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Volume 43 No. 9
June 24, 2014
It’s a dog’s life Judy Tapp, left, golden retriever Hennley, Taboo, and Susan Cornish paddle the last leg of the Woof-It Triathlon at Balmy Beach on Saturday June 21. Organizer Joanne Cooper said more than 50 dogs and their people signed up to run, cycle, and brave the lake, raising more than $1,900 for canine cancer research. PHOTO: ANDREW HUDSON
Plans for Kew get public view INSIDE By Jon Muldoon
THE PLANS to update the Queen Street edge of Kew Gardens were unveiled at an open house last week. The project was instigated by the Beach Village BIA, which hopes to draw more traffic up to Queen Street from the beach. Creating a better interface between the street and the north portion of the park is seen as one way to do that. Project architect Lisa Plant said her team had its work cut out for it. From the start there were many conflicting local opinions on what should – or should not – be changed. One participant went so far as to request no tables, as they didn’t want anyone having picnics in the park. “There are different problems in different kinds of parks,” Plant said.
With Kew Gardens, the key was to accommodate the many uses of the park – from quiet contemplation to kids rolling down the berm to an overcrowded Remembrance Day ceremony – in a way “that doesn’t feel like a big open plaza.” The most noticeable aspect of the plan is the paving. While there will be more hard surface at the top of the park, Plant said the existing trees will remain, while almost 30 new ones will be planted. The slate around the cenotaph will be replaced with granite at the base of the cenotaph, and a mix of surfaces around it. Funding has also been allocated to add further engraving to the memorial, to recognize veterans and casualties of conflicts Canada’s armed forces have been involved with over the past half century.
The hard surface and a new pathway will also allow those with mobility issues easier access to the top of the park. The current plan, built from suggestions from community
members at a March workshop and a working group of stakeholders, calls for two paths. Cont’d. on Page 3
A decade of Bard in the Park ...See Pages 16-17
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Twenty-nine new trees and one or two paths leading past relocated flower beds are part of the plans for the front portion of Kew Gardens.
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