Opening Up Downtown Spaces for the Post-Pandemic City

Toronto's University Avenue is set for a major makeover, transforming nearly ten acres of pavement to connect with other open spaces to create a contiguous 90 acres of open space, ideal for safe outdoor street life.

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November 16, 2020, 10:00 AM PST

By Michael Dudley


University Ave and Dundas Street in downtown Toronto

The corner of University Ave and Dundas Street in Downtown Toronto. | Bennekom / Shutterstock

The landscape architecture firm PUBLIC WORK estimates a pedestrian and green space system could be completed on University Avenue in Downtown Toronto within a decade at a cost of $230 million. The redesign is needed, they argue, because downtown Toronto lacks a major central public park, and because walking and cycling infrastructure are essential for creating safer, healthier cities in a post-pandemic world. The article also highlights recent promenade planning in other cities around the world, including Bogotá, Vancouver, and Paris. 

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