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Danforth Dad
Oct 25, 20222 min read
Roywood Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: rubber. We visited Roywood Park on the kind of beautiful, clear fall day that could make any playground...
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Danforth Dad
Oct 21, 20222 min read
60 Howard Street
Equipment by Earthscape, Kompan. Surface: rubber. There’s a certain type of playground popping up in Toronto’s downtown neighbourhoods...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 18, 20222 min read
REJUVENATION: Dieppe Park
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: rubber. UDPATED SEPTEMBER 2022. OLD REVIEW HERE. Thanks to a recent rejuvenation, this East...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 11, 20222 min read
Williamson Road Public School
Equipment by Henderson. Surfaces: wood chips, sand. Heading towards Queen Street on the 64 bus with my daughter recently, this charming...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 8, 20222 min read
Edithvale Park
Equipment by Berliner Seilfabrik, RTS Play, Xccent. Surfaces: artificial turf, rubber, wood chips. I had high hopes for Edithvale Park....
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Danforth Dad
Aug 30, 20222 min read
June Callwood Park
Equipment by Kompan. Surface: rubber. June Callwood Park is a tiny, wedge-shaped park squeezed between two downtown condos, and in very...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 15, 20222 min read
Sweeney Park / Victoria Village PS
Equipment by Henderson, Little Tikes Surface: wood chips. In many ways, this playground is a lot like another public park / public school...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 14, 20222 min read
Wildwood Crescent Playground
Equipment by Henderson, Landscape Structures, Kompan Surface: wood chips. So this whole ranking playgrounds thing, where I give a score...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 12, 20222 min read
Fairmount Park / Bowmore PS
Equipment by Henderson, Kompan, Blue Imp. Surface: wood chips. This is one of those play spots – like RV Burgess Park in Thorncliffe –...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 10, 20222 min read
Warden Hilltop
Equipment by GameTime. Surface: wood chips. We visited this playground almost by accident. We hopped off the subway at Warden station...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 7, 20222 min read
Ravina Gardens
Equipment by Landscape Structures, Kompan. Surfaces: wood chips, rubber. Because High Park is so fantastic and so popular, it’s easy to...
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Danforth Dad
Aug 4, 20222 min read
Charlotte Maher Park
Equipment by GameTime, Elephant Play. Surface: wood chips. North Toronto has plenty of big-time playgrounds – Eglinton Park, Trace Manes,...
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Danforth Dad
Jul 30, 20221 min read
Sir Casimir Gzowski Park
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: wood chips. Sir Casimir Gzowski Park is a great place to be, not necessarily because of the...
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Danforth Dad
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Barbara Hall Park
Equipment by Kompan, Vortex. Surface: rubber. I’m a bit torn about this one. It has some of the ingredients of a “hidden gem” in that...
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Danforth Dad
Jul 28, 20222 min read
Lee Centre Park
Equipment by Kompan, Bel-Air Recreational Products (defunct) Surface: wood chips. The more playgrounds you go to, the rarer it is to see...
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Danforth Dad
Jul 19, 20222 min read
Lytton Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Miracle Recreation. Surface: rubber. When I spotted something on the map called “Lytton Sunken...
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Danforth Dad
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Old Sheppard Park
Equipment by Miracle Recreation, Little Tikes Commercial. Surface: wood chips. For reasons I can’t fully identify, I really like the way...
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Danforth Dad
Jun 23, 20222 min read
Banbury Park
The Rec Centre in the background of the above photo has a bathroom that you can access from outside. This on its own makes this...
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Danforth Dad
Jun 11, 20222 min read
Linkwood Lane Park
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: wood chips. Sandwiched between the DVP and the Flemingdon Park golf course, this park is and...
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Danforth Dad
Jun 4, 20222 min read
Parkway Forest Park
Equipment by Little Tikes Commercial. Surface: rubber. Unless you live there, the Parkway Forest neighbourhood is not a place you’re...
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