The 2021 Annual General Meeting of the The Friends of Fort York and Garrison Common was held virtually at
Topic: Precinct
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The Bentway is proposing a heavy cycling and pedestrian bridge over Fort York Boulevard that would land only metres
Soon after moving from America to Toronto, fifty years ago, I discovered the Fort York neighbourhood. It then possessed
If you look north from the Garrison Common you can probably see it: a hulking mass looming over the
Nearly two kilometres of the Gardiner Expressway extending west of Bathurst Street is elevated on columns or structural ‘bents.’
Archaeologists sitting and leaning on the ship’s hull confer shortly after its discovery. Courtesy of Andrew Stewart. Intensive redevelopment
The first time around, York and Fort York were hit hard by the War of 1812. Happily they have
“A giant causeway, edged with huge square blocks and an immense railing leads up to a massive building with
The view from Fort York east across Bathurst Street will change substantially in the next year or two as
Good civil servants often go unheralded but Toronto is blessed with more than a few, and one of them
Garrison Creek, which was so important in first siting Fort York and defining the “founding landscape” of the town
My first glimpse of Fort York was a decidedly underwhelming one. To my young eyes, it seemed a worn-down,
This perspective sketch by architectsAlliance shows what Loblaws hopes to build on the north-east corner of Fleet and Bathurst
In collaboration The interests of The Friends of Fort York go far beyond the ramparted fort and open area
Fort York famously was isolated, in that particularly silly Toronto way where things like railway tracks create nearly insurmountable
At present Toronto has 11 Heritage Conservation Districts, including one at Fort York created originally in 1985. They are
Completed in 1935, the Armoury at Fort York in Toronto follows the traditional programme for Canada’s armouries but combines
Since 1987, the ongoing restoration program at Fort York has included extensive archaeological investigations in every part of the
If you’ve visited the Fort recently, you’ll know how quickly much of the landscape to the south keeps changing.
The much anticipated Fort York pedestrian and cycle bridge has been delayed indefinitely because of concerns about its cost.
It’s not clear whether the previous tenants had made any improvements to the property or erected any buildings. Before
Four projects that are about to begin may dramatically change the landscape beyond the fringes of Fort York. These
