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Toronto Community Housing Corporation and The Daniels Corporation's massive, multi-phased redevelopment of Regent Park has been making steady progress. The neighbourhood's most obvious changes have been in planning and built form, but Regent Park is also seeing transformation in the form of re-envisioned public spaces and community facilities designed to facilitate community involvement. Part of this vision is a large central park at the heart of the community, and construction continues to progress on this soon-to-open public space.
On the eastern end of the park, the recently opened MJM Architects-designed Regent Park Aquatic Centre is separated from the park site by temporary fencing as work continues to the west on The Planning Partnership-designed park. Immediately beyond the temporary fencing, work is complete on the water play area and stairs/seating area.
Further to the west, paving work is nearly complete for the park's southern entry plaza. The plaza already has new lighting fixtures and will soon see installation of seating as well.
The north end of the park recently saw the installation of a new playground feature. With the large volumes expected to be using this park upon completion, the children's play area is surrounded by a series of concrete benches, giving parents a place to congregate and supervise as their children play.
The west end of the park is still a very active construction site, as work continues on the picnic areas, off-leash dog park, gardens, greenhouse and storage area. A steel and concrete skeleton for the greenhouse and storage area have started to take shape to the northwest of the entry plaza.
Next to the storage and greenhouse area, picnic and off-leash dog areas are being constructed - welcome additions for a family-oriented community home to large numbers of children and pets.
Additional information and renderings can be found at the project's dataBase file, linked below. Want to get involved in the discussion? Check out the associated Forum thread, or leave a comment in the section provided at the bottom of this page.
