Southwell Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: sand. Southwell Park is more of a playground museum than a playground, with possibly some of the oldest...
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Danforth Dad
May 1, 20222 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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Danforth Dad
May 1, 20221 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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Danforth Dad
Apr 15, 20222 min read
Mallow Park
Equipment by Henderson. Surface: wood chips. When the Don Mills neighbourhood – famously Canada’s first planned neighbourhood – was built...
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Danforth Dad
Apr 11, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Apr 3, 20221 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...
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Danforth Dad
Apr 2, 20222 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....
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Danforth Dad
Mar 27, 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,...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 26, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 24, 20221 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...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 19, 20222 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...
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Danforth Dad
Mar 12, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Oct 16, 20212 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...
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Danforth Dad
Oct 4, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 25, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 15, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 11, 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...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 6, 20211 min read
Wexford Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by Henderson, Berliner Seilfabrik, Kompan. Surface: wood chips. Wexford Park is an odd and unexpected...
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Danforth Dad
Sep 2, 20212 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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Danforth Dad
Aug 26, 20212 min read
Wallace C. Swanek Park
City of Toronto site. Equipment by KSL, Berliner Seilfabrik. Surface: wood chips. This was the final playground in our “cross-border...
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