Scene: Church Street’s New “Parklets”

Some of Church Street's parking spaces are becoming pedestrian oases.

By Steve Kupferman • Photos by Corbin Smith

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268477 This pink parklet is located between Maitland and Wellesley Streets. © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0034-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0034-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0034-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":4.8,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375356693,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"24","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0028571428571429","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-214/ corbin-smith-214 0 0

268476 © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0015-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0015-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0015-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":4.8,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375356584,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"70","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0028571428571429","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-213/ corbin-smith-213 0 0

268478 A worker paints a parklet located between Montieth and Gloucester Streets. © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0078-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0078-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0078-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":8,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375357134,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"55","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-215/ corbin-smith-215 0 0

268481 The parketlet between Montieth and Gloucester Streets. © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0112-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0112-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0112-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":16,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375361503,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"32","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-218/ corbin-smith-218 0 0

268482 © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0122-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0122-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0122-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":13,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375361553,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"35","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-219/ corbin-smith-219 0 0

268479 Carpenters build a parklet between Alexander and Maitland Streets. © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0081-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0081-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0081-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":11,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375360321,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"32","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.0055555555555556","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-216/ corbin-smith-216 0 0

268480 © Corbin Smith https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0102-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith-100x100.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0102-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg https://torontoist.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/20130801-Church-Street-Parkettes-0102-Photo_by_Corbin_Smith.jpg 1000 667 {"aperture":13,"credit":"Corbin Patrick Bradley Smith","camera":"NIKON D800","created_timestamp":1375360467,"copyright":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith","focal_length":"24","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.008","title":"\u00a9 Corbin Smith"} https://torontoist.com/2013/08/scene-church-streets-new-parklets/slide/corbin-smith-217/ corbin-smith-217 0 0

WHERE: Along Church Street

WHEN: Thursday, August 1

WHAT: The Church-Wellesley Village business improvement area, the 519 Community Centre, and the City are all helping fund the conversion of some of Church Street’s parking spaces into small “parklets”—little areas where pedestrians can sit down and take breaks. The first batch of the structures is still under construction, but the plan, according to the Star, is to install eight of them by mid-August and then remove them all around the end of October.

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