The top of the sign reads: “A city within a park”. I think it is interesting to point out the sign that is at the entrance of the park: Or does it? In a sense, parks reflect a constructed encounter with nature. This idea of having a park that invites the coming together of people in the city reflects the breaking down of the urban/nature divide. Given that one of the criteria for global cities is responsibility to the environment, having parks that are modern reflects that and helps to maintain this image. Even Toronto’s parks have to be modern in order to maintain its image as a global city. The idea that even a park needs to be renovated suggests the intended management of nature to reflect a materialization of the modern. The politics surrounding the designation of space and nature in the city are definitely at play in this park. I am not sure how long the park has been closed but I was forced to ask myself – what happens to the people who use this park when it is closed, especially now that the weather is beginning to get nice out? Where will people bathe, eat, gather, and spend time outside if this park is not available? In this way, the Cloud Gardens Park acted as a space of community in the city. I remember numerous times last year seeing the same man come and wash his face and cleanse himself with the water from the man-made stream in the park. Furthermore, this park was used as a place for bathing by some of the city’s homeless. A section of the park is also a known gathering space for bicycle couriers who gather in between deliveries to socialize, play hacky sack, and wait for their next call.
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It was always full of people from the office buildings close by who came to eat their lunch as well. Last summer I used to come to this park almost every day to eat my lunch. These feelings only came from my close connection with this park. In an effort to ‘see myself seeing’ the Cloud Gardens Park, I thought it would be important to think critically about the feelings of sadness that I felt when I was faced with the park being closed. I could not see any workers renovating the park or any other action. There were a few people walking along the path that cuts through the park but other than that there was not much going on. A sign was mounted on the fence that read “Cloud Gardens conservatory is closed for renovations and is expected to re-open for public use in June 2014. For instance – wood, copper, metal, concrete, etc.Īt this time, I was sad to see that no one was in the park because it was blocked off with wire fencing. There are different squares of materials that are dedicated to all the trades that help develop the city. On one of the walls in the park is a large display of materials that reflect the building of Toronto. There is a waterfall that leads outside to a large stream of water that runs through the park. It is humid with lots of plants and water flowing through. Inside Cloud Gardens park is the most interesting part – it is like a miniature rainforest. I was still able to walk through the path in the park but not able to go inside. I was surprised to find that it has been closed off for the winter. The park is located on Temperance just west of Yonge Street. Temperance Street runs parallel to Adelaide and is north of Adelaide. The Park is located on Temperance Street downtown Toronto. Around 12pm I headed to Cloud Gardens Park. I decided to wait until lunch time to visit the Cloud Gardens Park.
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