The new park is in the planning stages and will be located near the Cineplex theatre at The Queensway and Islington Avenue.
A virtual workshop is being held on February 1 for a new community park soon to be constructed on The Queensway near the Cineplex theatre.
A design team has been hired and details are being worked out for the park to be built in the fall next year at 1001 to 1037 The Queensway.
The park will sit between four condo towers, where restaurants once occupied, along The Queensway edge of the Cineplex Queensway theatre.
Residents in a survey want green space, trees, vendors and art markets in the yet unnamed park.
The upcoming 1,849 square metre park will be part of a mixed-use development project near Islington Avenue and The Queensway, called the Islington-City Centre West neighbourhood.
“The park design will be developed with the help of community and stakeholder feedback in order to meet the needs of the growing community,” according to a project report.
An online survey was launched last October to November 2022 to seek feedback from the community on what they would like in the park.
The park will sit between four condos located along the south side of The Queensway.
Nearly 500 responses to the survey will help inform future draft design options for the new park,” according to the report.
Some of the feedback called for the park to have open green multi-use space that can be used for various programming and play interests by residents.
Some wanted diverse seating options, open air markets, trees, public art and performance space.
The park is hoped to attract residents of the heavily-populated area which will have a large number of condos.
“Community members shared their excitement and ideas for this new park district,” the survey stated. “Feedback received regarding park maintenance will be shared with the appropriate City Staff.”
“The park should allow for community events,” one person said. “With a large number of condo towers, a park is essential to build community among neighbour.”
The park is being designed right now and will attract residents of the new condos and construction will begin in fall next year.
Another person said because The Queensway is so busy he would like to see colourful plants to form a relaxed space so people can get out of their condos and enjoy nature.
One resident said the area is so noisy and busy that a separation wall of greenery would ‘create an oasis of calm.”
The area is now a hive of construction activity as two sets of paired buildings are being constructed at the corner of The Queensway and Islington.
There will be two residential rental towers of 10 and 17 storeys that will rise from a shared podium. To the west will be towers of 9 and 10 storeys.
The park will sit between them, next to the private road that enters the site.