been transformed into a “complete street” that can and has been safely accessed by all types of users (pedestrians, cyclists, motorists) since its unveiling on June ...

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