Please begin by viewing these local news announcements about the Leslie Slip Lookout Park:
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-is-getting-a-new-park-along-the-waterfront-with-a-beach-and-viewingplatform-1.5284393
https://www.blogto.com/city/2021/12/toronto-leslie-slip-lookout-park
You will then visit the site located at 12 Leslie Street in Toronto some time during the week of 27 October.
The site can be observed from various points along Leslie Street, Unwin Avenue, Commissioner’s Street and
Basin Street. You are not permitted to enter the construction site.
You will prepare a 2500-word site analysis that considers:
– The history of the site and surrounding region
– Existing ecological conditions of the site
– Socio-cultural context of the site and surrounding region
– Political priorities reflected in the planning and design ideals for the proposed park
– Potential losses and gains anticipated through redevelopment of this site
– Who is this park designed to serve? Whose interests, needs and preferences are not served?
– What are the ecological implications of the proposed park?
– What does the proposed development tell us about the relationship between ecological and
political processes?
– What is the best path forward?