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 designer Ken Greenberg and Toronto aficionado 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.
Authors
- Pages
- 152
- Published in
- Toronto, CA
Table of Contents
- Cover 1
- Half Title 3
- Title 5
- Copyright 6
- Dedication 7
- Contents 9
- Foreword 11
- Toronto: Walking the City 15
- Unique Public Spaces Map 18
- Toronto Islands 21
- Toronto Music Garden 25
- Sugar Beach 29
- Canada Malting Silos 33
- Trillium Park 37
- The Bentway 41
- Canoe Landing at CityPlace 45
- Puente de Luz (The “Yellow Bridge”) 49
- Victoria Memorial Square 53
- Berczy Park 57
- Regent Park 61
- Rush Lane (a.k.a. “Graffiti Alley”) 65
- Grange Park 69
- Kensington Market 73
- Front Yard Stories 77
- The Beltline 83
- West Don Lands 87
- Port Lands Bridges 91
- The Don Valley 95
- Trinity Bellwoods Park 99
- Roncesvalles (a.k.a. “Roncy”) 103
- High Park 107
- Humber Bay Shores Park 111
- Humber Bay Arch Bridge 115
- Old Mill Bridge 119
- Leslie Street Spit 123
- The Beach 127
- The Guild of All Arts (Clark Centre for the Arts) 131
- Acknowledgements 135
- Index 137
- About the Authors 145
- About 8 80 Cities 149
