Water’s Edge Promenade extension opening

The Water’s Edge Promenade at the East Bayfront Community Recreation Centre will be open to the public with the grand opening of the community centre this Saturday, September 20th!

This newest segment of the Water’s Edge Promenade completes the vision of a continuous lakeside open space along the East Bayfront, since the first section to the west opened in 2010. The extension preserves the promenade’s distinctive double row of trees, custom seating, lighting, and signature granite mosaic paving, while featuring a more naturalized approach with lush open planters interspersed with glacial erratics stones, including a large granite boulder excavated during construction. The planting design incorporates innovative biochar application to improve the soil quality and carbon sequestration of the site. 

This section is a pilot installation of the updated Waters Edge Promenade design approach, developed in collaboration with West 8, Indigenous design integration with MinoKamik Collective and planting design by Phyto Studio, to be further applied in new sections of the waters edge across Parliament Slip.