When Waterfront Toronto issued an RFP in 2017 for the L-shaped 12-acre site at the Parliament Slip, the opportunity presented itself to put this challenge to the test. Rather than seeking a developer in the traditional way, Waterfront Toronto was seeking an “innovation partner.” Sidewalk Labs was chosen because it had been doing ruly integrated, human-centred thinking around these issues. The goal was to come up with a model that Waterfront Toronto, the City of Toronto and Sidewalk Labs would find worthy to continue through multiple partnerships that could have broad benefits for the city at large and indeed cities beyond Toronto. Sidewalk Labs and Waterfront Toronto have given assurances security and privacy protection will be baked into the new infrastructure. Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, the author of Toronto Reborn, and is an adviser to Sidewalk Labs.

Source: thestar July 03, 2019 10:02 UTC