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Allen Gardens.
21.10.2023 21:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
30.09.2023 16:50 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
---> tinyurl.com/y6u3sxjc <--- NEW REVIEW: Wistfully-named Wishing Well Park has some good equipment and a view of the 401, but sadly not a wishing well in sight.
23.09.2023 18:39 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW REVIEW: sandwiched between two excellent but often busy parks, Davisville Junior PS has a colourful playground that can be a good, less crowded alternative.
Read the full review: tinyurl.com/y5vtjek5
NEW REVIEW: with its ketchup-and-mustard colour scheme, aging equipment, and weird City of Toronto advertising (I believe that font is called “decrepit sans”) the playground at Sandy Bruce Park feels overdue for a rejuvenation.
Read the full review here: tinyurl.com/ymnc5uha
happy get-a-million-daily-emails-from-a-school season to those who celebrate
05.09.2023 00:59 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
---> tinyurl.com/3pmvvtvz <---NEW REVIEW: with soft colours and some fun equipment, Hidden Trail Park sure looks good on a beautiful sunny day.
30.08.2023 02:09 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Nomination for quotation marks of the year. Peterborough, Ont.
27.08.2023 17:32 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
REJUVENATION: Playing in the shadow of municipal infrastructure has never been more fun!
Already one of our favourite hidden gems, Pump Park is even better thanks to a recent upgrade.
Full review here: tinyurl.com/n4eu552w
the science centre is mostly kids from day camps running around and hitting things
23.08.2023 17:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
NEW REVIEW: Rotary Peace Park is a nice playground in a beautiful lakeside park. tinyurl.com/27ze572n
23.08.2023 01:53 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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20.08.2023 13:38 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
🚨 HIDDEN GEM ALERT🚨 Canon Jackson Park is a treasure trove of great equipment by Earthscape, and one of the best playgrounds to be built post-covid in the city.
Read the full review: https://tinyurl.com/562xe574
Did you know that Ward’s Island and Centre Island are the SAME THING? Or that Centreville is NOT on Centre Island?
Please tell me I’m not the only Torontonian who didn’t know all this!
Read about my confusion, and the full review of the Ward's Island playground: https://tinyurl.com/ttu8xuh5
REJUVENATION: with fun new equipment by Landscape Structures, Cummer Park lifts its rating from 68.5 to an 80.5! Full review here: https://tinyurl.com/mr4ajw9r
01.08.2023 15:36 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
