Ingelevics, Vid, 1952- author, photographer.

How to build a river : Toronto Port Lands and the journey to climate resiliency / Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker.

Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : Aevo UTP, an imprint of University of Toronto Press, 2026.

320 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"How to Build a River, through photographs and incisive, contextualizing essays, ventures behind the construction hoardings of the Port Lands Flood Protection project to reveal the transformation of hundreds of acres of polluted brownfields into a new public park, a new river and a site for future housing. Awarded to photographers Vid Ingelevics and Ryan Walker in 2019, the commission resulted in an illuminating series of photographs that explore key themes and historical contexts of this legacy-building endeavour. Central to this project was the construction of a new wider, naturalized mouth for the Don River as well as a new public park on this former brownfield site. Additionally, the photographs explore the necessary demolition of many existing industrial buildings, the involvement of First Nations, the excavation of the new river valley and the complex bio-engineering techniques involved, archeological discoveries during the excavation, the re-naturalization of the site and, most recently, the opening of a significant section of Biidaasige Park to the public in July 2025. The photographs and accompanying essays invite readers to look closely at how cities can be reimagined in response to a changing climate. They reveal the social, historical, and environmental stories behind this landmark transformation of Toronto’s waterfront and contemplate the importance of documenting publicly funded projects of this scale."-- Provided by publisher.

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Ingelevics, Vid, 1952-
Waterfronts Ontario Toronto Planning.
Harbors Ontario Toronto Planning.
Flood control Ontario Toronto.
Flood damage prevention Ontario Toronto.
Environmental impact analysis Ontario Toronto.
Fronts d'eau Ontario Toronto Planification.
Ports Ontario Toronto Planification.
Inondations Maîtrise Ontario Toronto.
Dommages causés par les inondations Prévention Ontario Toronto.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / City Planning & Urban Development.
Documentary photography
Flood control
Urban renewal
Don River (Ont.)
Don River (Ont.) Pictorial works.
Don, Rivière (Ont.)
Don, Rivière (Ont.) Ouvrages illustrés.
Ontario

Pictorial works.

Walker, Ryan (Photographer), author, photographer.

Location: Library main 326588
Call No.: 326588
Copy: 1
Status: Available