Grand plans for the creation of a new mini-city for Google's parent company, Alphabet, emerged back in 2017. Only last year, the company signed an agreement with the urban planning firm Sidewalk Toronto, creating the Sidewalk Labs project. As part of the project, careful planning and the development of various solutions were carried out, which were reflected in a 1,500-page description of the city plan. Initially, Alphabet planned that the new and innovative district could occupy 140 hectares. In this city, all skyscrapers were to be built from wood and robotic equipment would be widely used. However, the responsible government agency, Waterfront Toronto, recently decided unanimously on a significant reduction of the project – under the new plans, the city would occupy only five hectares. The New York Times reports that the majority of local residents did not support these ambitious plans specifically due to privacy concerns – the company had planned to collect data from local residents for its smart city initiatives.