Loring-Wyle Parkette, Small park in Moore Park, Toronto, Canada.
Loring-Wyle Parkette is a long, narrow plot on the northeast corner of Mount Pleasant Road and St. Clair Avenue East in Moore Park. It holds busts of Frances Loring and Florence Wyle, each modelled by the other, plus Wyle's sculptures Young Girl (1938) and Harvester (1940).
The site was originally a streetcar loop operated by the Toronto Transit Commission until it closed in 1976. Following requests from local residents, the land was converted into a public parkette in 1984.
The parkette was created in 1984 at the request of the Moore Park Residents' Association, one block south of the converted church schoolhouse at 110 Glenrose Avenue where Loring and Wyle had their studio. It holds busts of both sculptors, each modelled by the other, plus Wyle's Young Girl (1938) and Harvester (1940).
The parkette sits on the northeast corner of Mount Pleasant Road and St. Clair Avenue East, one block north of the former artists' studio at 110 Glenrose Avenue. It is a narrow strip of land, so the sculptures are seen in passing rather than along a loop path.
The two busts were modelled by the sculptors themselves, each sitting for the other, so the portraits are mutual likenesses rather than commissioned works. Frances Loring lived 1887–1968 and Florence Wyle 1881–1968; both died in the same year, and the parkette keeps their memory beside the site of their Glenrose Avenue studio.
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