The Bentway park opens under Toronto's Gardiner Expressway
Toronto firms Public Work and Greenberg Consultants have completed a new park underneath the city's Gardiner Expressway, to provide "a vital artery for pedestrians and cyclists".
The first phase of The Bentway ? a new park and path planned to span 1.75 kilometres (one mile) underneath the elevated freeway ? wrapped up in August 2018.
First revealed in 2015, the proposal is the brainchild of Public Work ? which served as the design lead and landscape architect ? and design advisor Greenberg Consultants.
The two firms aimed to create various outdoor areas for year-round activities and events in the under-utilised space.
New facilities are protected from the elements by the existing infrastructure above, and separated by concrete pillars that support the highway. "Public Work's starting point for the design was the Gardiner [Expressway's] series of supportive concrete columns called 'bents', that can either function together or on their own to offer spaces for a diverse range of programming and events," said a statement.
"The expressway provides a canopy at varying heights from intimate to a majestic 15 metres high, with the bents offering structural support for clamps, cables, power and lighting."
The recently completed portion of The Bentway stretches from Strachan Avenue to Bathurst Street, and runs across seven different neighbourhoods in the city. The firms said it will provide "a vital artery for pedestrians and cyclists".
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