{"id":67209,"date":"2023-05-30T07:17:20","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=67209"},"modified":"2023-05-30T14:59:14","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T18:59:14","slug":"secrets-of-rosehill-reservoir-and-david-a-balfour-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2023\/05\/30\/secrets-of-rosehill-reservoir-and-david-a-balfour-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets of Rosehill Reservoir and David A. Balfour Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

This photography exhibit explores Rosehill Reservoir and David A. Balfour Park, the largest green spaces in the Deer Park\/Summerhill neighbourhoods of midtown Toronto. They were closed from 2018-2022 while the reservoir was upgraded and the park was redesigned at a cost of $35 million.<\/p>\n

The photos are by Ian Darragh, a former editor-in-chief of Canadian Geographic<\/em> magazine who has published feature articles in National Geographic<\/em>. He wrote and took photos for two articles about the Rosehill Reservoir rehabilitation and design project for Spacing<\/em> (in Issue 62, 2023, and “Midtown Toronto\u2019s much-loved, largest green space re-opens \u2013 after $35 million and more than four years of construction<\/a>“).<\/p>\n

You will learn about the role of urban parks and how Rosehill Reservoir is a key component of Toronto\u2019s drinking water system which reduced outbreaks of waterborne diseases.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Deer Park Branch, Toronto Public Library, 40 St. Clair Ave. East, Toronto<\/p>\n

WHEN<\/strong>: June 2-30, 2023;  Monday-Thursday, 9 am-8:30 pm; Friday and Saturday, 9 am-5 pm; closed Sunday<\/p>\n

Photo by Ian Darragh<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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