German war prisoners were used as labourers. One of the structures burned down in a fire after the war, while others were demolished, including three of four signature chimneys. The company was eventually bought by what is now the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority in Production officially ended two years later.
Happy first official weekend of summer! We can hardly wait to hang out with food, drinks and all around good vibes at Summer Wednesdays starting July 3! Link in bio. The site as we know it today was reopened to the public in as the Evergreen Brick Works, named after the non-profit that helped revitalize it.
The Evergreen organization, founded in , worked on renaturalization, planting trees and flowers in the area. There are 16 heritage buildings, hiking trails, meadows and wetlands. Email us at [email protected]. An interactive convening that dives into the best of city building. Register today. From ecology programs in to city building initiatives in , a bit of Evergreen history. Evergreen, through Future Cities Canada, is strengthening a culture of change and innovation in communities across the country with OpenNorth.
Future Cities Canada is a national collaborative accelerating innovation to transform cities for the benefit of us all. Through the work of a multidisciplinary team, a quarter of the acre Don Valley Brick Works park and post-industrial site is being redeveloped as an active, environmentally based community centre.
The project was initialized by Evergreen, a Toronto non-profit organization dedicated to creating programs that reconnect city communities with local natural systems.
The massive grounds are incised with industrial quarries and are both a heritage site and a brownfield. In its new incarnation, the area will serve as a catalyst for new ideas on relationships between nature, individuals, and cities. The plan addresses a need for higher site porosity as a means to create a free-flowing system of sustainable components in, around, and through the area.
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