The renovation of one of the city's smallest parks is due to be completed next week, after a new condo and a re-alignment of some city streets provided the opportunity for an update.
Frank Stollery Park, named for the founder of
Stollery's clothiers at Yonge and Bloor, is 4,300 square feet in the form of a little sliver at the intersections of Yonge, Davenport and Scollard. It was designed by
Mary Jane Lovering, the landscape architect working for the condo's developer,
Shiu Pong Developments, which also contributed the estimated budget costs of $600,000 (it ended up running over, requiring the city to pitch in another $80,000).
The park will also be in a slightly different place than it was before. "Partly as the result of the condo, and partly as the result of the city re-aligning Scollard and Davenport," says city landscape architect Marc Kramer, "the
whole park was shifted south by about a metre."
There will be about 10 benches added to park, which consists of mostly paved surfaces to accommodate heavy pedestrian use. There are also five oaks and 14 ornamental pear trees being planted, in addition to beds of perennials.
In October, the park will also house one of the city's series of
heritage plaques, this one concentrating mostly on the origins and significance of Davenport Road.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Marc Kramer
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