TORONTO — The concept and design have been chosen for Leslie Slip Lookout Park, which will be located on the Martin Goodman Trail at the entrance to Tommy Thompson Park in Toronto’s industrial Port Lands, the City of Toronto and CreateTO, a municipal real estate agency, recently announced.
Claude Cormier + Associés (CC+A) has been awarded the contract to design and construct the park through a design competition. The firm is well-known for designing Sugar Beach and Berczy Park in Toronto.
The park will include a public beach, distinguished by forested dunes that will create a new multi-use community destination in Toronto’s east end.
The centrepiece of Leslie Slip Lookout Park will be a 1.9 acre open space at 12 Leslie Street that will connect the public to the water’s edge with views of the entire length of the Ship Channel, indicates a release. The open space will include a 360-degree viewing platform.
A public consultation process for the project is starting this month.
“The park recycles an industrial landscape into a new recreational hub,” states the CreateTO website. “The beach and grassy dunes topography provides opportunities for ecological restoration, reforestation, and naturalization. This new destination will offer opportunities for year-round programming, including pop-up events, concerts and public art, as well as a unique lookout experience with a west-facing view of the downtown core.”
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