Toronto Parks

[King of Kensington]

It's dead pretty.

 

[Tewder]

I've been dying to go to that one (wacka wacka)!

 

[W. K. Lis]

Victoria Square Memorial Park. (the corner of Portland and Wellington West (just east of Bathurst), contains within its boundaries the oldest surviving European burying ground in historic Toronto.

From link.

It was a cemetery that turned into a park.

 

[King of Kensington]

I've spent a lot of this fall discovering our city's great park and ravine system. Didn't know there were groups doing this across the province.

http://www.thestar.com/life/health_...re_an_antidote_to_anxiety_and_depression.html

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

From link.

It was a cemetery that turned into a park.

Ditto St. James Park. Gawd know what they'd find if the city do decide to revitalize the park.

http://torontoist.com/2011/11/the-battles-at-st-james/

AoD

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Most of the bodies are under the Cathedral parking lot and between it and the Cathedral, supposedly.

 

[King of Kensington]

Popular Science on Corktown Common:

http://bestofwhatsnew.popsci.com/corktown-common

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Corktown Common is an amazing space, I always take friends and family that are down visiting there.

It will be awesome to see more people moving into Corktown and using it.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Very cool, I like the design. But as soon as you said it involved the demo of Metro Hall, I wrote it off.

New park spaces are better targeted at areas where buildings are older and in need of revitalization (see Regent Park in the Regent Park neighbourhood). Metro Hall has too much value in terms of office space, especially in a time where downtown is experiencing a 'Manhattanization' and land is becoming increasingly scarce and valuable.

I'd support your park if it were in a beat-up location. Sorry to rain on your parade.

 

[Tewder]

The pics below were posted in the Aura thread. They remind me how great the potential for Allen Gardens is, and so under-realized! With some improvements it could easily be Toronto's version of Montreal's Square St. Louis... and even better really given the victorian built form here. Sigh, what could be!

Allan Gardens by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Allan Gardens by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Allan Gardens by Marcanadian, on Flickr

Allan Gardens by Marcanadian, on Flickr

 

[freshcutgrass]

The pics below were posted in the Aura thread. They remind me how great the potential for Allen Gardens is, and so under-realized! With some improvements it could easily be Toronto's version of Montreal's Square St. Louis... and even better really given the victorian built form here. Sigh, what could be!

Allan Gardens is well used...by dogs, pigeons and various other riff raff (off-leash areas are the bane of parks...the city should charge every dog-owner in the city $1000 per year per dog).

That's what happens when you ghettoize an entire section of the city. Allan Gardens used to be the epicentre of the wealthiest neighbourhood in the city. Things are slowly improving at least.

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Allan Gardens is well used...by dogs, pigeons and various other riff raff (off-leash areas are the bane of parks...the city should charge every dog-owner in the city $1000 per year per dog).

That's what happens when you ghettoize an entire section of the city. Allan Gardens used to be the epicentre of the wealthiest neighbourhood in the city. Things are slowly improving at least.

How much space does the dog park in Allan Gardens take up?

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Less than the glass houses. And they are fenced in.

 

[Tewder]

why not create a park for the pooches and then restore this heritage gem?

 

[freshcutgrass]

Less than the glass houses. And they are fenced in.

A big fenced-in patch of dirt.

It's very beautiful...someone should paint a picture of it.