Bathurst Quay Condos and Real Estate Toronto

In a park near the waterfront in Dublin stands a set of bronze sculptures, commemorating the million of Ireland’s poor who left Dublin docks for a better life across the ocean during The Great Famine.

In Ireland Park, in the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood, a matching set of bronzes by the same sculptor commemorates the immigrants’ arrival — and one of Toronto’s worst human tragedies.

In the summer of 1847, more than 38,000 Irish immigrants landed at the harbour front of a city of 20,000. The ships that brought them over the Atlantic were well named “coffin ships”. Packed into cramped quarters for six weeks, drinking fouled water, many came ashore suffering from cholera or typhus, and 1100 of them would see no more of Canada than the Fever Shed, set back a little from the lake near present day Bathurst and Front streets. They were buried together at Power and Queen Streets, in a mass grave.

In poignant counterpoint, the other historic landmark of Bathurst Quay neighbourhood is an iconic symbol of Canada’s prosperity and plenty. At the southeast corner of Bathurst Quay, beside the waters of the Portland Street Slip, The Canada Malting Silos that once held rich grain harvests seem an ironic symbol of the immigrants’ dream.

Portland Street Slip divides Bathurst Quay from the rest of Harbourfront neighbourhood and has its own historical interest. Garrison Creek, one of the Toronto’s “lost rivers” was channeled into storm sewers in the early 1900s and now flows into the north west corner of the Slip. Today, water taxis have replaced the great grain carriers in the Slip.

Bathurst Quay neighbourhood forms the western end on the Inner Harbour, encompassing the area from Stadium Road to Dan Leckie Way, and from Lake Shore Boulevard south to Lake Ontario. The Harbourfront Community Centre is here, and the Waterfront Public School.

This is condo country, with handsome modern buildings, and prices ranging from $190,000 to $300,000 for a one bedroom... $275,000K to $600,000 for a two-bedroom... and up to $1.5-million for a 2+1 or a penthouse.

Bathurst Quay’s western location ensures it is a quieter part of Harbourfront, yet with easy access to all that Harbourfront has to offer in shopping, the arts, cultural activities, concerts and green space leisure. For residents, the Bathurst Quay neighbourhood offers an enriched lifestyle on the waterfront at the foot of the city.

Limited supply and high demand have proven Bathurst Quay to be a stable, long-term choice for investors and home-owners alike.

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