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All new playground equipment running East, West – North Side of Park. Trees and bushes being planted. Construction of the Greenhouse started. Very exciting!
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NEW Regent Park… Coming Soon
Lots of activity at the New Regent Park. Construction is underway. The architectural drawing from 1937, depicts a park bounded by Dundas St. E., Sackville St., Oak St., and Sumach St., Toronto. This area situates the NEW Regent Park within … Continue reading
14 Blevins Place… Heritage or Not?
Click to access it029.pdf From the Toronto Staff Report, November 9, 2004 To: Toronto Preservation Board Subject: 14 Blevins Place (Dickinson Tower) – Inclusion on the City of Toronto Inventory of Heritage Properties Reasons for Listing: The property at … Continue reading
Winter Walk Through Regent Park
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Walking into the cold wind, fresh from a swim in the new aquatic centre, I trudge through the snow covered streets exploring the new construction. The field at the back of Nelson Mandela Park School, [where I once stood photographing … Continue reading
A Collection of Regent Park’s History
Jane’s Walk: A Second Look at Regent Park The installation What Was, What Is, historically documents the transformation of Regent Park. Over one hundred images, affixed to the fences surrounding the construction, are records of the changing urban landscape. These … Continue reading
BETWEEN TWO TREES
The changing landscape; two Dickinson Apartments demolished, Mural gone, Peace Garden gone, most of the playscape gone, waterscape gone, road cutting through, Paintbox and Regent Park Arts and Cultural Centre rising.
A STREET RUNS THROUGH
In keeping with the “Garden City” type of planning by the architects who designed Regent Park in the 1950’s, its inward facing design separated the residents from the city grid. The “Garden City”, once a focal point of the five … Continue reading
LEFT BEHIND
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As I wander through the empty spaces of Regent Park, I wonder about the relocated families and where they are living now. Some of the residents are in the new townhouses I see the smiling children, faces pressed against the … Continue reading
Regent Park, Toronto 