1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoKelly Boutsalishttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/kellyboutsalis/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wn7wTn6zzl"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2021/11/12/the-transformation-of-mabelle-park/">The transformation of Mabelle Park</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2021/11/12/the-transformation-of-mabelle-park/embed/#?secret=wn7wTn6zzl" width="600" height="338" title="“The transformation of Mabelle Park” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="wn7wTn6zzl" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://spacing.ca/toronto/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2021/11/MABELLEarts_Aug_2021-1200x800-1.png1200800This article was first published in August in the Park People 10 Years Together in City Parks series, and is republished here with permission. Tasmeen Syed was five years old, walking down Mabelle Avenue with her cousins, when she came across people painting in the park that sits between seven large residential towers in centralContinue reading