[URBAN NOTE] Four notes on parks, from Toronto to Mississauga to Boblo Island

[rfmcdonald]

• Spacing notes how mapping can reveal the extent of flooding on the Toronto Islands.


• blogTO reports on Boblo Island, home to an amusement park abandoned more than two decades.


• At NOW Toronto, Richard Longley describes the wonderful scenic new Trillium Park, built on the former Ontario Place grounds.


• Global News notes how Mississauga is planning to buy old homes in Cooksville to convert into a new central park.