Ten outstanding design teams have been shortlisted to participate in a six-week international design competition for York Street Park and Rees Street Park. Five teams have been assigned to each park and will respond to a Request for Proposals that calls for creative designs that serve the diverse needs of local residents, office workers and visitors, and contributes to a vibrant waterfront park system.
A drawing of the new park locations. Image via Waterfront Toronto.

“Toronto’s waterfront parks are a vital part of our green space infrastructure,” said Mayor John Tory. “I look forward to seeing the creative and cutting-edge vision these teams will bring to the competition.”

More than 40 design teams from 18 cities world-wide submitted proposals during the pre-qualification stage of the competition, which launched in partnership with the City of Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation in February 2018.
The five shortlisted teams (in alphabetical order) for each park are:

York Street Park

Agency Landscape + Planning (Massachusetts) + DAVID RUBIN Land Collective (Philadelphia)
Claude Cormier et Associés (Montreal)
Hapa Collaborative (Vancouver)
PLANT Architects (Toronto) + Mandaworks (Stolkholm)
Stephen Stimson Associates Landscape Architects (Massachusetts) + MJMA (Toronto)

Rees Street Park 

PUBLIC CITY Architecture (Toronto)
SCAPE Landscape Architecture (New York)
Snøhetta (New York) + PMA Landscape Architects ...