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Railway Lands is an area in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally a large railway switching yard near the Toronto waterfront, including the CNR Spadina Roundhouse and the CPR John Roundhouse, it has since been redeveloped and today is home to mostly mixed-used development, including the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre. The lands were owned and maintained by the Canadian National Railway and later transferred to the federal crown corporation Canada Lands Company. The area is bounded by Front Street, Yonge Street, Gardiner Expressway and Bathurst Street. The western portion of the Railway Lands is now part of the CityPlace neighbourhood and the eastern portion is now called South Core.
The Railway Lands and the Union Station Rail Corridor. The Corridor is the last remaining rail connection in the area.
The Railway Lands between the Toronto waterfront and Front Street, c. 1919. The area saw a build up of rail lines from the 1850s to the 1920s.
Toronto's third Union Station nearing its completion, next to the Union Station Rail Corridor, 1927.
Construction for the CN Tower in railway lands in 1973. The area was to be redeveloped, with the GTA's rail lines centralized in nearby Vaughan. However, most of these plans were scrapped after the tower's completion.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, is a convention complex located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada along Front Street West in the former Railway Lands in downtown Toronto. The property is today owned by Oxford Properties. The centre is operated by the Metropolitan Toronto Convention Centre Corporation, an independent agency of the Government of Ontario.
Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building
North Building of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
South Building Lobby of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre
Grassland outside of the South Building