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Site work continues, including among other things, the restoration work on the south portion of the South Soldier’s Barracks and replacing the cannons and carriages on the traversing platforms in the north-west and south-west bastions. The final components of the Soldier’s Trade exhibit are being installed, the well head was just placed on-site, and positive reviews continue to be received in response to the new audio tour (www. city-surf.ca). City Council Approves Design Team for June Callwood Park Commenting on Council’s endorsement of Toronto’s gh3 design team Deputy Mayor Joe Pantalone (Ward 19 TrinitySpadina) said “The June Callwood Park Design Competition resulted in submissions from the best of the international design community for this distinctive area of Toronto that will be an integral part of the City’s waterfront renewal. This 6 The Fife and Drum
of Toronto from the Staff at the Fort has been an opportunity to achieve exceptional design, and reflect the aspirations of the park’s namesake and the community. June Callwood Park will serve to create a central focus for neighbourhood activities, community interaction and enhance Toronto’s liveablity.”
gh3’s proposal is based on a voice sampling of June Callwood’s words “I believe in kindness,” which will be physically mapped onto the site. The main concept of the design is centred on the sound undulations that create an abstract geometric pattern of openings and clearings within the dense groves of the forest. The wave pattern will create a sinewy path that runs north to south through clearings in the forest, which aesthetically connects Fleet Street to Fort York with black granite planks that mark east-west community access into the park.
The plan for the urban forest in the park includes plantings of native Canadian trees and a sampling of the specimens that would have inhabited the Lake Ontario shoreline at the time the city was settled. The park is loosely zoned into six clearings: the Puddle Plaza, the Puzzle Garden, the Maze, the Pink Field, Time Strip Gardens, and Ephemeral Pools, each with its own unique spatial character and aspects of free spirited play.
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