Bayview Village
Panya Clark Espinal 'The Jack Pine Remembered'
15 Barberry Place
This free-standing, double-sided structure by artist Panya Clark Espinal plays with notions of depictions and reproductions of nature. It takes a scene from Tom Thomson's famous painting 'The Jack Pine' and digitizes and enlarges it to the size of a normal pine tree. The pixelated work is intended as a metaphor for the way pieces of information are made into memories, while the fading and revealing of the image highlights the precariousness of memory as time goes on.
Thomas Clarke House
9 Barberry Place
*Note: Private property. Please observe the house from the street only. This heritage designated house, dating back to 1855, was built by Thomas Clark, an early European settler of the area who purchased much of the land nearby in the 1840s. Much of the lumber used to construct the house was white pine, which was cut from the property surrounding it. The home is the only structure that remains from the area's pioneer past.
Clare Scott-Taggart 'Across the Great Spans of Time'
662 Sheppard Avenue East
A public art piece by Clare Scott-Taggart featuring six bronze stylized seed pods, 'Across the Great Spans of Time' was installed as part of a nearby condo development in 2009. The piece is meant to symbolize the environment, with the pods a symbol of the vast farmlands that once occupied this area. It is also meant to symbolize new beginnings, which in this case is a nod to both the new condo development it was situated on, and also nearby St. Gabriel Church, which owned most of the land and then maintained a small part of it to build a new, environmentally-sustainable church building.
Alice Zhang Artbox
Southwest Corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Greenbriar Road
The design focuses upon the little things that makes a community a whole.
Paul Hollingsworth Artbox
Southeast Corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Bessarion Road
Toronto is raccoon city. We live together, we share, we fight and we have a grudging respect of each other. But Toronto's unofficial symbol is lacking from the body of woodland style art. The box represents the location of one of the artist's first encounters with Toronto's secondary population.
Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park
80 McMahon Drive
A new city park now open within Concord Park Place. The park's name (pronounced Etta-nonna wasti-nuh) means where they had a good, beautiful life in Wendat, and is intended to honour the Indigenous heritage of those who once lived on the site, as well as the important Moatfield Ossuary, which served as a cemetery and was located nearby. The park includes a firepit, a multipurpose field, a playground, a splash pad, and an outdoor rink. The park also contains a spectacular collection of public art pieces by artists such as Michael Belmore, Kimiis, Inc., Demakersvan, An Te Liu, and Ken Lum.
Bill Wrigley 'Kids Play'
Underpass Along Sheppard Avenue East as it Passes Under Old Leslie Street
This mural is a City of Toronto project managed by Mural Routes. Artist Bill Wrigley drew inspiration for it as he thought about his childhood while driving in traffic. He remembered the freedom and joy he felt leaping, jumping and swinging as a child in the 1960s and wanted this mural to remind other drivers of their childhood.
East Don Parkland
1240 Sheppard Avenue East
The East Don Parkland is part of a long chain of parks following the East Don River. The East Don Trail snakes through these ravines and green spaces providing a beautiful opportunity for hiking and biking. In the fall you can often find salmon swimming upstream to spawn. The Don Valley has undergone extensive conservation efforts over the past few decades to create this beautiful urban green space and will continue to improve in the future.
Newtonbrook Creek Path
Accessible from Forest Grove Drive, west of Page Avenue
A 5.3 kilometre trail that features a river and is good for all skill levels. The trail meanders its way along a heavily forested valley that features black cherry, beech, skeletal beech, and basswood trees.
Bayview Village Park
2945 Bayview Avenue
A 5.2-hectare park on Bayview Avenue north of Sheppard Avenue East that features a ball diamond, three outdoor tennis courts, a splash pad and a children's playground. Another notable aspect of this park is the air raid siren that remains in the park, which dates back to 1959. Intended to warn against an imminent nuclear attack, it remains an enduring legacy of the Cold War era. The siren is one of only three remaining in Toronto, with the other two being located at Trinity Bellwoods Park and Harbourfront Centre.
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Explore FREE Public Art Across the City. Toronto's Year of Public Art 2021-2022 is a year-long celebration of Toronto's exceptional public art collection and the creative community behind it.
We hope that you enjoyed exploring this Toronto neighbourhood and found many other points of interest along the way. While StrollTO highlights some of the 'hidden gems' in the neighbourhood, there may be others that could be included in a future edition. Would you like to share a point of interest that you discovered in the neighbourhood? Email us at [email protected].
Neighbourhood Stroll
This stroll features plenty of fantastic greenspace with the East Don Parklands and Newtonbrook Creek Trail, some wonderful public art such as 'The Jack Pine Remembered' and new installations in Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park, and touches on the heritage of the area with the Thomas Clark House. The stroll passes nearby Sheppard Avenue East and Finch Avenue East, both of which have an eclectic collection of great local businesses.
