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Danforth Dad
Jun 25, 20232 min read
Warner Park
Mediocre playground near a historical billboard.
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Danforth Dad
Jun 16, 20232 min read
REJUVENATION: Thomson Memorial Park
All this beautiful park needed was better equipment; it's now one of Scarborough's best places to play.
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Danforth Dad
Jun 11, 20232 min read
Glen Edyth Drive Parkette
Quaint, cozy playground at the bottom of Casa Loma's hill.
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Danforth Dad
Jun 4, 20232 min read
Hendon Park
Equipment by Landscape Structures, Dynamo. Surface: rubber. I went to Hendon Park thinking it might get a rating of 90+ and qualify as a...
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Danforth Dad
May 30, 20232 min read
Norwood Park
Equipment by Henderson, Kompan, Berliner Seilfabrik Surface: rubber Norwood Park is part of an impressive but underrated cluster of...
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Danforth Dad
May 19, 20232 min read
Graydon Hall Park / René Gordon PS
Equipment by Big Toys, Blue Imp, Little Tikes Surfaces: sand, wood chips. Although Casa Loma is Toronto’s best-known example of...
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Danforth Dad
Apr 27, 20232 min read
Diefenbaker PS
Equipment by Henderson, Little Tikes. Surfaces: wood chips, sand. There are some older-generation wooden playgrounds around the city that...
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Danforth Dad
Apr 15, 20232 min read
REJUVENATION: Hillcrest Park
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: wood chips. Updated April 2023. Old review here. The Hillcrest Park playground rejuvenation...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 28, 20232 min read
Earl Haig PS
Equipment by Henderson, Landscape Structures. Surfaces: sand (senior playground), artificial turf (junior playground 1), wood chips...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 24, 20233 min read
Joshua Glover Park
Equipment by Henderson, Kompan, Earthscape. Surface: rubberized wood chips. On a beautiful first sunny day of spring, we visited our...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 23, 20233 min read
Cloverdale Park
Equipment by Little Tikes, Miracle Recreation. Surface: rubber. On a beautiful first sunny day of spring, we visited our 199th and 200th...
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Danforth Dad
Feb 25, 20232 min read
Earl Beatty PS
Equipment by Blue Imp, Little Tikes. Surface: wood chips. Toronto’s got plenty of parks and schools named for Earls – Bales, Grey, Haig –...
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Danforth Dad
Feb 16, 20231 min read
Cy Townsend Park
Equipment by Henderson, Kompan. Surface: rubber. Of Toronto’s six former boroughs, York is the one that I’ve explored the least, so one...
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Danforth Dad
Feb 14, 20232 min read
Princess Street Park / St. Lawrence Co-Op Daycare
Equipment by Little Tikes Commercial Surface: rubber. It might not have a wide variety of equipment, and it won’t keep anyone over five...
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Danforth Dad
Jan 4, 20232 min read
Bayview Village Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surfaces: rubber, sand, grass. North York might have more old-school wooden play structures left than any of...
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Danforth Dad
Jan 3, 20231 min read
Regent Park
Equipment by Kompan. Surface: rubber. The playground at Regent Park has one of Toronto’s largest selections of Kompan equipment, and...
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Danforth Dad
Dec 8, 20222 min read
Melbourne Avenue Parkette
Equipment by Kompan, Berliner Seilfabrik. Surface: rubber. Okay, this is a post about the Melbourne Avenue Parkette, but we’re going to...
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Danforth Dad
Dec 7, 20222 min read
Centennial Park (Exhibition Place)
Equipment by Landscape Structures. Surface: wood chips. Not to be confused with the much larger Centennial Park in Etobicoke, this small...
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Danforth Dad
Nov 11, 20222 min read
Cedar Brook Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surfaces: sand, wood chips. Cedar Brook Park sits in a lovely ravine that is part of the Highland Creek system,...
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Danforth Dad
Nov 2, 20222 min read
Dr. Lillian McGregor Park
Equipment by Kompan. Surface: rubber. Named for one of Toronto’s most prominent and accomplished First Nations women in recent memory,...
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