tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post6972567274702429072..comments2023-09-02T10:14:53.094-04:00Comments on Recreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Sun and the Importance of Urban ParksMary Soderstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-49876561074699076032010-01-09T11:49:24.173-05:002010-01-09T11:49:24.173-05:00You're right about the lack of parks in Mile E...You're right about the lack of parks in Mile End. A few have been added over the last few years, but not enough of the small kind which are useful for sitting around in summer (a example of a nice one is the Parc du Portugal on St. Laurent) and for neighborhood kids in the winter.<br /><br />Some post war WW II, higher density neighborhoods have some bigger ones. There are at least three along St. Zotique going toward St. Leonard. <br /><br />As for winter weather--give me sun over gloom any day, even when it's very cold!<br /><br />MaryMary Soderstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09265519935852076762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3273302883043906742.post-25906773312690970142010-01-09T11:41:27.151-05:002010-01-09T11:41:27.151-05:00Odd, I loved the veiled skies, mild temperatures a...Odd, I loved the veiled skies, mild temperatures and gentle snow flurries this past week and very much enjoyed long walks in that weather. I abhor cold - I can't breathe well - and while I'll certainly venture out for a walk a bit later it is a) because it is essential for health to walk at least half an hour daily, though of course that isn't enough exercise and b) because I have to run some errands - certainly not out of any pleasure being out in the biting cold. Perhaps it affects children less. But I won't walk down the Main to Prince-Arthur or Sherbrooke as I happily did earlier this week, or around parc Jarry. <br /><br />Perhaps you've seen that we have a skating rink too - it is at Parc de la Petite-Italie (former Parc Martel) at the corner of St-Zotique and St-Laurent, just opposite "Les condos du Bon Dieu", former Église St-Jean-de-la-Croix. Behind the park on Clark St, there is a café-restaurant, "Zitto e Mangia" that has a beautiful view of the park. <br /><br />There is also a practice-sized hockey rink in Parc de Gaspé, between Alma and de Gaspé east-west, between St-Zotique and Beaubien north-south. This park has a miniature soccer pitch in clement months. <br /><br />And just a bit farther north in Parc Jarry, there is a much larger skating rink. <br /><br />One thing I notice walking in the winter is the relative lack of urban parks in Mile End, between the Plateau and Outremont, except for Mont-Royal and parc Jeanne-Mance of course. That area is otherwise extremely pleasant and walkable, but it is lacking in neighbourhood parks.lagatta à montréalhttp://www.lemab.canoreply@blogger.com