Progress reinvigorating Toronto's waterfront hasn't been fast, but Susan Griffith, a writer for the UK's
Independent newspaper, seems impressed by what's taking shape.
"Over the past 20 years, the city fathers have been imaginatively transforming the concrete piers, abandoned silos and crumbling warehouses of the industrial waterfront into welcoming public spaces."
Offering a tour starting at the Toronto Music Garden, Griffith suggests heading east.
"Within 10 or 15 minutes the sign for the unlovely Redpath Sugar Refinery will come into view, hiding an unexpected urban treat. This is the third summer that a load of sand has transformed a carpark into Canada's Sugar Beach, featuring 150 white slatted Muskoka chairs under pink umbrellas, where Torontonians come to picnic and sunbathe. Swimming is not permitted but you can cool off in the fountains that shoot out of the pavement."
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Original source: The Independent