Relic Park at a Glance

Looking north up Simcoe Street, with the footpath between University and Simcoe visible at right: Similar to a European square, people will move about Relic Park’s new pedestrian zone, but there will be a sense of calm, as office workers break for lunch, parents push their babies in strollers, people read or sun-bathe on stone benches, and cyclists travel along a potential new bike path.

NEW PEDESTRIAN ZONE

This visualization of the new pedestrian zone on Simcoe Street (part of Phase 1) expresses the storyline developed for Relic Park – a dynamic and interactive interpretation of the urban environment that brings together history, culture, art and nature. Feature installations of carved stones will be integrated into a new green corridor running from Campbell House Museum at the intersection of Queen and University to Dundas and McCaul.

The architectural stone fragments were originally salvaged by Rosa and Spencer Clark from demolished
buildings in the 1950s and 70s. Being surplus to the many monuments that the Clarks had constructed at The Guild Inn, in Scarborough, they have been preserved for half a century.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The Relic Feature Sketches and landscape design for Relic Park in this Prospectus are conceived and illustrated by Bryan Jones, Landscape Architect, OALA, CSLA, LEED AP.

Looking south down Simcoe Street, from the intersection of Michael Sweet Avenue and Simcoe. The Wall of Green feature installation helps to mask the concrete wall of the parking garage.