The West Don Lands are the site of a neighbourhood under construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The area is bordered by the Don River, King Street, Parliament Street and the rail line adjacent to the Gardiner Expressway. It is 80 hectares in size. A former industrial area, the area is being rebuilt as a mixed-use neighbourhood.
The West Don Lands during the 2015 Pan American Games
View of the West Don Lands and the Cherry Street Hotel building from Cherry Street and Front Street.
West Don Lands in 2009, prior to redevelopment
Construction at the West Don Lands from Corktown Common in 2013
The Frederick G. Gardiner Expressway, commonly known as the Gardiner Expressway or simply the Gardiner, is a partially at grade and elevated municipal expressway in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Running close to the shore of Lake Ontario, it extends from the foot of the Don Valley Parkway (DVP) in the east, just past the mouth of the Don River, to the junction of Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) in the west, for a total length of 18.0 kilometres (11.2 mi). East of Dufferin Street to just east of the Don River, the roadway is elevated for a length of 6.8 kilometres (4.2 mi), unofficially making it the longest bridge in Ontario, as it runs above Lake Shore Boulevard east of Spadina Avenue. The Gardiner Expressway is wholly owned and operated by the Province of Ontario.
The elevated section of the Gardiner Expressway looking east as it crosses Spadina Avenue, in 2022
The Gardiner Expressway at night looking west in downtown Toronto, at the westbound off-ramp to Sherborne St. and Jarvis St.
The underside of the Gardiner's elevated section, with Lake Shore Boulevard running through it
The Gardiner east of Yonge Street
