2024 Volume 22 Issue 4 Pages 771-776
In recent years, urban revitalization projects involving the conversion or removal of elevated structures in urban centers have been actively undertaken. Their realization and effects take a certain amount of time to be reflected in the spatial planning of the surrounding area. In this study, using The Bentway in the City of Toronto as a case study, we analyze the impact of a project that realized the conversion of an elevated highway into a public space underneath in a short period of time by a charitable foundation on the spatial planning for the surrounding district. The analysis shows that before and after the realization of the project, the positioning of the elevated highway in spatial planning changed from a barrier to a place of potential. In addition, by engaging with organizations in the surrounding neighborhoods through various programs, the space of The Bentway project itself also changed its positioning from a hub of public space to a public laboratory.
