The public space revolution in Toronto won’t come unless you demand it: our leaders’ backyards are comfortable and shelter them from Toronto’s decline. Opinion by shawnmicallef
There should be a public space revolution during Toronto’s municipal election, with candidates across the political spectrum jumping on the bandwagon, advocating and innovating with new ideas and enthusiasm for expanding and improving our public spaces.
George Hislop Park is an example of this. Despite being located in the middle of one of the densest places in North America, surrounded by many thousands of people living in small apartments, the linear park running between Charles and Isabella Streets, just east of Yonge, has been surrounded by a tall chain link fence for most of the pandemic. It’s been there so long that leaves and debris have collected under the fences and begun to compost.
A city spokesperson says the park “was closed in July 2020 to allow for deep cleaning of the park, soil remediation and to investigate the most suitable turf repair methodology,” as well as the discovery of a broken water line that was repaired in November of that year. Delays in redesign are blamed on the pandemic and complications due to the subway directly underneath. Improvements are now expected to begin in Spring 2023, but the park will remain fenced off.
Does the lack of urgency with this park renovation and the presence of those fences have something to do with that? Since city officials fenced off Trinity Bellwoods and Alexandra Parks under the guise of rehabilitating them after the violent encampment evictions, fenced-in parks have become common in John Tory’s Toronto.have detailed plans for expanding and taking care of our public spaces
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