1REMOVING BARRIERS / MAKING CONNECTIONS

THE GREEN GARDINER

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• Current Gardiner alignment – (black line)• The Hybrid Option 3 realigns the East segment closer to the railway (blue dash) • The Hybrid’s West segment keeps the Gardiner in its present alignment (green dash)

East Of Cherry

West of Cherry

The City’s Hybid 3 Option is a positive improvement east of Cherry, but in the west segment, the blight and barrier effect of the Gardiner & railway remains.

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Hybrid Option 3 alignment

Green Gardiner/Option 3 alignment

The Green Gardiner removes the barrier by placing the Expressway over the railway between Cherry and Jarvis

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A Green Linear Park is placed on a deck over the Gardiner creating a 9-acre public green space

Green Deck

Gardiner

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View of the Linear Park built over the Expressway• The railway and Gardiner are enclosed mitigating noise & air

quality impacts through containment

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Lake Shore Boulevard is ‘released’ to become a Grand Urban Street• Lined with mixed-use buildings on both sides • Bump-up of property values on the south side of Lake Shore by removing the

blighting influence of both the Gardiner and the Railway

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View of the Green Gardiner looking South• 11 acres of City Land released for development• 15 acres of Metrolinx air rights released for development• 10,000 housing units including 2,500 units of affordable housing• 9 acres of new public parkland

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Phasing Scenario: Today’s Configuration

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Phase 1 • A 2-level deck is built over the south segment of the

rail corridor• The existing Gardiner remains operational during

construction of the replacement deck• Traffic disruption is minimized during construction

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Phase 2• Gardiner traffic shifts over to the new structure• The old expressway is demolished• Additional Metrolinx railway tracks are built

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Phase 3• A new neighbourhood is built on the 26 acres of combined

City/Metrolinx land & air rights parcels• Lake Shore Boulevard is rebuilt

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Green Gardiner Summary

• The ‘Barrier’ is removed – replaced with a new mixed-use community and parkland

• Cost: to build Green Gardiner = $790 million• Income: Land & air rights land value = $1 billion• $135 million in development charges to City• Annual tax revenues of $85 million to City

• Plan for the Future: Requires a coordinated planning process with the City and Metrolinx

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Green Gardiner Summary

• 14.6 million sq. ft. of mixed-use development• 9-acres of new public park land • 10,000 housing units including 2,500 affordable housing• Lake Shore Boulevard becomes a Grand Urban Street• Mitigation of railway and Gardiner noise & air quality through

containment• Minimal traffic disruption during construction

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Sectional Perspective

New York: Hudson Yards

REMOVING BARRIERS PRECEDENTS: Rail Yard Air Rights

New York: Manhattan West

Chicago Millennium Park Toronto: 141 Bay Street

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Senal Perspective

REMOVING BARRIERS PRECEDENTS: Highway Air Rights

Boston: Rose Kennedy Park

Madrid: Rio

Dallas: Klyde Warren Park

Toronto: Green Ribbon Proposal