Railway Lands area

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The Railway Lands area is a redeveloped district in downtown Toronto known for its former rail yards, major attractions like the Rogers Centre and CN Tower, and dense mixed-use urban development.

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Label Occurrences
Railway Lands area canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf redeveloped rail yard area ⓘ
urban district ⓘ
adjacentTo Gardiner Expressway ⓘ
Lake Ontario shoreline ⓘ
Union Station (Toronto) ⓘ
characterizedBy high-density residential towers ⓘ
large entertainment venues ⓘ
mixed-use podiums ⓘ
tourist attractions ⓘ
contains CN Tower ⓘ
Metro Toronto Convention Centre vicinity ⓘ
Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada ⓘ
Rogers Centre ⓘ
Roundhouse Park ⓘ
Toronto Railway Museum (at Roundhouse Park) ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
developmentEra early 21st century ⓘ
late 20th century ⓘ
formerUse rail yards ⓘ
railway infrastructure ⓘ
hasCulturalFunction yes ⓘ
hasSportsFunction yes ⓘ
hasTourismFunction yes ⓘ
hasTransportationHeritage yes ⓘ
landUse commercial ⓘ
entertainment ⓘ
public open space ⓘ
residential ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn Toronto ⓘ
downtown Toronto ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Province of Ontario ⓘ
linked to: Ontario
near CityPlace neighbourhood ⓘ
Financial District (Toronto) ⓘ
partOf Toronto waterfront area ⓘ
linked to: Toronto Harbour
primaryCity Toronto ⓘ
redevelopmentType mixed-use development ⓘ
region Greater Toronto Area ⓘ
skylineFeature CN Tower ⓘ
sportsVenue Rogers Centre ⓘ
transportConnection GO Transit at Union Station ⓘ
linked to: GO Transit

Toronto subway Line 1 at Union Station ⓘ
linked to: Union station (TTC)

streetcar routes on Queens Quay ⓘ
urbanPlanningGoal intensification of downtown Toronto ⓘ
reuse of former industrial land ⓘ
zoning mixed-use ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Front Street West → passesThrough → Railway Lands area ⓘ