Gardiner East Public Forum #1

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Gardiner East Public Forum #1
Gardiner East
Gardiner Expressway
& Lake Shore Boulevard Reconfiguration
Environmental Assessment
& Urban Design Study
Public Information Centre #1 – June 13, 2013
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John Livey
Deputy City Manager
City of Toronto
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Why are we here?
To start the process of making a decision
about the future of the Gardiner East
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Why do we need to
make a decision?
Significant public investment required
Need preferred alternative
by March 2014
Balance a number of public policy and
fiscal priorities
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How do we do that?
Environmental Assessment and
Urban Design Study
Help make an informed choice
-Case Studies/ Public Ideas/ Design Ideas/ Your Ideas
-Technical Analysis
-Public Engagement & Dialogue
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Historical Overview
• 1956-1965 Gardiner
Expressway constructed
• 1990 Crombie Commission
recommended full removal
• 1996 planning began to
remove the section east of
the Don River
• 2001 removal of the 1.3km
segment east of the Don
River completed for $38M
• 2009 Environmental
Assessment Terms of
Reference approved for
eastern segment
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Rehabilitation Capital Program
Bent Repairs
Timber Bracing
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Inspection and Controlled Chipping
Study
Area
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Coordination with Other
Studies
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Approved EA Terms of
Reference
• Based on City’s Official Plan and
Central Waterfront Secondary
Plan principles
• Approved and committed road
map for the EA study
• Explore options as per approved
Terms of Reference
• Ensure strong city-building
options remain at centre of
technical analysis
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How do people get Downtown?
TOTAL 100%
GO Transit
19%
TTC Transit
47%
Private
Vehicles
34%
Existing Morning 3-Hour Peak Period Inbound
PRIVATE
VEHICLES
34%
Other
Routes
76%
Gardiner/
Lake Shore
Corridor 24%
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Comparable Daily Volumes
Source: City Annual Average Daily Traffic (AADT) Summary 2005-2009 Counts.
Assumed Vehicle Occupancy based on 2011 Cordon Counts
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Gardiner East Traffic Volume
Eastbound
to 401
Jarvis/
Sherbourne
Eastbound
at Dufferin
Spadina/
York-Bay-Yonge
East York/
North York
East Toronto
(Leslieville,
Beach etc)
Kingston Rd.
& Danforth
Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey)
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Gardiner East Traffic Volume
Westbound
to 401
Southbound at
Danforth
South
Etobicoke
Spadina/
Yonge-BayYork
East York
North York
Jarvis/
Sherbourne Richmond
Lake Shore
at Carlaw
to
QEW/
427
Lake Shore
Source: AM Peak Period Survey Results (2010 Origin/ Destination Survey)
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John Campbell
President & CEO, Waterfront Toronto
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The Central Waterfront Plan is
Built on Four Core Principles
• Removing Barriers
• Building a Network of Spectacular Waterfront
Parks and Public Spaces
• Promoting a Clean and Green Environment
• Creating Dynamic and Diverse New Communities
Making Waves: Central Waterfront Plan
Central Waterfront Secondary Plan
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Coordinate with Waterfront
Precinct Plans
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Revitalization is Underway
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EA Terms of Reference Goals
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Revitalize the Waterfront
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Reconnect the City with the Lake
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Balance Modes of Travel
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Achieve Sustainability
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Create Value
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Four Alternative Solutions
maintain
improve
replace
remove
the elevated
expressway
the urban
fabric while
maintaining the
existing
expressway
with a new
above or below
grade
expressway
the elevated
expressway
and build a
new boulevard
Alternatives as per approved EA Terms of Reference
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Christopher Glaisek
Vice President of Planning & Design
Waterfront Toronto
Karen Alschuler
Urban Design Global Leader
Perkins + Will
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How will we generate the
Alternative Solutions?
Case Studies
• Help us understand the issues, technical
challenges, ideas and economics of the projects
Public Ideas
• Ideas proposed by the members of the public and
past design proposals
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How will we generate the
Alternative Solutions?
Design Ideas
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Six international design teams selected through a
competitive process to participate in an 8-week ideas
generating exercise
Two teams were assigned to each of three EA options:
Improve, Replace, and Remove
Detailed briefing on existing conditions and concurrent
studies
Feedback provided by stakeholder and technical committees
mid-way through
The complete design submissions are available for further
review on our website
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Questions for you to think about
• Which ideas are most consistent with your vision for
the waterfront and the city?
• What ideas do you think are the most important to
consider as part of the study?
• What ideas do you think are least important to
consider as part of the study?
• Do you have any other ideas to suggest?
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Maintain
CASE STUDY
Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C.
1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway
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Maintain
CASE STUDY
Whitehurst Freeway, Washington, D.C.
