Guild Park and Gardens
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Greek Theatre constructed from the remnants of the Bank of Toronto building
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 Location of Guild Park in Toronto
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| Type | Urban park |
| Location | 201 Guildwood Parkway, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Coordinates | 43°44′49″N 79°11′30″W / 43.746927°N 79.191682°WCoordinates: 43°44′49″N 79°11′30″W / 43.746927°N 79.191682°W |
| Area | 50 acres (20 ha) |
| Created | 1978 |
| Owned by | Toronto and Region Conservation Authority |
| Operated by | Toronto Parks, Forestry & Recreation |
| Website | Guild Park and Gardens |
Guild Park and Gardens is a public park in Toronto, Canada. The park was formerly the site of an artists colony and is notable for its collection of relics saved from the demolition of buildings primarily in downtown Toronto arranged akin to ancient ruins. Located on the Scarborough Bluffs, Guild Park and Gardens has an outdoor Greek stage and a 19th-century log cabin among the oldest in Toronto. The principal building in the park is the Guild Inn, a former inn and estate mansion.
The park is located on Guildwood Parkway in the Scarborough district of Toronto, east of Eglinton Avenue East and Kingston Road. Its 50 acres (20 ha) is accessed from the parking lots of the Guild Inn itself, and a parking lot for the Lake Ontario access trail, just to the east. The park is composed mostly of forest. South of the Inn is a large area of grassed open space. To the east, a ravine leads down from Guildwood Parkway to Lake Ontario. Along the bluffs, an east–west trail connects to Livingston Road to the west, with several points for viewing the lake. The edges of the bluffs are roped off for safety, as the bluffs are tall, and composed of soft, sandy, unstable material.
The park is managed by Toronto Parks, on land that is the property of the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority. It was formerly known as Guildwood Park. It became a park after the Guild Inn and its property was bought by Metropolitan Toronto and the Government of Ontario in 1978 from Rosa Hewetson Clark and Spencer Clark. The Inn continued to operate until it closed in 2001. It was managed by various hotel management companies, including Delta, CN and others. It was first the "Ranelagh Park" estate of Col. Harold Bickford, then it became the China Mission Seminary, and the "Cliff Acres" estate of Richard Look, before it was bought in 1932 by Rosa Hewetson, who, along with her husband Spencer Clark converted it to "The Guild of all Arts" artists' colony and inn. During World War II and for a period afterwards, it was used by the Government of Canada.
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