- Panya Clark Espinal 'The Jack Pine Remembered'
15 Barberry Place
This free-standing, double-sided structure by artist Panya Clark Espinal plays with notions of depictions and reproductions of nature. It takes a scene from Tom Thomson's famous painting 'The Jack Pine' and digitizes and enlarges it to the size of a normal pine tree. The pixelated work is intended as a metaphor for the way pieces of information are made into memories, while the fading and revealing of the image highlights the precariousness of memory as time goes on.
- Thomas Clarke House
9 Barberry Place
*Note: Private property. Please observe the house from the street only. This heritage designated house, dating back to 1855, was built by Thomas Clark, an early European settler of the area who purchased much of the land nearby in the 1840s. Much of the lumber used to construct the house was white pine, which was cut from the property surrounding it. The home is the only structure that remains from the area's pioneer past.
- Clare Scott-Taggart 'Across the Great Spans of Time'
662 Sheppard Avenue East
A public art piece by Clare Scott-Taggart featuring six bronze stylized seed pods, 'Across the Great Spans of Time' was installed as part of a nearby condo development in 2009. The piece is meant to symbolize the environment, with the pods a symbol of the vast farmlands that once occupied this area. It is also meant to symbolize new beginnings, which in this case is a nod to both the new condo development it was situated on, and also nearby St. Gabriel Church, which owned most of the land and then maintained a small part of it to build a new, environmentally-sustainable church building.
- Alice Zhang Artbox
Southwest Corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Greenbriar Road
The design focuses upon the little things that makes a community a whole.
- Paul Hollingsworth Artbox
Southeast Corner of Sheppard Avenue East and Bessarion Road
Toronto is raccoon city. We live together, we share, we fight and we have a grudging respect of each other. But Toronto's unofficial symbol is lacking from the body of woodland style art. The box represents the location of one of the artist's first encounters with Toronto's secondary population.
- Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park
80 McMahon Drive
A new city park now open within Concord Park Place. The park's name (pronounced Etta-nonna wasti-nuh) means where they had a good, beautiful life in Wendat, and is intended to honour the Indigenous heritage of those who once lived on the site, as well as the important Moatfield Ossuary, which served as a cemetery and was located nearby. The park includes a firepit, a multipurpose field, a playground, a splash pad, and an outdoor rink. The park also contains a spectacular collection of public art pieces by artists such as Michael Belmore, Kimiis, Inc., Demakersvan, An Te Liu, and Ken Lum.
- Bill Wrigley 'Kids Play'
Underpass Along Sheppard Avenue East as it Passes Under Old Leslie Street
This mural is a City of Toronto project managed by Mural Routes. Artist Bill Wrigley drew inspiration for it as he thought about his childhood while driving in traffic. He remembered the freedom and joy he felt leaping, jumping and swinging as a child in the 1960s and wanted this mural to remind other drivers of their childhood.
- East Don Parkland
1240 Sheppard Avenue East
The East Don Parkland is part of a long chain of parks following the East Don River. The East Don Trail snakes through these ravines and green spaces providing a beautiful opportunity for hiking and biking. In the fall you can often find salmon swimming upstream to spawn. The Don Valley has undergone extensive conservation efforts over the past few decades to create this beautiful urban green space and will continue to improve in the future.
- Newtonbrook Creek Path
Accessible from Forest Grove Drive, west of Page Avenue
A 5.3 kilometre trail that features a river and is good for all skill levels. The trail meanders its way along a heavily forested valley that features black cherry, beech, skeletal beech, and basswood trees.
- Bayview Village Park
2945 Bayview Avenue
A 5.2-hectare park on Bayview Avenue north of Sheppard Avenue East that features a ball diamond, three outdoor tennis courts, a splash pad and a children's playground. Another notable aspect of this park is the air raid siren that remains in the park, which dates back to 1959. Intended to warn against an imminent nuclear attack, it remains an enduring legacy of the Cold War era. The siren is one of only three remaining in Toronto, with the other two being located at Trinity Bellwoods Park and Harbourfront Centre.
Accessibility information: 'The Jack Pine Remembered', Thomas Clark House, 'Across the Great Spans of Time', Alice Zhang Artbox, Paul Hollingsworth Artbox, 'Kids Play' Mural, the public art installations within Ethennonnhawahstihnen Park, and the air raid siren in Bayview Village Park are all viewable from the street. Bayview Village Park has paved paths. The trail in the East Don Parklands and Newtonbrook Creek Trail are mostly paved, but may also include steep hills, unpaved and uneven areas.
The StrollTO itineraries may follow routes that do not receive winter maintenance. Please review winter safety tips and for more information contact 311.
Soundtracks of the City
From global superstars to local favourites and ones to watch, the Soundtracks of the City playlists all feature artists who have called Toronto home. Whether it’s a lyric about the neighborhood, an artist representing a cultural community, or a tie-in to the StrollTO itinerary itself, all the music reflects connections to an individual ward or the City as a whole.
Music was chosen based on an artist’s Spotify presence and each song’s broad appeal, as well as its associations with the cultures, languages and ethnicities that reflect Toronto’s neighborhoods and diverse music scene. Soundtracks of the City combines 425 songs that feature more than 500 different local artists or acts, showcasing songs in 23 different languages.