# Leslie Lookout Park

By [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com) · 2024-09-30

architecture, biking, ccxa, claude-cormier, createto, design, landscape-architecture, leslie-lookout-park, planning, public-park, public-space, urbanism, waterfront-toronto

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This morning I rode out to Toronto's new [Leslie Lookout Park](https://createto.ca/projects/leslie-lookout-park), which opened two weeks ago. I came down Cherry Street, crossing the new north bridge, and then I went all along Commissioners Street, crossing its new bridge.

It's great to see the Port Lands area continue to develop. Every time I'm down there, it feels more and more real -- like an extension of the city. Now we just need to start developing _within_ the blocks.

If you find yourself at Leslie Lookout, make sure you locate Claude Cormier's heart up in the tower. Claude's firm [CCxA](https://ccxa.ca/en/projects/leslie-lookout-park/) was the landscape architect behind the project; but sadly, [he passed away last year](https://brandondonnelly.com/2023/09/15/claude-cormier-1960-2023/).

Exactly 1 year before the opening of this park.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/9214a3b92a7168175a47547a2db73f81.jpg)

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/3589a98701c8aaa2c16e81210df75b40.jpg)

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*Originally published on [Brandon Donnelly](https://brandondonnelly.com/leslie-lookout-park)*