West Don Lands

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The West Don Lands are the site of a planned neighbourhood under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area is bordered by the Don River, King Street, Parliament Street and the rail line adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway.

According to WATERFRONToronto, plans for the area include nearly 6,000 new residential spaces with twenty percent being allocated as 'affordable' or 'subsidized' housing.

As of summer 2007, the area is known almost exclusively for its proximity to the Distillery District. Redevelopment plans include extensive integration with Toronto transit routes and 23 acres of public greenspace. The new Don River Park is likely to be the recreational core of the West Don Lands, linking the Don Valley Discovery Walk to a new Toronto waterfront. The location is crucial to providing improved non-vehicular access throughout the city to hundreds of thousands of pedestrians, cyclists, inline skaters and mobility scooter users.

[edit] See also

• Waterfront Trail
• Portlands
• St. Lawrence Market
• Leslieville
• The Beaches

[edit] External links

• WATERFRONToronto Federal, provincial and local partnership encouraging progressive and sustainable development of the Toronto waterfront.
• The Toronto Public Space Committee
• Toronto Waterfront - The Waterfront Trail (Google Maps) (2007). Retrieved on 2007-07-13.