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Three Valleys Park and PS
Equipment by Henderson, Berliner Seilfabrik, Kompan. Surface: sand. Adjacent to Three Valleys Public School, this park is a beautiful...
Danforth Dad
May 30, 20222 min read


Southwell Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: sand. Southwell Park is more of a playground museum than a playground, with possibly some of the oldest...
Danforth Dad
May 22, 20221 min read


McCowan Park (south)
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: rubber. The south end of McCowan Park, hidden behind the concrete mass of John McCrae Senior...
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Apr 30, 20222 min read


McCowan Park (north)
Equipment by GameTime. Surface: sand. McCowan Park (not to be confused with McCowan District Park) is part of a network of parks that...
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Apr 30, 20221 min read


Mallow Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: wood chips. When the Don Mills neighbourhood – famously Canada’s first planned neighbourhood – was built...
Danforth Dad
Apr 15, 20222 min read


Charlton Park
Equipment by Little Tikes Commercial Surface: wood chips As we approached the playground at Charlton Park, I wasn’t sure who was more...
Danforth Dad
Apr 10, 20222 min read


REJUVENATION: Gledhill Park
Equpment by Henderson. Surface: wood chips. Updated April 2022. Old review here. When I first reviewed this playground in 2019, it very...
Danforth Dad
Apr 3, 20221 min read


Scarboro Crescent Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: sand. For a city not known for its physical features, Toronto has some pretty great physical features....
Danforth Dad
Apr 2, 20222 min read


Ethennonnhawahstihnen' Park
Equipment by Kompan, Landscape Structures Surface: rubber I was very excited to visit this one. The photos I’d seen were very promising,...
Danforth Dad
Mar 27, 20222 min read


Wells Hill Park
Equipment by Little Tikes Commercial. Surface: wood chips. We came here following a visit to the wonderful wooden castle at Hillcrest...
Danforth Dad
Mar 26, 20222 min read


Hillcrest Community School
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: wood chips. There aren’t many castle-themed playgrounds in Toronto, but it’s fitting that this one is a...
Danforth Dad
Mar 23, 20221 min read


REJUVENATION: Joseph Burr Tyrrell Park
Equipment by Little Tikes Commercial. Surfaces: wood chips, grass, sand. Updated March 2022. Old review here. In the summer of 2019, that...
Danforth Dad
Mar 18, 20222 min read


Allenbury Gardens Park (Fairview Mall)
Equipment by Kompan. Surface: rubber. Like the playground we visited recently that’s hidden near the Shops at Don Mills, this small but...
Danforth Dad
Mar 12, 20222 min read


Shops at Don Mills
Equipment by Kompan, Dynamo. Surface: rubberized woodchips. Because most malls surround themselves with parking lots, it’s unusual to...
Danforth Dad
Oct 16, 20212 min read


Art Eggleton Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Kompan, Landscape Structures. Surface: wood chips. Art Eggleton is one of a couple new Toronto...
Danforth Dad
Oct 3, 20212 min read


Cudmore Creek Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Landscape Structures, Earthscape. Surfaces: wood chips, sand. Manor Road United Church was built in...
Danforth Dad
Sep 25, 20212 min read


Robert Hicks Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by KSL. Surface: wood chips. It might not have the amenities or variety of equipment to push its score...
Danforth Dad
Sep 14, 20212 min read


Wallace Emerson Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Henderson. Surface: sand. Wallace Emerson is a good (if slightly run-down) neighbourhood park that is...
Danforth Dad
Sep 11, 20212 min read


Wexford Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Henderson, Berliner Seilfabrik, Kompan. Surface: wood chips. Wexford Park is an odd and unexpected...
Danforth Dad
Sep 6, 20211 min read


Debell Lane Parkette
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Henderson. Surface: sand that is slowly being reclaimed by nature. The Debell Lane Parkette has two...
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