Architectural Index for Ontario


Information on Building Type: Parks

Address: 0 Bathurst Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Albany Parkette
Notes: Located behind the Bathurst Subway Station.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Annex Gleaner 1998 Dec. ?

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Address: 0 Bay Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Bay Adelaide Park
Notes: Located on a half-acre site between Richmond and Temperance Streets.


Architects: Baird Sampson Architects. (firm)
Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden (firm)
Designers: Priest, Margaret
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Review 1995 Aug. 188- 1182
Architecture Canada: the Governor General's awards 1994 n/a 118-
Canadian Architect 1990 Nov. 30-34 35 11
Canadian Architect 1992 Dec. 18-19 37 12
Globe & Mail 1993 Dec. C6 24th
Toronto Contruction News 1994 May/Jun 25-27 12 3
Toronto Life 1999 July 33
Toronto Life 1995 July 45-47
Toronto Star 1993 Dec. A3 17th
Toronto Star 1993 Dec. E1 19th

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Address: 0 Beech Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Balmy Beach Park
Notes: Formed from part of the residence of Sir Adam Wilson, 1841-1891. 1903 legislation from the East Toronto Council designated the space as a park.

Dates
Officially opened June 1904

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beach In Pictures, 1793-1932 1988 n/a 32-33

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Address: 0 Bloor Street West
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Matt Cohen Park
Notes: Formerly known as the Bloor / spadina Parkette.

Dates
Officially opened May 2002

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2002 June D3 Sun 2nd

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Address: 0 Bremner Boulevard
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Roundhouse Park
Notes: Situatued adjacent to Skydome and the CN Tower. See also: John Street Roundhouse on Bremner Blvd.

Dates
Foundation started 1995-1996?

Architects: Arcorp Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Building 1995 June 21 45 3

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Address: 0 Broadview Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Riverdale Park
Notes: Initially called the "Eastern Public Park"

Dates
Officially opened 11 Aug 1880

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Cabbagetown In Pictures 1984 n/a 19
Cabbagetown: The Story of... 1998 n/a 42
Historical Walking Tour of the Danforth 1992 n/a 12

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Address: 0 Cumberland Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Cumberland Park

Dates
Design conceived 1991
Foundation started 1992
Building completed 1993

Architects: Oleson Worland Architects (firm)
Schwartz Smith Meyer Inc. (firm)
Smith Ken
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Record 1995 July 13
Canadian Architect 1994 August 20-21 n/a
Canadian Architect 1997 Feb. 9 42 2
Financial Post Magazine 1996 June 49
Globe & Mail 2001 Aug R3 Wed 29th
Globe & Mail 1993 Nov. C12 Sat. 6th
Landscape Architecture 1993 April 66-68 n/a

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Address: 0 Dufferin Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Dufferin Grove Park


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2002 June A22 Fri 7th
Toronto Star 1999 July B1,B4 5th

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Address: 0 Front Street East
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Berczy Park

Dates
Design conceived 1973
Building completed 1983

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 30-31

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Address: 0 Front Street West
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Simcoe Place Park

Dates
Building completed 1995

Architects: Moorhead Associates (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1994 Ju;y A15 15th

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Address: 0 Grange Road
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Grange Park
Notes: SEE ALSO: The Grange at 317 Dundas Street West.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2001 Jan. B2 18th

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Address: 0 Isabella Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Norman Jewison Park

Dates
Building completed 2001

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Bloor-Annex Town Crier 2001 Sept 1
Globe & Mail 2001 Sept A23 Thur 6th

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Address: 0 King Street West
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Park at First Canadian Place

Dates
Building completed 1974

Architects: Bregman + Hamann Architects
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 20-21

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Address: 0 Kingston Road
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Small's Park / Pond

Dates
Officially opened may 1896

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beach In Pictures, 1793-1932 1988 n/a 18-19

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Address: 0 Lake Shore Boulevard East
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Greenwood Park
Notes: Bounded by Queen Street East, lakeshore Blvd., Coxwell Ave and Northern Dancer Blvd. Occupies the site of the former Greenwood Raceway.

Dates
Building completed 2000

Architects: Rosenberg Janet
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Toronto Star 2000 Oct. J1+ Sat. 21st

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Address: 0 Lawrence Avenue East
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Edwards Gardens
Notes: Civic Garden Centre's address is 777 Lawrence Avenue East.

Dates
Building completed 1963

Architects: Markson Jerome
Moriyama & Teshima (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1982 May 6 27 5
Canadian Interiors 1978 Feb. 8-9 15 2
Jerome Markson Architects 1981 n/a 38-39
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 1991 June 12 5 3
Process: Architecture 1992 n/a 120 107

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Address: 160 Ledbury Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Ledbury Park

Dates
Building completed 1997

Architects: Shim Brigitte
Sutcliffe Howard
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1999 July 22-23 44 7
Canadian Architect 1999 May 26 44 5
Globe & Mail 1999 June C20 Sat. 12th
Globe & Mail 2000 March R5 Wed. 8th

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Address: 0 Madison Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Ecology Park

Dates
Building completed 1987
Demolished 1993

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Annex Gleaner 2001 Aug. 13

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Address: 0 Queen Street East
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Kew Gardens
Notes: Initailly known as "The Canadian Kew Gardens", it was first open to the public in 1879 by Joseph Williams, whos who called his 1853 farm site "Kew Farms". The City paid him $43,200 for the property in 1907 .

