Fort York and CityPlace

Contrast Toronto's 1793 military origins with the modern high-density condo boom as we walk from historic battlements over old rail yards and into soaring vertical neighborhoods.

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1. Victoria Memorial Square

Victoria Memorial Square is defined by a central, wrought-iron fenced enclosure that protects a stone pedestal and bronze sculpture, all sitting within a quiet, grass-covered block. This site, established in seventeen ninety-four, was the…

2. STACKT market

You can pick out the STACKT market by the dense, industrial rhythm of roughly one hundred and thirty shipping containers stacked two storeys high. Painted in dark, uniform colors and modified with glass fronts, these structures form a…

3. Garrison Crossing

Garrison Crossing is a pair of stainless steel tied-arch bridges that span two active rail corridors in downtown Toronto. You can identify the structure by its two slender, tilted arch ribs that lean in opposite directions, creating a…

4. Fort York National Historic Site

Fort York is a forty-three-acre site distinguished by its ring of bastioned earthworks that stand in stark contrast to the modern high-rise buildings surrounding it. It houses the largest collection of original War of eighteen-twelve…

5. The Bentway

The Bentway is defined by the massive concrete columns, known as bents, that support the elevated Gardiner Expressway above. These columns create a sequence of sheltered outdoor rooms that stretch for one point seven five kilometers…

6. Canoe Landing Park

Canoe Landing Park is defined by an artificial hill known as the bluff, which rises above the Gardiner Expressway. This eight-acre green space was created on land once located along the original nineteenth-century shoreline of Lake…

7. "Puente De Luz" by Francisco Gazitua

Puente de Luz is a bright, golden-yellow pedestrian bridge that spans the active railway corridor between Front Street and the CityPlace neighborhood. Designed by the Chilean sculptor Francisco Gazitua, the structure functions as an…

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