Ambitious plans for a new neighborhood on 2,400 acres of polluted lakefront are underway near downtown Toronto.
"Remaking the mouth of a river while carving a new neighborhood and parkland out of a post-industrial landscape is challenging enough. But the winners of the Lower Don Lands design competition in Toronto, Canada's largest city, are also taking on a job with real symbolic weight: rejuvenating a 2,400-acre swath of polluted lakefront land that was thought to be beyond repair."
"The $144 million Lower Don Lands redevelopment addresses a complex set of environmental and urban challenges on a brownfield site at the foot of the Don River, one mile from the center of downtown Toronto. These include restoring the mouth of the river where it flows into Lake Ontario-this stretch had been channeled and redirected more than 100 years ago-and the redevelopment of port land nearby. Toronto's central business district has been isolated from the lake for a century by railroads and an expressway."
FULL STORY: Polluted Toronto Gets Makeover
Coming Soon to Ohio: The Largest Agrivoltaic Farm in the US
The ambitious 6,000-acre project will combine an 800-watt solar farm with crop and livestock production.
Pennsylvania Mall Conversion Bill Passes House
If passed, the bill would promote the adaptive reuse of defunct commercial buildings.
U.S. Supreme Court: California's Impact Fees May Violate Takings Clause
A California property owner took El Dorado County to state court after paying a traffic impact fee he felt was exorbitant. He lost in trial court, appellate court, and the California Supreme Court denied review. Then the U.S. Supreme Court acted.
Dallas Surburb Bans New Airbnbs
Plano’s city council banned all new permits for short-term rentals as concerns about their impacts on housing costs grow.
Divvy Introduces E-Bike Charging Docks
New, circular docks let e-bikes charge at stations, eliminating the need for frequent battery swaps.
How Freeway Projects Impact Climate Resilience
In addition to displacement and public health impacts, highway expansions can also make communities less resilient to flooding and other climate-related disasters.
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