Dates
Building completed 1879

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beach In Pictures, 1793-1932 1988 n/a 26
Historical Walking Tour of Kew Beach 1995 n/a 30-31
Toronto Star 2000 Dec. A21 Sun. 3rd

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Address: 0 Queen Street West
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Trinity Bellwoods Park


Architects: Brown and Storey Archts. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
AZURE 1997 May/Jun 39-42 13 112
Metro 2000 Sept. 10-11 Thur 21st

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Address: 479 Queens Quay West
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Spadina Gardens Park

Dates
Building completed 1987

Architects: Baird Sampson Architects. (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Canadian Architect 1985 Dec. 17-20 30 12
Canadian Architect 1988 May 50-51 33 5
Toronto : le nouveau Monde 1987 n/a 47

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Address: 0 Rosehill Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: David A. Balfour Park
Notes: Foremrly the Rosehill Reservoir and Park.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 27

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Address: 0 Rouge Park
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Rouge Park
Notes: Rouge Park is North America's largest natural urban park. It now stretches from the mouth of the Rouge River at Lake Ontario, north along both the Rouge River and Little Rouge Creek to Steeles Ave. and into the 'new lands', which for the most part sandwich the Little Rouge to just south of Major Mackenzie Drive.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 1999 April A11 15th
Toronto Star 1999 April E1,E5 16th
Toronto Star 1999 April B1 15th

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Address: 0 Sheppard Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Downsview Park
Notes: Created out of the former Downsview Canadian Forces Base. Involves 128 hectares of land which will be developed over 15 years at a cost of $140 million. The winning submission is entitled "Tree City".

Dates
Building completed 2000

Architects: Koolhaus Rem
Mau Bruce
Oleson Worland Architects (firm)
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Architectural Record 2000 July 28
Building 2000 Jul/Aug 17 50 3
Canadian Architect 2000 July 7 45 7
Canadian Architect 2000 Oct. 14-19 45 10
Eye Weekly 2000 July 15 6th
Globe & Mail 2000 May R6 31st
Globe & Mail 2000 May A18 Thur 25th
Globe & Mail 2002 Jan. R1,R7 Wed. 16th
Perspectives: Newsletter of the Ontario Assn of Ar 2000 Fall 22-23 8 3
Toronto Star 2000 June N7 Sat. 10th

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Address: 0 Sheppard Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Tree City
Notes: SEE: Downsview Park under a "Building Name" search.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
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Address: 0 Sherbourne Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Allan Gardens

Dates
Officially opened 1860

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario History 1995 Sept. 232++ 87 3
Toronto Star 2000 Dec. B3 11th

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Address: 0 Sherbourne Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Moss Park (Park)


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Globe & Mail 2000 May A15 Mon. 1st

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Address: 0 Simcoe Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Government House Pleasure Ground
Notes: Located at the northwest corner of Kind and simcoe Streets, 1845-1846.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario History 1999 Aut. 165+ 91 2
Toronto Normal School, 1847-1947 1947 n/a 26

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Address: 0 Spadina Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Crescent Gardens
Notes: Located on a crescent along Spadina avenue that had been leased from the Baldwin family. It was developed by nurseryman Robert Mansfield as was operated as a beer garden from 1828 to 1866.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario History 1999 Aut. 165+ 91 2

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Address: 0 Toronto Island(s)
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Penninsula Pleasure Ground
Notes: Situated next to the Pennisula Hotel from 1843 to 1858.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Ontario History 1999 Aut. 165+ 91 2

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Address: 0 Victoria Park Avenue
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Victoria Park
Notes: Formed from part of Peter Paterson's country estate called Blantyre. In operation as an amusement park from 1878 to 1906.

Dates
Officially opened June 1878

Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Beach In Pictures, 1793-1932 1988 n/a 36-37

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens
Notes: Replaced (in 1952) the original Alexander Muir Memorial Park, which was established in 1934 and was situated on a site at Lawton Boulevard and Yonge St., opposite the entrance to Mount Pleasant Cemetery.

Dates
Building completed 1952

Architects: Kay Edwin
Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park 1996 n/a 55
Historical Walking Tour of Lawrence Park 1994 n/a 12-13
Toronto Places 1992 n/a 32-35

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Address: 0 Yonge Street
Type of Building: Parks
Name of Building: Vauxhall Gardens
Notes: Operated as a adjunct to Matthew Ward's Gardener Arms Inn c1850-1860.


Journal or book Year Month Page Vol. No.
. 1999 Aut. 165+_ 91 2