Have you ever heard of a 999-year lease of a public park to a school in the City of Toronto before? Apparently nobody has. That is one reason many residents wrote to Mayor Tory and city councillors before the May 5 council meeting asking that the motion to lease Pantry Park to the Toronto District […]
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Letters to the Editor for May 5, 2015
On farmers’ markets and Kew Gardens RE: No Farmers’ Market for Kew, March 24: I would like to clarify some information concerning the Boardwalk Café lease and a potential farmers’ market stated in a March 24 opinion piece. Yes, the city solicitor was involved in the Tuggs/Boardwalk Café debate, however it was the parks department […]
Garden planned for Ashbridges Bay Park
It was a grey cold day in April, and it came with a surprise snowfall. Even so, when they met a Master Gardener to map out the Beach Community Edible Garden, Joyce McLean and Adele Gendron could see good things growing at Ashbridges Bay Park. Both volunteer with Friends of the Beach Parks, a three-year-old […]
Council to vote on Kew Beach lease of Pantry Park
It may be smaller than Ted Reeve’s pantry, but leasing Pantry Park is a big deal for Kew Beach Junior Public School. On May 5, Toronto city council will vote on a 999-year lease that allows Kew Beach to use the track and field at Pantry Park as part of its school yard. In exchange, […]
A jewel of a park built on landfill
Returning from a bike ride on a warm and sunny Sunday in September, I braked to a sudden stop and looked down. A small green spotted frog sat enjoying the radiating warmth of the asphalt path. I turned my front wheel to shield it from oncoming cyclists until it hopped to the safety of the […]
Leash law to see boost in enforcement
Dog owners who let Rover off-leash outside the 63 off-leash areas in Toronto parks this summer may get a reminder of up to $360. Bylaw officers and local police are teaming up to better enforce leash rules after a spike in complaints. In the last six months, city staff have received over 400 complaints about […]
Cold weather a blessing for volunteer rink builders
Ice can freeze the Beach to a standstill when it piles on tree limbs and streetcar lines. But when volunteers build it into rinks, the neighbourhood soars. Ice makers are busy in parks from Fairmount, Orchard and East Lynn to Glen Stewart, Love Crescent and, for the first time in many years, in Norwood. “We’re […]
Fire code shuts cottage to public
In 1902, when Kew Williams built a cottage for his wife in present-day Kew Gardens, the newlyweds didn’t plan to have a lot of company. More than 100 years later, what became Kew Gardener’s Cottage remains a park highlight, but its quaint design is now a problem for the many groups that use it for […]
Change coming to Kew Gardens
The north face of Kew Gardens is getting a makeover. Landscape architects had until Monday to bid on a $400,000 to $500,000 project that aims to improve the first 25 metres of land south of Queen Street East. In their request for proposals, city staff noted that Kew Gardens is a well-established and popular park […]
Trashy art illustrates garbage woes
Painter Elizabeth Berry has a keen eye for the colours of Woodbine Beach – she walks to it nearly every morning from her home on Neville Park Boulevard. But last week, walking the same shore where she once painted clean white surf and azure skies, the sight of a gull grubbing in a pile of […]
