Full Description
A full-colour guide to dozens of unique outdoor spaces that highlight Toronto as a sustainable, liveable city.
Toronto is rich in public spaces — deeply incised ravines, lively neighbourhoods, lush gardens and parks, iconic bridges, even repurposed industrial silos and undercrofts of elevated highways. Urban aficionados Ken and Eti Greenberg have combed the city on foot and by tandem bike discovering some of Toronto's best outdoor public spaces.
In Exploring Toronto, they have gathered twenty-eight of their favourite spots, each offering something unique — a flash of ingenious design, a surprise vantage point, or simply relief from the hum of traffic. Ken and Eti bring their distinctive perspective, informed by years of work in urban design, to each of their choices, providing readers (and explorers) with the full story of the history, design, and appeal of each one-of-a-kind place.
Contents
Foreword
Toronto: Walking The City
Toronto Island
Toronto Music Garden
Sugar Beach
Canada Malting Silos
Trillium Park
The Bentway
Canoe Landing At City Place
Puente De Luz (The "Yellow Bridge")
Victoria Memorial Square
Berczy Park
Regent Park
Rush Lane (Aka "Graffiti Alley")
Grange Park
Kensington Market
Front Yard Stories
The Belt Line
West Don Lands
Port Lands Bridges
The Don Valley
Trinity Bellwoods Park
Roncesvalles (Aka "Roncy")
High Park
Humber Bay Shores Park
Humber Bay Pedestrian And Cycle Bridge
Old Mill Bridge
Leslie Street Spit
The Beach
The Guild Of All The Arts (Clarke Centre For The Arts)
