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Alphabet will build a futuristic city within the city of Toronto

October 18, 2017

Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs will develop a futuristic, billion-dollar community along a sizable swathe of Toronto’s waterfront.

On Wednesday, the City of Toronto and Sidewalk Labs  — which is the urban innovation arm of Google’s parent company Alphabet — announced a partnership to radically re-imagine 800 acres of the city’s largely vacant, post-industrial Eastern Waterfront, and turn it into a tech-integrated neighborhood called Quayside. 

Sidewalk Labs released a 196-page document brimming with the company’s extensive ideas, including high-speed ferries, parks that can be adapted to the seasons, and robotic waste removal vehicles. Read more…

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Source: Mashable | Alphabet will build a futuristic city within the city of Toronto

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