Bentway Staging Grounds
Mon, Sep 18
|Toronto
Bentway Staging Grounds is a new type of infrastructure that blends art and environment, public space and experimentation, repositioning the Gardiner as a site of regeneration. A network of ramps and elevated walkways invites you to travel deep into the space.
Time & Location
Sep 18, 2023, 10:30 a.m. – Sep 19, 2023, 12:00 p.m.
Toronto, Dan Leckie Way, Toronto, ON M5V, Canada
About the event
Be the first to see Bentway Staging Grounds, a temporary public space under the Gardiner Expressway!
Discover the neighbourhood’s new experimental gardens, leveraging rainwater run-off from the highway above to feed flowering plant species below. How can the Expressway work in collaboration with urban nature?
Bentway Staging Grounds is a new type of infrastructure that blends art and environment, public space and experimentation, repositioning the Gardiner as a site of regeneration. A network of ramps and elevated walkways invites you to travel deep into the space.
It’s also the first chance to see Logan MacDonald’s Fountain Monumental, an artwork presented on 20-foot-tall scaffolding and produced in collaboration with AI to re-imagine the original shoreline of Lake Ontario, which traced the same path as the Gardiner Expressway today.
Meet the design team, chat with native plant experts, and mingle with Bentway staff and local community residents at the public opening of…