No matter where you stand, Cloud Gardens offers a gorgeous green view – a perspective that is very unique in concrete Toronto.Ĭloud Gardens is a particularly unique place –not only in its design, but also its location.To me, this small but beautiful garden serves as a minder to Torontonians about how important it is to (literally) stop and smell the flowers. Its strategic location aims to remindthose caught in the hustle and bustle of Toronto's fast-paced business life about the joys outside of Toronto. In the heart of the concrete downtown core, Cloud Gardens offers tranquility and the opportunity to commune with nature that every person in Toronto should experience.2022 is all about new opportunities. Here in Toronto’s Financial District, we’re monitoring or directly involved with several initiatives set to make the downtown core more vibrant, walkable, sustainable and in demand for tourists and professionals alike. Here are just some of the projects we can’t wait for.
The City’s popular outdoor dining initiative has been made a permanent addition for Toronto’s warmer months. Not only did the project provide plentiful sidewalk dining options and animate the pedestrian realm last year, but it proved to be essential for restauranteurs struggling throughout repeated lockdowns. In 2021 almost a dozen Financial District patios expanded their outdoor space through CafeTO and we can’t wait to see who takes part in 2022.Ī brand new commuting experience at Union Station In 2021, 36 per cent of total sales came from CafeTO, a higher percentage than indoor dining, permanent patios or takeout and delivery options. Last July, the long-awaited Union Station Revitalization Project was completed.
Additions like a sleek bus concourse, enhanced PATH connections, a brand new food court and improvements to prioritize pedestrian flow were just some of the newly-unrolled elements, all of which have helped triple capacity at the transit hub.
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We’re looking forward to a more connected and convenient commuting experience in 2022, plus details about the upcoming Union Station Enhancement Project, which will include a new platform and concourse area.Ī “floating” park in the heart of the Toronto Financial Districtĭevelopers Ivanhoe Cambridge and Hines unrolled the first phase of CIBC SQUARE on Bay Street last year, immediately recognizable on the skyline thanks to its striking, geometric exterior. After a few seconds of staring blankly at him, I walked away and never looked back.As Phase 2 continues at a steady pace, the project will see one one of its most unique elements unveiled this year: The first phase of a one-acre park that will stretch across the Union Station rail corridor, supported by a steel deck crossing as it connects two of the project’s towers. One person asked me if the park is in the sky (hence the clouds). I’ve mentioned it to people and often they look at me as if I’m crazy. I never knew of its existence until I walked past one evening with a friend and stumbled upon it. The park is called The Cloud Gardens (or the less romantic “Bay Adelaide Gardens and the Cloud Forest Conservatory”) and it’s one of those hidden gems in an area of the city dominated by concrete, congestion and towers.
Yet there it is in all its beauty and calm, tucked away on Richmond Street just west of Yonge behind The Bay. I’ve lived in Toronto my whole life and up until a few years ago if you’d told me that we have a beautiful public space tucked away in our downtown core that includes a monument, multiple storeys of bridges, a conservatory, perennial trees and garden beds and two-and-a-half waterfalls I’d have called you a filthy liar. Zoomed in close as the water flows from the highest waterfall to the second one below.
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