Rating Toronto's playgrounds, one playdate at a time. || Adventures featured on CBC’s Metro Morning and in the Globe & Mail. || https://teapawt.net/t.co/0aaBjPUbW9
Toronto, Ontario
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--->tinyurl.com/228dk3vc<---REJUVENATION: still one of our favourite places for scooting and skateboarding, Ellesmere Park adds a better playground to its list of amenities.
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--->tinyurl.com/yy78srpv<---NEW REVIEW: no playground has everything, but George Webster Park and Public School sure makes a valiant attempt.
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--->tinyurl.com/ycy5nckp<---NEW REVIEW: the new Robert Street Park playground in the Annex is good from far, but far from good.
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--->tinyurl.com/bymacwfj<---NEW REVIEW: a new playground in a big park with plenty of climbable trees…and summer snowballs.
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--->tinyurl.com/2p8jfs4z<---NEW REVIEW: returning to the Dennis Lee Playground in Vermont Square Park years after our first visit, I was happy to find that yes, it’s as good as I remembered. A hidden gem!
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Toronto has 850 public playgrounds, but you might not know much about them.
Enter @DanforthDad: a father of two with comprehensive playground intel for parents and children.
#ThisMatters host @brianjbradley talks to @kdaubs about where kids have fun: thestar.com/podcasts/thismat…
Attention playground nerds: I’m going to be on CFRB 1010 today at 3:40pm chatting about my playground blog
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--->tinyurl.com/mr2chvum<---NEW REVIEW: a playground we discovered by accident proved to be a nice little appetizer for the larger one just north on Avenue Road.
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--->tinyurl.com/58ec9d37<---🚨Hidden gem alert!🚨 Old Orchard Park may not be a secret to locals, but to those of us who only go up Avenue Road on the way to the 401 or when we feel like paying too much for groceries, it’s a lovey surprise.
This is going to sound like a joke but it’s not and I’m actually kinda proud of it: my kids are really good at being bored.
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--->tinyurl.com/2s454jy9<---NEW REVIEW: a colourful playground just down the street from some swing-related Toronto nostalgia.
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--->tinyurl.com/mtyucta7<---REJUVENATION: one of Scarborough’s best parks now contains one of Scarborough’s best playgrounds, and earns our gold star as a “dad’s pick”!
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--->tinyurl.com/2p8sej4d<---NEW REVIEW: across the street from one of my mother’s first apartments in Canada, the playground at the Glen Edyth Drive Parkette gave my kids some time to play while I contemplated how different her mid-20s were from my own.
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My son’s thoughts on cleanliness:
“I like having a messy room because then when I find something it’s a surprise.”
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--->tinyurl.com/danforthdad<---NEW REVIEW: North York’s Hendon Park- the splash pad is great, the park is beautiful, and the playground is…okay.
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--->tinyurl.com/ycxvuf4y<---NEW REVIEW: one of eight playgrounds within an 800-metre radius, Norwood Park is part of an impressive east-Danforth cluster.
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--->bit.ly/430SZTA<---NEW REVIEW: Graydon Hall Park is a modest playground in the shadow of a very immodest former private residence.
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