Lower Don Trail Master Plan Refresh Public Open House_September 17 2019 1
Lower Don Trail Master Plan Refresh 2018-ongoing Partnership between City of Toronto and Evergreen Corktown Common to the Forks of East and West Don 8.1 kilometres of Trail 2.4x size of High Park 2
Project Purpose The Master Plan Refresh: y Provides high level direction and identifjes potential future projects. y Considers that each project (or bundle of projects) will have its own design process and engagement activities. y Does not make commitments to funding or timing. 3
Process 4
2003 West Don Lands Precinct Plan Plan Context + Continuum 2006 Evergreen Brick Works 2007 Lower Don Lands Competition late 1980s 2015 Task Force Evergreen_Don River Charrette to Bring Back the Don 2016 DRVP Case for Support “Super Park” Announcement 2019 Lower Don Phase 2 Improvements 2018 Parkland Strategy TO Core Parks + Public Realm early-mid 90s Unilever Precinct Plan Lower Don Trail Port Lands Planning Framework Queen St. Staircase Lower Don Trail MP Update Restoration Efforts 2017 Ravine Strategy 2014 Lower Don Phase 1 Improvements 2013 Lower Don Trail Access, Environment and Art MP 5
Context: Why This is Important. 6
Love/Hate/Love 7
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1890 to c.1910 Lower Don Straightening and Don Roadway 10
1890 to c.1910 Lower Don Straightening and Don Roadway 11
1890 to c.1910 Estuary Draining for Port Lands 12
1950s Don Valley Parkway 13
1960s Baseball Stadium Location Study 14
1989 Task Force to Bring Back the Don 15
1991 16
80,000 + New Residents The intensifjcation and development of new communities in the Lower Don Valley neighbourhoods will bring over 80,000 estimated new residents into the core of the city. 17
West Don Lands 18
West Don Lands/Pan Am Village 19
Corktown Common 20
Evergreen Brick Works 21
Lower Don Lands 22
Lower Don Lands 23
Lower Don Trail Access, Environment and Art Master Plan 2013 24
Lower Don Trail Access, Environment and Art Master Plan 2013 Themes Conceptual Framework Demonstration Plan y Access + Connectivity y Landscape Connectivity y 21 Potential Projects in 2 Main Categories y Environment + y Parallel Routes Habitat Restoration » Management and y Links + Loops Improvements to y Public Art + Interpretation Existing Infrastructure y Precincts + Nodes » New Infrastructure y Phased Implementation y Opportunities for Future Exploration 25
Improve the Trail 26
New River Crossings 27
New Access to Valley 28
Rethink Bayview Avenue 29
New Parks 30
Don River Charrette 2015 31
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DRVP_Case for Support TORONTO’S LARGEST URBAN PARK IS HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT Tie Don River Valley Park will be the centerpiece of Toronto’s rapidly growing downtown: a 200-hectare park spanning Pottery Road to Corktown Common. Underutilized, unsound and largely “A bold idea is in motion… inaccessible land will be transformed into a remarkable new civic space that A city-wide ravine strategy to connects neighbourhoods and new developments to parkland, brings people name the system and engage back to the river’s edge, revitalizes an ecologically degraded and fmood-prone partnerships to help restore, valley, and introduces opportunity for solitude, recreation, bicycle commuting, connect and animate the art and culture. 11,000-hectare system…that Built on a solid foundation of past community-engagement efforts, this holds the promise to defjne vision boldly looks to the future and serves as the proverbial fjrst mile of a Toronto, offer a signifjcant broader city-wide ravine revitalization strategy. Prototyping new collaborative “place making” opportunity ways of reimagining and realizing the potential of our ravines, the Don for those of us who live here River Valley Park will demonstrate what’s possible across Toronto. and to share our unique Photo: Vito Riccio natural assets with visitors from around the world.” ~ MAYOR JOHN TORY 33
Don River Valley Park 34
“Super Park” 35
Evergreen Public Art Program 36
City of Toronto Ravine Strategy 37
City of Toronto Parkland Strategy 38
TOCore: Core Circle, 2018 North: Davenport Road Bluff East: Don River Valley Ravine / Rosedale Valley Ravine West: Garrison Creek Corridor South: Toronto Islands / Toronto Bay 39
