Sorauren Avenue Park, Community park in Roncesvalles, Toronto, Canada
Sorauren Avenue Park is a park in Toronto's Roncesvalles neighbourhood, built on the site of a former TTC bus garage. Its concrete floor was covered with soil rather than removed. The park has two mini-soccer fields, two tennis courts, a baseball diamond, an off-leash dog area and a fieldhouse in a former linseed oil building.
The land was originally a farm in the 1800s before becoming an industrial site and later a transit facility. In 1995, the area was converted into a public park for community use.
The Monday farmers market brings neighbors together to shop from local vendors and artisans who sell their goods regularly. This recurring gathering has become a social hub where people connect over fresh food and handmade items.
The park sits between Sorauren Avenue and the rail corridor, with Charles G. Williams Park across Wabash Avenue. The fieldhouse, converted in 2008 from a former linseed oil building, hosts the Monday farmers' market indoors in winter. The concrete floor of the old bus garage lies buried under the playing fields.
The Pumpkin Parade began as a neighbourhood response to Halloween leftovers: residents bring their jack-o'-lanterns to the park paths for one night after Halloween, and the Wabash Building Society estimates nearly 2,000 pumpkins are displayed annually. A pumpkin sale a few days before the event raises money for park services and improvements, and a City of Toronto crew collects the pumpkins the next day to compost them.
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