Exploring Toronto
A Guide to 28 Unique Public Spaces
Published on 12. September 2023
152 pages
978-1-4597-5257-3 (ISBN)
Description
- A guidebook to 28 unique outdoor public spaces in Toronto
- For Torontonians and visitors alike, provides travel tips to discovering hidden gems in the city
- Focused on urban beauty and design triumphs
- Written by husband-and-wife team, an urban designer and a city advocate, who explored Toronto on foot and by bike and kayak
- Includes full-colour photographs of each locale, a map to find the way, and incisive text ending with Getting There instructions focusing on cycling, walking, and transit directions
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11/2023
Dundurn Group Ltd
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Persons
Ken Greenberg is an urban designer, teacher, writer, former director of urban design and architecture for the City of Toronto and principal of Greenberg Consultants. He is the author of Walking Home: The Life and Lessons of a City Builder and Toronto Reborn: Design Successes and Challenges. He was selected as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2019 and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Toronto.
Eti Greenberg (1944-2024) managed Toronto's Euclid Cinema, acted as an art dealer, worked for two Toronto city councillors, taught Tai Chi, and was a Shiatsu and acupuncture therapist. She was passionate about Toronto, and walked everywhere, while she also discovered new places via tandem bike and kayak.
Eti Greenberg (1944-2024) managed Toronto's Euclid Cinema, acted as an art dealer, worked for two Toronto city councillors, taught Tai Chi, and was a Shiatsu and acupuncture therapist. She was passionate about Toronto, and walked everywhere, while she also discovered new places via tandem bike and kayak.
Content
- Contents
- Foreword
- Toronto: Walking the City
- Unique Public Spaces Map
- Toronto Islands
- Toronto Music Garden
- Sugar Beach
- Canada Malting Silos
- Trillium Park
- The Bentway
- Canoe Landing at CityPlace
- Puente de Luz (The "Yellow Bridge")
- Victoria Memorial Square
- Berczy Park
- Regent Park
- Rush Lane (a.k.a. "Graffiti Alley")
- Grange Park
- Kensington Market
- Front Yard Stories
- The Beltline
- West Don Lands
- Port Lands Bridges
- The Don Valley
- Trinity Bellwoods Park
- Roncesvalles (a.k.a. "Roncy")
- High Park
- Humber Bay Shores Park
- Humber Bay Arch Bridge
- Old Mill Bridge
- Leslie Street Spit
- The Beach
- The Guild of All Arts (Clark Centre for the Arts)
- Acknowledgements
- Index
- About the Authors
- About 8 80 Cities
