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by Christopher McKinnon Beginning in March, Torontonians engaged in a city-wide brainstorming session to come up with possible names for this new public space. A jury representing some of Toronto’s most creative, engaged, and diverse citizens reviewed 884 suggestions and shortlisted four names for public voting. The first round of voting narrowed the field from four names to just two. Those two names then met head-to-head in a fourday runoff vote when 1333 votes were cast. ‘The Bentway’ had 845 votes, while the ‘Artery’ had 488. The winning name celebrates “the bents”, the column-and-beam structures that frame the space under the Gardiner Expressway. On June 6,
Project: Under Gardiner officially announced the winner of the #ReclaimTheName campaign: The Bentway. Read more about the announcement. Meanwhile, the design team has continued to advance toward detailed design. A number of new drawings and renderings of the landscape and architectural features were presented at a public meeting on May 31 and are shared below. View the full presentation. Christopher McKinnon is manager of digital and social media, Waterfront Toronto.
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