Cloud Gardens
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| Cloud Gardens | |
|---|---|
Location of the park in Toronto | |
| Type | Public Park |
| Location | 14 Temperance Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°39′04″N79°22′47″W / 43.651168°N 79.379826°WCoordinates: 43°39′04″N79°22′47″W / 43.651168°N 79.379826°W |
| Area | 0.6 acres (2,400 m2) |
| Operated by | Toronto Parks |
| Website | Cloud Gardens Conservatory |
Cloud Gardens or 'Bay Adelaide Park' and 'Cloud Gardens Conservatory'[1] is a small park in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It extends from the south side Richmond Street to the north side of Temperance Street, between Yonge Street and Bay Street, on 0.6 acres (2,400 m2) of land. The park is currently closed for construction and repairs.
Origin[edit]
The site was given to the city in the 1980s as part of a deal that allowed the Bay Adelaide Centre to be higher than official plan limits.[citation needed] The developers thus gave a small portion of the lot to the city and spent $5 million to build a park.[citation needed]
Landscape design and art[edit]
Designed by Baird Sampson Neuert Architects, the MBTW Group/Watchorn Architects, and two artists—Margaret Priest and Tony Scherman[2]—the park features elaborate landscape design. The western part of the park includes a network of pathways and is edged by cluster of trees around a semicircular lawn. The eastern portion is marked by series of walkways climbing past a waterfall. Rising above this area is a monument to Toronto's construction workers designed by Margaret Priest and constructed by the Building Trades Union.[citation needed] It comprises squares that each illustrate one of the building trades.[citation needed] Thus one shows a network of steel rebars, another, a cluster of wiring.[citation needed]
The namesake feature of the Gardens is a small greenhouse set to the cool and moist conditions of a cloud rainforest.[3] A walkway runs from the lower-level entrance to an upper-level exit by the waterfall. Cloud Gardens won Baird Sampson Architects a Governor General's Architecture Award.[3]
Construction[edit]
The park was closed in November 2018 for construction to replace the waterproofing under the park, and is estimated to reopen in 2023 after the construction of a new building west of the park is complete.[4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^'Cloud Gardens Conservatory'. City of Toronto, Parks Listings. Retrieved 2012-06-20.
- ^'Urban Design: Cloud Garden Park'. Lost Streams, Toronto, Web site. Retrieved 2009-03-27.
- ^ ab'Cloud Gardens Conservatory'. City of Toronto. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
- ^'Cloud Gardens'. City of Toronto. 2018-11-15. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
External links[edit]
Media related to Cloud Gardens at Wikimedia Commons
Cloud Gardens Conservatory is a small, two level greenhouse complete with a fresh waterfall and colourful collection of plants. The waterproofing beneath the park is nearly 25 years old and must be replaced. Brookfield Properties will replace the waterproofing in conjunction with the construction of their new building on the west side of the park. The park will be closed while the building is constructed and the waterproofing is repaired. Once the new building immediately west of the park is complete and the waterproofing is replaced, the park will be reinstated and Cloud Gardens will be returned to its original design with some changes to meet current codes and standards.
Brookfield Properties owns the parking structure below the park and will replace the waterproofing during the construction of their new building on the west side of the park.
During construction of the new building, the conservatory, the waterfall, elevated walkways and terraces will not be removed. Key park elements like the steel arbours will be kept and stored and the artwork by Margaret Priest and Tony Sherman on the east building wall will not be removed.
Once the new building immediately west of the park is completed and the waterproofing for the park is replaced, the park will be reinstated.
Cloud Gardens may be returned to its original design with some changes to meet current codes and standards, or it may be significantly updated to meet the needs of the city. Community consultation will determine which option is preferred.
The City is working with the Financial District BIA to look at ways to better maintain and program the renewed park, and is also working cross-divisionally to ensure the public realm of Temperance Street is integrated and coherent with the refreshed design of Cloud Gardens.
The park and conservatory closed in November of 2018 and construction hoarding is erected around the park. The new building is expected to be complete by December of 2022.
Reconstruction of the park will take an additional 12 to 18 months.
Cloud Gardens Toronto
Before the park’s reconstruction, the City will consult with the community.