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But there's a common problem -

while we are building more, we're not making best use of what we have.

Some people feel PFR

is underfunded

The $3-$4 million spent to run outdoor rinks every season can help rinks be wonderful social spaces in the wintertime

it's important to go forward

rather than backwards:

ramsden

Jimmie Simpson

Outdoor rinks cost between $3 to $4 million, that money can be spent better - inexpensinve change can be made

trinity

north york

ryerson to move

otter creek

Scarborough

irving chapeley

broadlands

wedgewood

JJP

glenlong

giovani cabboto

jjp

scarborough

glenlong

Etobicoke has 9 tennis court rinks - unsupervised and have change room that remain locked alwayss

Problem with frosted glass

Trinity rink house has very limited hours. Three weekdays it doesn't open until 3; the other two weekdays it opens at noon

regent south?

The social life of outdoor rinks

Toronto has more outdoor rinks

than anywhere else in the world

There are 53 city-run

artificial ice rinks

In the past three years, the City has spent millions building new rinks or doing major renovations or additions.

Sherbourne Common

rink cost: unknown

project cost $28.7 million

Greenwood $3.5 million

Colonel Sam Smith

rink cost: $1.95 million

building: $800,000

Cedarvale $1.3 million

many rink changeroom buildings are kept locked

college park

Lambton-Kingsway

Summerlea

Royalcrest

ryerson

Bunker-style changerooms

Monarch

Kew

Withrow

Jimmy Simpson

Trinity MLSE reno - locker room but no social space

windows added

Christie has a large changeroom with huge windows --

a great view of the whole park, including the rink but...

only one bench for people to sit

locked snack bar

Even so, a lot is spent for capital projects...

... and the operating budget keeps going up

Improvements don't have to cost much: Dufferin Rinkhouse

Remove some

Interior walls

Fewer walls

Skate loans

Puck protection

eye level windows

Office becomes cafe

Wood stove donated

Community kitchen beside Zamboni

Cost of Dufferin Rink improvements: $59,000

Skate loan and food revenue: $55,000 per season

Trinity Rink MLSE reno

windows added

Cost of improvements: $149,000

(incl. rink boards)

Applying the same principles elsewhere,

ask rink friends what they want

Wallace-Emerson

Windows added

Old bunker

Add kitchen

add skates

1998-2008 - Christie Pits

Community kitchen

1998 wood stove donated

Kids' programs

Rink-side campfires

2013: rink house often locked

locked snack bar

only one bench for people to sit

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This prezi was made by the

Centre for Local Research into Public Space (CELOS)

with funding support from the Ontario Trillium Foundation

Sherbourne Common

Queensway

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