Centre For Local Research into Public Space (CELOS)
CELOS: pronounced "see-loss", is a non-profit organization with charitable status, which works in the area of public urban space, mainly (but not only) parks. This is who we are and what we do.
Despite the second shutdown, picnic tables and benches are allowed in parks, unlike last April. Playgrounds and basketball courts are no longer roped off with caution tape. But many things are forbidden again or restrictively monitored (like the outdoor rinks).
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Friends of Dufferin Grove Park began a monthly newsletter in September 2000, which has been published by CELOS since 2003. CELOS also distributes a weekly web newsletter about the Dufferin Park Farmers' market, and an occasional e-newsletter about Toronto city rinks.
Dufferin Grove Park Conservancy link
Cob Maintenance link
Dan’s Table Maintenance
Adventure Playground Maintenance
Northwest Corner Revitalization Project education link
Websites reorganization (slow but steady): dufferinpark.ca, cityrinks.ca, publicbakeovens.ca, celos.ca
Skate lending/Regent Park link
Laneways link
Bake ovens connections link
Parksite: (Big on Bloor) Darren Leu/Dyan Marie:
Block Party Supply (Christie Pits waste diversion project) link
Botanicus Art Ensemble (MacGregor Park archway)
Thorncliffe Park Women’s Committee (shipping container café)
Build a Better Bloor Dufferin link
- What’s happening in 2019. See e.g. the map page we made of local development projects, here.
- CELOS "pile of bricks" oven is going to the Milky Way community garden, see garden video here.
Here is a recent picture showabout the unmaking' of Dufferin Grove Park.'
The 2010 report by Dave Harvy and (Toronto Park People), funded by the Metcalf Foundation Fertile Ground for New Thinking Dave's concludes that it's time for Torontonians involved with parks to join their voices in bringing about park improvements.
You can find out about the Recreation Service Plan by going to this city webpage. You can find out how the consultations were set up by looking at this staff report.
Here is the City's list of "stakeholders" who were contacted to give their opinions about the Recreation Service Plan in May and June, 2011 (and the Parks Plan in September 2011). Here's the city's stakeholder list with contact links. If your "park friends" or advisory group is not on the list of groups who will be asked for their views, you can e-mail 311@toronto.ca and ask them to help you get on it.