1.2 km • 45,000 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway
• 1949, 64 years old
• Serves as bypass
road
• Major visual barrier
Georgetown to water
• Maintain decision
made on concerns
re: traffic and peak
hour congestion
• COST:
$29 million/km
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Maintain
CASE STUDY
Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY
1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway
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Maintain
CASE STUDY
Buffalo Skyway, Buffalo, NY
1.6 km • 43,400 vehicles per day • 4-lane elevated highway
• 1953, 60 years old
• 36 meters tall along
waterfront
• Chose to rehabilitate,
with 20-year fix
• Focus on safe & reliable
• New petition to study
again
• COST:
$91 million/km
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Maintain
DESIGN IDEA
Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd
Rehabilitated deck, girders and columns.
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Maintain
DESIGN IDEA
Gardiner Expressway/ Lake Shore Blvd
Rehabilitated infrastructure and public art, public realm and lighting improvements
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Improve
CASE STUDY
E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York
3.2 km • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway
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Improve
CASE STUDY
E. River Waterfront Esplanade, New York
3.2 km • 175,000 vehicles per day • 6-lane elevated highway
• 1954, 59 years old
• Decision to retain and
invite public uses under
and surrounding
• Focus on tourism and
city-building
• Esplanade, community
and commercial uses
• COST:
$51 million/km
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Improve
CASE STUDY
A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands
Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway
BEFORE
AFTER
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Improve
CASE STUDY
A8ERN8 – Zaanstad, Netherlands
Built in 1970s • 400 m • 4-lane elevated highway
• 1970, 40 years old
• Capture of area under
highway
• Inventive design of
community uses,
recreation and retail
• From barrier to
meeting place
• COST:
$8.7 million/km
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Improve
PUBLIC IDEA
Les Klein “Green Ribbon”
A new public park is created on top of the existing Gardiner Expressway
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Improve
PUBLIC IDEA
Les Klein “Green Ribbon”
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
Access to the new public park is provided by ramps and elevators at key locations
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
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Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/
Bjarke Ingels Group
Greenberg Consultants Inc.
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
Daoust Lestage
Transsolar
Arup
AECOM
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Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group
• No change to
Gardiner
• Creation of
park that flows
into underused
spaces and up
over new
buildings
• Podium
buildings create
a new park
above the
Gardiner 40
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
The Gardiner remains unchanged with a new park system woven around and under it
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
An entirely new landscape is created above the level of the Gardiner where it bends
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects/ Bjarke Ingels Group
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
The “Podium Park” atop creates a new relationship between the Gardiner and the city
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance
Hood Design
BA Consulting Group Ltd.
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Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance
• Move Lake Shore
out from beneath
the expressway
• Inhabit the space
below the
expressway,
• “Green” the
elevated structure
to make a
“parkway”
• Establish better
north-south
connections
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Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance
Lake Shore is shifted south to expose the street and infill beneath the existing Gardiner
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Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
The space beneath the Gardiner is enhanced through architectural treatment
Improve
DESIGN IDEA
Diller Scofidio + Renfro/ Architects Alliance
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
A new community is created with strong waterfront connections
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Replace
CASE STUDY
Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA
3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway
BEFORE
ELEVATED
EXPRESSWAY
AFTER
TUNNEL
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Replace
CASE STUDY
Alaskan Way Viaduct, Seattle, WA
3.2 km • 110,000 vehicles per day • 8-lane elevated highway
• 1959, 54 years old
• Under construction
• Deep bore tunnel
with 6-lanes for
through traffic
• Waterfront road,
promenade & 20
acres public land
• Celebrates new
vision for city
BEFORE
ELEVATED
EXPRESSWAY
AFTER
TUNNEL
• COST:
$1.2 billion/km
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Replace
CASE STUDY
Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston
2.4 km • 190,000 vehicles per day • replaced a 6-lane elevated highway
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Replace
CASE STUDY
Central Artery “Big Dig”, Boston
2.4 km • 190,000 vehicles per day • replaced a 6-lane elevated highway
• 1953, 45yrs when
removed
• Replaced w/ cut and
cover tunnel
• Parks and 4-lane
boulevard
• Public development
sites, new revenue,
tourism, investment
• COST:
$1.23 billion/km
(for portion comparable to Gardiner)
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Replace
PUBLIC IDEA
Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH
Construct a cable stayed bridge over the rail corridor
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Replace
PUBLIC IDEA
Jose Gutierrez “Viaduct and SkyPATH
Cable stayed bridge would serve vehicles, streetcars, bicyclists and pedestrians
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
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West 8 + DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU
Arup
Halsall Associates
BA Group
