woke up, it was a swansea evening and the first thing that I saw
Was a melting city hockey rink, too wet for any skates A net sat there waiting, for the next puck to come through Oh, won't you stay Walk around or play There are benches to examine (apologies to Joni Mitchell) Swansea was one of the smallest of the municipalities folded into Metropolitan Toronto back in 1954 and was annexed with Forest Hill into the old city of Toronto in 1967. Bounded by Bloor, the Humber River, Lake Ontario and High Park, Swansea is primarily residential with most retail lying along its northern edge (the Bloor West Village strip). Cue a late March stroll through the former village. On the way out of Rennie Park rink, we noticed a high treehouse. We meandered around the neighbourhood, walking up dead-end courts with views of the homes and Humber River below. Over in nearly-abandoned Swansea Plaza we discovered the loneliest novelty vending machine on this side of town in a former Shoppers Drug Mart, ( which I wrote about on Torontoist . Located...