Category Archives: parks

Improvements coming to Riverdale Park East

The city is planning to make improvements to the North end of Riverdale Park East. The clubhouse, ice rink and refrigeration system will be refurbished and the paths through the…

Upcoming Community Meetings

February 12th, 7-9pm – Planning Matters Open House Join Councillor Paula Fletcher for a planning open house at the Ralph Thornton Centre at 765 Queen St E. Topics covered include…

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This week: Ward 30 Bikes, Uber-SWAP and Withrow Park Skating Party

The weather may be cold but there’s still lots going on in the neighbourhood this week! February 3, 7pm – Ward 30 Bikes meeting On Tuesday February 3 the Ward…

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New Ping Pong Table at Withrow Park

An outdoor ping pong table has been installed in Withrow Park! These concrete tables have been popping up in parks across the city over the past couple years and we…

Stone Soup at Withrow Park

Stone Soup is an old folk tale about a hungry traveller who boils a stone in a pot of water to create stone soup. Curious onlookers come by and are…

Dusk Dances - Incandescent

Dusk Dances at Withrow Park August 4-10

Dusk Dances is an outdoor dance festival that takes place in public parks. Different dances are performed around the park at dusk. There are also dance workshops and live music…

Lower Don Trail to be Pilot Project for city Wayfinding Project

Wayfinding involves everything related to how people orient themselves in a space and navigate from place to place. Signs and maps are the obvious aids to wayfinding, but it can…

Warm Night in Withrow Park

Tuesday was a warm day reaching a high of 30° Celsius and Withrow park was as active as ever. There were people out playing baseball, ball hockey, soccer and tennis,…

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Spring Cleaning

Spring must be here! City of Toronto workers were deployed to Withrow Park this morning to clean up the mess left behind by the winter. Sticks and limbs still littered…

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