Sidewalk Labs in Toronto is cancelled
The Quayside project developed for the Toronto waterfront by Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Labs has been officially called off. In a Medium post announcing the death of the project, Sidewalk Labs CEO Daniel L. Doctoroff writes that the economic collapse that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic has made the controversial $1.3 billion plan to reprogram a portion of Toronto's post-industrial waterfront into a new smart city prototype no longer viable. Previously on Archinect: "Mass timber and high-tech meet in Sidewalk Labs' vision for Toronto." View of the Sidewalk Labs plan for its now-cancelled Toronto smart city project. Image courtesy of Picture Plane for Heatherwick Studio.In the announcement, Doctoroff writes, "For the last two-and-a-half years, we have been passionate about making Quayside happen — indeed, we have invested time, people, and resources in Toronto, including opening a 30-person office on the waterfront. But as unprecedented economic uncertainty has set in around th...
The Quayside project developed for the Toronto waterfront by Alphabet-backed Sidewalk Labs has been officially called off.
In a Medium post announcing the death of the project, Sidewalk Labs CEO Daniel L. Doctoroff writes that the economic collapse that has resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic has made the controversial $1.3 billion plan to reprogram a portion of Toronto's post-industrial waterfront into a new smart city prototype no longer viable.
In the announcement, Doctoroff writes, "For the last two-and-a-half years, we have been passionate about making Quayside happen — indeed, we have invested time, people, and resources in Toronto, including opening a 30-person office on the waterfront. But as unprecedented economic uncertainty has set in around th...
