Play-In at Riverdale Park
Saturday, 2009 May 23, 10am
Riverdale Park by statue of Sun Yat Sen

Walking back from a wonderful talk by Thomas Homer Dixon tonight, I walked through Riverdale Park and was shocked to see that at least half a dozen mature, seemingly healthy trees had been felled in the area that has been fenced in for the last couple of weeks.  It looks barren and forlorn.  They worked quickly.  This afternoon, the trees were all still there when I met my son’s schoolbus.

I was informed only after the orange fence went up that the St. Matthew’s Lawn Bowling Clubhouse was to be relocated there.  Later, I read the article in the Toronto Community News about the project, advising that 13 trees would be removed so that the structure could be moved through the park so as not to disrupt traffic.  So in order to keep traffic flowing for a day, the city has decided, in its wisdom, to permit the felling of mature trees that take decades to grow.  The priorities are all wrong.     Read more »

The Dominion Modern Museum of Modern Architecture and Design and the George Brown School of Design are presenting an exhibition and book launch:

We have witnessed the demise of many fine modern buildings like the Inn on the Park, Trend House, Terminal One, Wawanesa Insurance, the Salvation Army Headquarters, Union Carbide [and] the Shell Oil Tower just to name a few.  Now Riverdale Hospital awaits a similar fate?

This exhibition likens modern architecture to an endangered species.

Endangered Species
Saturday & Sunday, 2007 March 3 & 4, 1 pm – 6 pm
The Institute without Boundaries
207 Adelaide St East (at Jarvis) free