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Located at the edge of the City of Toronto, but in the centre of the GTA, the Downsview Park site could become a significant public space, and one of Canada’s biggest urban parks. Downsview Park consists of approximatley 600 acres of federally owned land, and plans are underway to turn about half of this land into urban park and recreation space.<\/p>\n

Parc Downsview Park Inc. will be holding a public meeting tomorrow<\/a> in order to present the preliminary plans for the redevelopment of Downsview Park. For those unable to attend, you can view a live webcast of the presentation on the Parc Downsview Park website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Located at the edge of the City of Toronto, but in the centre of the GTA, the Downsview Park site could become a significant public space, and one of Canada’s biggest urban parks. 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