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Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside Project: a new urban social contract?

What is Sidewalk Labs really trying to achieve with the Quayside project? How can the public actor ensure that citizens’ interests are safeguarded at every step of the project? Finally, what is the nature of the new urban social contract proposed by Sidewalk Labs?

Cécile Maisonneuve (president, La Fabrique de la Cité) and Kristina Verner (Vice-President, Waterfront Toronto) respond.

Sidewalk Labs’ Quayside Project: a new urban social contract?

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La Fabrique de la Cité is a think tank dedicated to urban foresight, created by the VINCI group, its sponsor, in 2010. La Fabrique de la Cité acts as a forum where urban stakeholders, whether French or international, collaborate to bring forth new ways of building and rebuilding cities.

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