Rosedale Park playground Gametime

Address: 20 Scholfield Ave, Toronto, M9W 2Y3, see a map.

fundraising sign, December 2010

Recent playground spending (2011)
Design and Contract Administration: $30,000
Miscellaneous general site improvements, lighting, paving, furnishing, etc.: $325,000
Play equipment: $139,000
Water play features: $49,000
Play surface: $44,000
Total cost: $594,000 (raised by the North Rosedale Ratepayers Association -- NRRA). According to the NRRA website, the city covered the cost of "a project manager and some small project contributions," for an unspecified amount.

Their website says: "According to the City, our approach to renewing the playground is an innovative model for future public projects."

donour list (click to enlarge)

Notes

April 2, 2014: This playground was built with a lot of fundraising. It's in a park with mainly sports, including a tennis club. The layout is odd. The tennis club and the outdoor rink change rooms and warm-up space are in the same building, next to the playground, but with separate realities. The tennis club part has lots of windows and a comfortable sitting area, whereas the rink side has a mean little warren of change rooms, no windows, and two big vending machines -- no social space at all. The park is surrounded by very large houses, and perhaps that's why there's no sense of needing wintertime public space to gather. But in the summer, neighbours can gather at a sports club or a playground.

rebuilt playground, December 2011

wading pool