The World Urban Pavilion in Regent Park
A spotlight on the Regent Park Revitalization, celebrating the successes locally and globally. The arrival on Thursday, April 21st, 2022, of the United Nations World Urban Pavilion in Regent Park, locates the Regent Park Revitalization on a global stage. More than twenty-five years in the making, the transformation from an area known only for being Canada's largest social housing complex, to listing as of “Toronto's Top Neighbourhoods,” (Macleans Magazine) is still another tens from being completed. Nonetheless, the bold experiment of combining social housing with market value housing has for the-most-part paid off. But it is not only this mix of public and private-sector funding that has worked, but it is also the input from residents groups that has had an equally significant impact. In recognition of these successes, the United Nations Habitat and UrbanEconomy Forum have partnered with Daniels Corporation (one of the development partners of Regent Park) and Canada M