A bigger Biidaasige Park is another waterfront triumph for Toronto
The 40-metre-tall crane, installed in 1961, was a tool of Toronto’s working waterfront. Now the structure presides over a landscape where city-dwellers and nature come together. On Friday you could stand by the crane in a copse of poplars, in a newly opened four-hectare section of the waterfront Biidaasige Park.
- ▪The 40-metre-tall crane, installed in 1961, was a tool of Toronto’s working waterfront.
- ▪Now the structure presides over a landscape where city-dwellers and nature come together.
- ▪On Friday you could stand by the crane in a copse of poplars, in a newly opened four-hectare section of the waterfront Biidaasige Park.
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Open this photo in gallery:The Toronto skyline is seen on the opening day of the western section of Biidaasige Park in Toronto's Port Lands on Friday.Sammy Kogan/The Globe and MailShareSave for laterPlease log in to bookmark this story.Log InCreate Free AccountThe Atlas Crane was never meant to grab attention; it was meant to grab cargo. The 40-metre-tall crane, installed in 1961, was a tool of Toronto’s working waterfront. Now the structure presides over a landscape where city-dwellers and nature come together. On Friday you could stand by the crane in a copse of poplars, in a newly opened four-hectare section of the waterfront Biidaasige Park. This is another step in the billion-dollar remaking of Toronto’s old port lands.
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