DTAH part of team working on Gardiner Expressway Section 5 Realignment: Cherry Street to DVP

The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway has long served as a vital transportation artery across downtown Toronto. Building on the Gardiner East Environmental Assessment outcomes, DTAH​, along with partners GFT and LEA Consulting, was the successful proponent of the competitive procurement to develop the detailed design for the Gardiner and Lake Shore Boulevard East (LSBE) realignment between Cherry Street and the Don Valley Parkway (DVP). 

DTAH is the lead landscape architect as well as the bridge aesthetics advisor. We will guide the design of the LSBE public realm as well as a new open space — one that will link the Lower Don Trail to the rest of the waterfront and integrate place-keeping and placemaking through engagement with Indigenous communities and the public. Drawing on our deep knowledge of Toronto’s waterfront, the project will create an inviting, resilient, and connected new landscape that responds to the existing and historical context of the site.