TOCore Lower Don Trail Meets River Street Segment Martin Goodman Trail Riverdale Park West Riverdale Park East Rosedale Valley Road Future Don River Broadview Valley Park Avenue Primary Lower Don Bayview Avenue Trail Re-allocate East Lane to Pedestrians and Cyclists Bayview Avenue ‘Great Street’ Trail Segment Evergreen Brickworks Trail Street 4 0
TOCore 41
Port Lands Planning Framework 42
East Harbour 43
Keating Channel Precinct 44
Villiers Island 45
Mouth of the Don Naturalization 46
Mouth of the Don Naturalization 47
Port Lands: River Park 48
Wonscotonach Parklands Naming Event / Indigenous Placemaking 49
2013 to 2019, Looking Forward. 50
Lower Don Trail Access, Environment and Art Master Plan 2013 51
Phase 1 Improvements: Completed 52
Phase 1 Improvements: Completed y Pottery Road Pedestrian Bridge y Bayview Avenue Multi-use Path (Pottery Road to Rosedale Valley Road) y Belleville Underpass y Pottery Road Trailhead y Trail Improvements 53
Phase 2 Improvements: 2019 54
Phase 2 Improvements: 2019 55
Phase 2 Improvements: 2019 y Riverdale Bridge Ramp y Dundas Staircase y Trail Improvements in the Narrows 56
Lower Don Trail Master Plan Refresh 2019 57
2019: MP Study Area 2013: Corktown Common to Pottery Road 2019: Corktown Common to the Forks of East and West Don 8.1 kilometres of Trail 2.4x size of High Park 58
2019: MP Structure Re-engaging Embracing Re-imagining Infrastructure the River Neighbourhoods y Tying trail and parkland y Opportunities to see, y The Park as a meeting experience and perhaps place for communities, improvements to future even touch the river with greater opportunity infrastructure replacement for programming y Reconsidering aging y Will include discussion of y Links and loops, parallel Indigenous programming infrastructure in the Park: trails and highlighting opportunities for reuse or y The river as the focal point ‘ravine portals’ where the redesign of the Park Park is accessed 59
2019: Projects + Implementation Five Segments from North to South y Crothers-Coxwell y The Mills y Riverdale y The Narrows y East Harbour 6 0
2019: Projects + Implementation Recommended Projects Future Engagement y 96 Individual Projects Each individual project/phase of projects will include its own engagement activities y Improvements / New Infrastructure with stakeholders and the public. » Portals » Lookouts/Rest Areas » Water Approaches » Canoe Launches » Rotating Public Art Sites 61
2019: Projects + Implementation Phased Implementation y Recently Completed (2013-2019): 18 Projects y Approved / Under Construction: 12 Projects y 1 to 5 Years: 23 Projects y 5 to 10 Years: 28 Projects y Future Consideration: 25 Projects 62
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Demonstration: Re-engaging the River Snowdrop Park 64
Demonstration: Re-engaging the River Snowdrop Park 65
Demonstration: Re-engaging the River Snowdrop Park 66
Demonstration: Re-engaging the River Snowdrop Park 67
Demonstration: Re-engaging the River Water Approaches 68
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Demonstration: Embracing Neighbourhoods Broadview Riverdale Promenade 7 0
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Demonstration: Embracing Neighbourhoods Thornclifge Ravine Portal 72
Demonstration: Embracing Neighbourhoods Thornclifge Ravine Portal 73
Demonstration: Re-imagining Infrastructure Inner Portal 74
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Demonstration: Re-imagining Infrastructure Improved Trails 76
Demonstration: Re-imagining Infrastructure Improved Crossings 77
Demonstration: Re-imagining Infrastructure Bayview Avenue as Scenic Street 78
Next Steps Phase 3: Master Plan _FINAL End of September 2019 Document Layout: Technical and Promotional October 2019 79
Questions for Clarifjcation 8 0
For More Information Contact Brendan McKee, Project Manager Parks, Forestry and Recreation | Horticulture City of Toronto Scarborough Civic Centre 150 Borough Drive Toronto, Ontario M1P 4N6 t: 416-396-4192 e: brendan.mckee@toronto.ca Website www.toronto.ca/lowerdon 81
FINI credit: Vitto Riccio 82
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