{"id":101185,"date":"2022-05-31T00:03:19","date_gmt":"2022-05-31T04:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=101185"},"modified":"2022-06-17T00:11:30","modified_gmt":"2022-06-17T04:11:30","slug":"doors-open-presents-virtual-waterfront-revitalization-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/doors-open-presents-virtual-waterfront-revitalization-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Doors Open presents virtual waterfront revitalization tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Toronto\u2019s waterfront revitalization was on display in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=HsBm5994ccM\">virtual tour<\/a> during Doors Open this month.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Portlands sections, which remain under heavy construction, were shown to the public virtually of the areas that will be part of the city\u2019s future plans.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Live action shots and maps were part of the presentation showing what potential developments may begin in the area.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Senior director of the development Julius Gombos guided the virtual tour.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 2000, the city has invested about $1.5 billion in the revitalization of the waterfront.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">According to the city of Toronto of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/city-government\/planning-development\/waterfront\/waterfront-secretariat-overview\/\"> website<\/a>, this is the largest redevelopment project underway in North America.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since 2001, the project has generated more than 16,000 jobs, and generated more than $600 million in tax revenue.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its development goals include preventing flooding into the cityside, creating more affordable housing and helping create more environmentally friendly community spaces.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.toronto.ca\/explore-enjoy\/festivals-events\/doors-open-toronto\/\">Doors Open<\/a> returned for the first time in three years due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For a weekend, the event allows residents to explore all of Toronto\u2019s historical sites and buildings.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, there are series of in-person and virtual events for residents.<\/p>\n<p><em>Listen to CJRU's coverage of the virtual tour here:<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toronto\u2019s waterfront revitalization was on display in a virtual tour during Doors Open this month.\u00a0 The Portlands sections, which remain under heavy construction, were shown to the public virtually of the areas that will be part of the city\u2019s future plans.\u00a0 Live action shots and maps were part of the presentation showing what potential developments&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":101189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[217,57],"tags":[15737,4569,15736],"radio":[1380],"origine":[267,269,273],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101192,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101185\/revisions\/101192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/101189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101185"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=101185"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=101185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}