A.W. Hooker Associates
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU
BEFORE
GARDINER
RAIL
LAKE SHORE
EASTBOUND
LAKE SHORE
WESTBOUND
AFTER
GARDINER
LAKE SHORE
RAIL
• Build a new
expressway
on top of a
widened rail
embankment
• Shift Lake Shore to
the south of the
former Gardiner
structure
• Demolish existing
expressway to
create a two-sided
street
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU
A new, consolidated bridge connects the new Gardiner to the DVP over the Don River
DVP
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
A series of new or enhanced “gateways” are created to stitch the city to the waterfront
Replace
DESIGN IDEA
West 8, DTAH, Cecil Balmond AGU
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
Replacement of the Gardiner allows for new destination districts
Replace
DESIGN IDEA
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
Halcrow-Yolles
Hoerr-Schaudt Landscape Architects
IBM
CB Richard Ellis
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
• Puts the expressway
function in a tunnel
below-grade
• Creates a new Lake
Shore Boulevard
with a dedicated
transit line
• Increases
development
potential of
underutilized public
land
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
A four-lane below-ground tunnel replaces the elevated Gardiner Expressway
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Replace
DESIGN IDEA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
A signature bridge is proposed over the Don River with sustainable features
Replace
DESIGN IDEA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
A six-lane Lake Shore Boulevard and streetcar right-of-way are built at grade
Replace
DESIGN IDEA
Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
New buildings front onto a tree-lined promenade along the Keating Channel
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Remove
CASE STUDY
Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA
2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway
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Remove
CASE STUDY
Embarcadero Freeway, San Francisco, CA
2.5 km • 80,000 vehicles per day • replaced 6-lane elevated highway
• 1957, 32 years for
collapse/removal
• Embarcadero today is 6-lane
boulevard
• Waterfront promenade
• Light rail in median
• 300% increase values
• Jobs, housing, new public
plazas and signature Ferry
Building
• COST:
$32 million/km
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Remove
CASE STUDY
West Side Highway, New York, NY
8.2 km • 140,000 vehicles per day • removed 6-lane elevated highway
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Remove
CASE STUDY
West Side Highway, New York, NY
8.2 km • 140,000 vehicles per day • removed 6-lane elevated highway
• 1937, 64 yrs when
removed
• Replaced w/ 8 lane
boulevard in 2001
• Major greenway
bicycle/pedestrian
separated pathway
• Rehab and infill
development with
rising tax revenues
• COST:
$84 million/km
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Remove
PUBLIC IDEA
DTAH
Removal of the elevated structure and replacement with a grand boulevard
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
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Rem Koolhaas/
Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Arup
Claude Cormier Landscape Architects
2X4, Inc.
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture
• Creates a major
new intermodal
hub east of the
Don River
• Supports a new
employment
district
• Replaces the
expressway with
the Downtown
Relief Line subway
and an at-grade
Lake Shore
Boulevard
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture
The hub serves as an anchor for a new employment district east of the Don River
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture
A 6,000 car parking garage connected to transit reduces auto trips into the old core
Cherry St
GO Transit
Subway
Streetcar
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Distillery District
PEDESTRIAN PLAZA AT TRINITY ST
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Transit enables Lake Shore to be built at grade with enhanced north-south connections
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
Rem Koolhaas/ Office for Metropolitan Architecture
The Gardiner is removed to make way for the Downtown Relief Line and development
LAKE SHORE
RAIL CORRIDOR
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
DOWNTOWN RELIEF SUBWAY
Remove
DESIGN IDEA
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James Corner Field Operations
Arup
Schollen & Company Inc.
North-South Environmental
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
• Replaces the
Gardiner
Expressway with a
broad landscaped
Lake Shore
• Enhances northsouth pedestrian
connections with
architectural
treatments
• Transforms rail
embankment into
sculpted garden
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
The elevated expressway is replaced with a broad landscaped 8-lane boulevard
BEFORE
LAKE SHORE EASTBOUND
GARDINER
LAKE SHORE WESTBOUND
AFTER
LOCAL STREET & PROMENADE
LAKE SHORE
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
Intersections are regularized and unified with consistent architectural treatments
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Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
“Media Sleeves” are inserted at each rail underpass to illuminate and animate them
Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
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Leslie
Carlaw
DVP
Cherry
Parliament
Sherbourne
Jarvis
Yonge
The rail embankment is transformed into a sculpted garden and stormwater system
Remove
DESIGN IDEA
James Corner Field Operations
A living landscape replaces a fixed concrete environment
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In Summary
maintain
improve
replace
remove
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Evaluation Criteria
Environment
Urban Design
Economics
Transportation +
Infrastructure
Next Steps …
Public Ideas
Design Ideas
Your Ideas
Develop Alternative Solutions
Consult on Alternative Solutions
City Council Approval
Develop & Consult on Alternative Designs
City Council Approval & Submission to MOE
MOE Review & Decision
You
are
here!
Summer 2013
Fall 2013
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meeting Fall 2013
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Thank You!
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