The Unofficial Website of Dufferin Grove Park, Toronto
Films, videos, slide shows
Citizen-Z Cavan Young's 2004 film about the zamboni crisis
Basics
About this site
A project of CELOS
This is not a government website. Read about the Website & Privacy Policies See About Us and the Park for more information.
Dufferin Grove Park
Dufferin Grove Park is a public neighbourhood park located in Toronto Canada, just south of Bloor, on the east side of Dufferin.
Location and Contacts
Click here for a map.
Email:dufferinpark@gmail.com
Staff: 416-392-0913
The basics
- How To Get Involved
- The Role of the Park
Local Discussion Groups
Independent neighbourhood groups:
Custodians:
The Dufferin Grove Farmers' market has its own website The Weekly Market Notes are available on-line at www.dufferingrovemarket.ca The Farmers' Market continues all year round, every Thursday, rain or shine. Current News The Winter 2019 Newsletter is now online. Read all about stroller access, the rink construction plans, Sidewalk Labs and other global players in the "local"game. News Flash: strollers on the rink are allowed after all. Some good letters helped. Feb.6, 2019: PUBLIC MEETING about the "northwest corner revitalization" of the parkLocation: St. Wenceslaus Church (496 Gladstone), Open house 5:30-6:30, Structured meeting 6:30-8. see details The designers' presentation on Dec.11 2018 is linked here. Question: why not use the $4 million to fix the whole park instead of just one corner? What needs fixing.
Bake oven news Shauna Shauna Kearns came to bake at Dufferin Grove oven in early November, and to tell her remarkable story of working with bricklayers at the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh to help people coming out of prison to build bake ovens for sale. Read more Accessibility for everyone at Dufferin Grove Park:- a little history and a tour with the head of the Stopgap Foundation, Luke Anderson: pictures and text and the talk he gave at this park, here.  Dufferin Grove dog park site After the Public meeting about DOLA on Dec.10, City Councillor Ana Bailao said the plans for having a dog park at Dufferin Grove are cancelled. See our dogs section, and some helpful links from Eric Code, who is part of a group called Leash Free Toronto. He writes: "The idea isn't just to create parks for dogs - it's to create conditions that make it easier for people and dogs to share public space in harmony." DOLA stands for "dogs off leash area." A park booklet: "Dufferin Grove Park as a neighbourhood commons, 1993 to 2015" is posted here -- a little history, at the end of an era, with stories, lots of coloured photos, and some short interviews. To get a paper copy, e-mail celosadmin@gmail.com. Skateboard park The unofficial skateboard park on the rink pad was busy last season. Skateboarders like to make videos, and there are lots posted by people from Dufferin Grove -- some samples from Gerb Seamon here and here. For the past few years, most (not quite all) parts of this website were just an ARCHIVE. There were no more postings of Dufferin Grove Park city-run events. To find out why: August 2017 newsletter.
|