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The Bentway- 2021 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence Finalist
May 4, 2021
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Features and amenities like the “Splash Pad”, enhance visitor experience. Families, kids and their pets keep can keep cool and refreshed during hot summer months.
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Moveable park furniture, like picnic tables and loungers, aids in the space’s ability to host a diverse set of events and activities.
Location: Toronto, ON, Canada
Developers: Waterfront Toronto
Designer: PUBLIC WORK
Site Size: 2.5 Acres
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The Bentway’s multi-use path makes connections to Toronto’s network of pedestrian and cycling trails, increasing access to the Waterfront.
The Bentway is a unique public space and programming platform that reimagines 1.75km of underutilized land underneath Toronto’s elevated highway, the Gardiner Expressway, as a new creative place, connective corridor, and backyard park for all of Toronto.
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Museum of the Moon, a large-scale installation by UK artist Luke Jerram, welcomed over 25,000 visitors over the course of 6 days.
The Gardiner Expressway has long been a point of division in the City, cutting off the mainly residential city from the traditionally industrial waterfront. The Bentway aims to renew Toronto’s connection to its waterfront, by knitting together seven distinct urban neighbourhoods home to nearly 100,000 people living within a 10-minute walk and improving north-south pathways to the water. For these mostly condo-dwelling residents, The Bentway acts as a vital gathering space and pedestrian corridor through Toronto’s western downtown. The Bentway improves north-south connections under the Expressway, linking up to an existing network of sidewalks, bike lanes, and multi-use trails, becoming a gateway to Toronto’s waterfront.
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The Timber Amphitheatre is an intimate 200-seat performance space that has hosted critical conversations about the City’s urban context.
Construction of Phase 1 was completed in 2018, and includes the following key spaces and
amenities:
• A 720-ft long refrigerated Skate Trail
• A multi-use path connecting to surrounding communities
• Wooden Amphitheatre that seats 200
• Green Amphitheatre that seats 1,000
• Interior washroom and maintenance facilities
• A “splash pad” water feature
• Site lighting, park furniture, and free site-wide WiFi
• 5 storys of height from the ground up to the deck of the Gardiner