More on Sugar Beach from the January Waterfront Toronto newsletter:
Construction Ahead of Schedule at Canada's Sugar Beach
Work continues to progress ahead of schedule at Canada’s Sugar Beach where crews have begun installing the park’s large, signature rock outcroppings. In addition to the bright pink umbrellas sprinkled along the beach, the park’s design calls for two oversized, granite rock formations — one located on the beach and the second in the park’s plaza space next to Corus Quay. The rocks, which will feature candy-coloured stripes made of a flexible and durable thermoplastic, will add to the whimsical feel of the park.
The granite rocks were selected from a quarry in northern Quebec last fall by Waterfront Toronto and the park’s design team Claude Cormier Architectes Payagistes. The granite was then sliced into 1.5 metre-wide pieces using an industrial strength saw, categorized and trucked to the park site. Much like putting together a jigsaw puzzle, crews used a 165-tonne crane to assemble the rock outcropping piece by piece on site. The granite outcropping at the beach is over six metres long and wide, and about one metre high. The second rock outcropping at the plaza, which will be installed early next month, is more than double the size of the rock at the beach.
Canada’s Sugar Beach, located at the foot of Lower Jarvis Street adjacent to the Redpath Sugar Factory, is on track to open this June.