[Admiral Beez]

Actually............................

Well then, I give up.

I'd bet no other than you even noticed the race or perceived any indications of wealth or even health of the folks in the stock photos. I certainly didn't when I googled images of Toronto parks.

 

[Tewder]

You pointed out the photos of well off white people in parks and said that what you wanted to see.

This is the equivalent of pointing to an anonymous picture of east asian people and saying 'look at all those china men!". The only racist statements made here have been by you.

You said you don't want homeless people in parks. Why are you afraid of the poor? They won't bite.

So all poor people are homeless vagrants? Wow. Just wow.

 

[Admiral Beez]

This is the equivalent of pointing to an anonymous picture of east asian people and saying 'look at all those china men!". The only racist statements made here have been by you.

So all poor people are homeless vagrants? Wow. Just wow.

Tewder, I think we'd be best just to ignore AP, she/he has no demonstrated interest in parks discussion. I apologise for calling out the troll comment above, as at the time I couldn't accept that a longstanding UT member would act as such. I was wrong.

So, let's get back to Toronto parks. How about this...what are for favourite statues in our parks? I like King Edward in Queen's Park, with its original history from India.

 

[DSC]

I like King Edward in Queen's Park, with its original history from India.

See great history of this statue at http://torontoist.com/2014/12/historicist-here-comes-the-equestrian-statue/

 

[Register123]

I love this statue too, it's just too bad the city shows it no respect with regards to the mound of dirt it sits upon. Hopefully this will be addressed with the improvements that are to come, perhaps some beautiful plantings.

 

[Admiral Beez]

See great history of this statue at http://torontoist.com/2014/12/historicist-here-comes-the-equestrian-statue/

Awesome link and info, thanks very much for posting DSC. Cheers.

 

[Admiral Beez]

I love this statue too, it's just too bad the city shows it no respect with regards to the mound of dirt it sits upon. Hopefully this will be addressed with the improvements that are to come, perhaps some beautiful plantings.

I agree. This is pretty shameful.

Even worse is how we opened a new park in recognition of the Irish famine, and then promptly buried it behind hoardings and fences. Another example of dumb city planning.

Here's a map of Queen's Park statues in the south grounds.

http://educationportal.ontla.on.ca/...the-grounds/sir-james-pliny-whitney-1843-1914

 

[DSC]

Awesome link and info, thanks very much for posting DSC. Cheers.

Admiral: I actually assumed you had seen the article and that it had prompted your post. Coincidence, eh!

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Even worse is how we opened a new park in recognition of the Irish famine, and then promptly buried it behind hoardings and fences. Another example of dumb city planning.

Regrettable, but it has less to do with planning and more to do with the construction of the pedestrian tunnel to the Island Airport.

AoD

 

[greenleaf]

I agree. This is pretty shameful.

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It has been updated since that picture! Three tiers of stone sit around 75% of the statue.

 

[Admiral Beez]

It has been updated since that picture! Three tiers of stone sit around 75% of the statue.

Thanks. I haven't been there in probably two years. I'm glad the area is improved somewhat.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

On the subject of statues, I found this gem in the newly expanded Joel Weeks Park:

 

[Tewder]

key-ute! Reminds me i'm looking forward to the doggy fountain in Berczy Park... even though i'm a cat person.

 

[Admiral Beez]

The Allan Gardens dog park has these two nice statues.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I started this thread back in spring of 2009 and attempted to photograph most parks in the downtown-ish area in response to so many negative posts about our parks. I think I better get myself a VPN or proxy server after reading this