Sunday, August 24, 2008

Nathan Phillips Square Toronto

Nathan Phillips Square is a city square that forms the front entrance to Toronto City Hall or 'New City Hall' at Queen Street West and Bay Street. Nathan Phillips was mayor of Toronto from 1955 to 1962. The square opened in 1965. Like City Hall, the square was designed by Viljo Revell. At the southwest corner of the square, on Queen Street, is Oscar Nemon's statue of Sir Winston Churchill. The square is the site of concerts, art displays, a weekly farmers' market, the winter festival and other public events, including demonstrations.

Rouge Park Toronto

Rouge Park is a large natural environment park in Canada's most urbanized area, located in east Toronto. The lands now in the park were once home to resorts and cottages from the late 1800s to the 1950s. It is the only large valley land area in Toronto where people can still enjoy a wilderness experience, since other rivers in the city are now surrounded by urban development. People can still live a rural life, and even farm in the park. It is the only remaining countryside landscape within the city of Toronto.

Guild Inn Toronto

The Guild Inn is an historic hotel in Guildwood, a neighbourhood of Scarborough, Ontario. Built in 1914 as Ranelagh Park for Colonel Harold Child Bickford. The Georgian-style home has 33 rooms.
In 1921, the home was sold to the Foreign Missionary Society of the Roman Catholic Church and renamed China Mission College. During World War II, it became The Guild of All Arts.

Downsview Park Toronto

Downsview Park is a former Canadian Forces Base in Downsview. The Downsview Lands consist of 260.6 hectares of land in the northwest portion of the City of Toronto and the geographic centre of the Greater Toronto Area. These lands were previously used as the air force base CFB Downsview until 1994 when the federal government announced the closure of the base. It was also announced that the lands were to be held in perpetuity and in trust as a unique urban recreational green space for the enjoyment of future generations. The mandate to create the urban recreational green space was given to Parc Downsview Park Inc. Downsview Park consists of 231.5 hectares to which PDP has title. Of this total, more than 130 hectares are earmarked for traditional parkland, recreational and cultural amenities.

Centennial Park Toronto

Centennial Park is a large regional park located in westend Toronto. It is maintained by the City of Toronto Parks and Recreation.
The park has a variety of features including, etobicoke Olympium, a large athletic centre that was built in 1975, Centennial Park Snow Centre, a small alpine skiing hill. It features one t-bar and a conveyor lift, serving one intermediate slope, one beginner slope, and a snowboard slope. It is one of two ski hills located within the boundaries of Toronto, the other being the North York Ski Center, Centennial Hill (formerly Mount Garbage), a hill that was the site of as a municipal dump and the south end is used as a transfer station, Centennial Park Arena, go-cart track, golf course, botanical gardens, picnic areas, soccer fields, baseball diamonds.

Humber Bay Park Toronto

Humber Bay Park is a waterfront park located in Etobicoke. The park consists of two landspits situated at the mouth of Mimico Creek. The park is on Lake Shore Boulevard West near Park Lawn Road. Humber Bay Park East is 19 ha and Humber Bay Park West is 120 ha.

High Park Toronto

High Park is the largest park in Toronto. It spans 161 hectares, 1.61 km² in the city's west end. It stretches south from Bloor Street West, west of Parkside Drive and east of Ellis Park Road and Grenadier Pond south to The Queensway, just north of Lake Ontario. It is a mixed recreational and natural park, with sporting facilities, cultural facilities, educational facilities, gardens, playgrounds and a zoo.