Harbourfront

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With Harbourfront , the area of the former harbor is Toronto designated that is redesigned with the aim since the 1980s, the city on the Lake Ontario introduce. Until then, there were railway systems, storage areas and transshipment points in the area and the lakeshore was not accessible. Today the Harbourfront in the Old Toronto district is a coveted district , mostly built with residential high-rise buildings. The redesigned port area extends around 1.5 kilometers in an east-west direction between Gardiner Expressway or Lakeshore Boulevard and the lakeshore opposite the Toronto Islands . It is bounded to the east by Bathurst Street; to the west the neighborhood extends to Yonge Street . The main traffic axis is Queen's Quay. The renovated storage sheds contain restaurants and cultural institutions; the quays have been combined to form a popular promenade and serve as marinas. The Queen's Quay ferry terminal, from which you can get to the Toronto Islands, is located in a former warehouse.


Coordinates: 43 ° 38 ′ 16.8 ″  N , 79 ° 23 ′ 6 ″  W.