Fort York and CityPlace

Victoria Memorial Square holds a cluster of old, white marble tombstones that lean at uneven angles under the mature trees. It occupies the site of the original Military Burying Ground, established in seventeen ninety-three for the…

The STACKT market consists of over one hundred and twenty repurposed shipping containers stacked into a vibrant, multi-level puzzle. It sits on what was once a vacant, fenced-off lot owned by the city. In two thousand nineteen, developers…

Garrison Crossing consists of two weathering steel bridges that zigzag across the rail corridor to connect Stanley Park North to the Fort York grounds. The distinctive rust-colored finish comes from a specific steel alloy designed to…

The ramparts at Fort York remain shielded by high earthen walls that block out the glass towers of downtown Toronto. This was the military heart of the town of York in the nineteenth century, built to guard the harbor entrance against…

The Bentway exists beneath the Gardiner Expressway, defined by the raw, rhythmically repeating concrete columns that hold up the highway above. Before two thousand eighteen, this narrow strip of land served as a forgotten graveyard for…

Canoe Landing Park features a giant, oversized red canoe perched on a grassy hill, large enough for people to climb inside. Douglas Coupland designed this eight acre space on former railway lands to evoke the feeling of a childhood camping…

The Puente de Luz is a bright yellow steel bridge spanning the railway corridor near Spadina Avenue. Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua designed the structure to connect the growing CityPlace neighborhood with the rest of downtown Toronto.…