This Park is the Future of Cities

Toronto just opened Biidaasige Park, and I think it’s one of the best parks in the whole city. Although it's amazing on its own, the way Biidaasige Park is being integrated with the waterfront and the new island of Ookwemin Minising is a perfect example of what the future of cities should be doing. ➜ Patreon:   / flurfdesign   ➜ Instagram:   / flurfdesign   ➜ Twitter: https://x.com/flurfdesign ➜ TikTok:   / flurfdesign   ➜ References: Biidaasige Park: Connecting Nature and the City    • Biidaasige Park: Connecting Nature and the...   Human connection to nature has declined 60% in 200 years https://www.theguardian.com/environme... History Of the Port Lands https://portlandsto.ca/history-of-the... The History of Biidaasige Park https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/... Ashbridge's Bay https://maps.library.utoronto.ca/dvhm... Keating Channel https://maps.library.utoronto.ca/dvhm... Backgrounder: North Plug Removal – Port Lands Flood Protection https://www.waterfrontoronto.ca/sites... Mouth of Don River Naturalization https://designlifes.civmin.utoronto.c... Indigenous Placekeeping at Biidaasige Park https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/... Why is there still no LRT for the booming Waterfront East? https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/more... Gardiner Expressway & Lake Shore Boulevard East Reconfiguration https://www.toronto.ca/services-payme... ➜ Images & footage: River Don Straightening Plan, showing lands to be expropriated, 1888 https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/it... “Cheltenham Badlands” by Gary J. Wood, CC BY-SA 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/fbdti “Cheltenham Badlands, Caledon, Ontario, Canada” by Eric Astrauskas, CC BY 2.0 https://flic.kr/p/26Zbih9 Don River - Existing Conditions - Water Depth and Velocity fast    • Don River - Existing Conditions - Water De...   The Port Lands    • The Port Lands   Waterfront East LRT Extension - Overview    • Видео   ➜ Timestamps: 0:00 Biidaasige Park is AMAZING 4:16 History of the Port Lands 5:46 Creation of Ookwemin Minising 8:18 Waterfront transit 12:20 Bringing nature to the city 14:33 monkey