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Railway Lands
Railway Lands
is an area in
Downtown
Toronto
,
Ontario
,
Canada
. The former Railway Lands was a large railway switching yard near the
Toronto waterfront
, including the
CNR Spadina Roundhouse
and the
CPR John Roundhouse
, but has since been redeveloped and today is home to mostly mixed-used development, including the
CN Tower
and the
Rogers Centre
. The lands were owned and maintained by the
Canadian National Railway
and later transferred to the federal crown corporation
Canada Lands Company
. The area is bounded by
Front Street
,
Yonge Street
,
Gardiner Expressway
and
Bathurst Street
. The western portion of the Railway Lands is now part of the
CityPlace
neighbourhood and the eastern portion is now called
South Core
.
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