Withrow Park

{{short description|Park in Toronto}}

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| name = Withrow Park

| photo = WithrowPark2.jpg

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| type = Public Park

| location = 725 Logan Avenue
Toronto, Ontario

| coords = {{coord|43|40|29|N|79|20|50|W|region:CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| area = {{convert|8.5|ha|acre}}

| created = 1910

| operator = Toronto Parks

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| website = [http://www.toronto.ca/parks/prd/facilities/complex/306/index.htm Withrow Park]

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Withrow Park is a {{convert|8.5|ha|acre|sing=on}} park in the Riverdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[http://www.toronto.ca/parks/parks_gardens/withrow.htm Withrow Park.] City of Toronto. Retrieved 2007-09-23. Laid out and constructed in the 1910s, at the same time that the surrounding community was built, Withrow Park is among Toronto's large multi-purpose parks. The park is bounded by Carlaw Avenue on the east, Bain Avenue on the south, Logan Avenue on the west and McConnell Avenue on the north.

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Withrow Park is named after John Jacob Withrow (1833–1900), a local landowner and builder, who also served as a city alderman and was one of the founders of what would become the Canadian National Exhibition.Gould, Allan. Wise, Leonard. Toronto Street Names. (Firefly Books, 2000). ({{ISBN|1552093867}}). p. 229.

The park gained nationwide notoriety in 2004 when hot dogs laced with carbofuran were left in the park, killing one dog and poisoning 15 others.[http://www.macleans.ca/canada/national/article.jsp?content=20040216_75066_75066 Who poisoned the dogs of Withrow Park?: Many emotions have been unleashed by the poisoned dogs of Withrow Park.] Maclean's. February 16, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23. While the poisonings were under criminal investigation, the City closed most of Withrow Park by surrounding it with a chain-link fence,[http://wx.toronto.ca/inter/it/newsrel.nsf/9da959222128b9e885256618006646d3/e44aa2c3897cb26b85256e4000761bfd?OpenDocument Contaminated substances found in Withrow Park]. City of Toronto Parks and Recreation Notice. February 20, 2004. Retrieved 2007-09-23. causing controversy in the neighbourhood. No charges were ever laid.[http://www.theparkaffair.com/ One Year.] The Park Affair. February 6, 2005. Retrieved 2007-09-23.

In February 2008, the Toronto Maple Leafs ice hockey team held a practice in Withrow Park, to mark the recent refurbishment of the park's ice rink and related facilities.Wattie, Chris. [http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2008/02/11/leafs-go-to-riverdale-hold-outside-practice-on-coldest-day-of-the-year.aspx Leafs take it outside, in Riverdale]. National Post. February 11, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-12.

Image:WithrowPark1923Skating.jpg in Withrow Park, 1923.]]

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