Roundhouse Park - Toronto, ON, Canada
Posted by: Metro2
N 43° 38.486 W 079° 23.189
17T E 630139 N 4833313
A railway roundhouse is preserved in this park across from Rogers Centre and the CN Tower.
Waymark Code: WMJDHT
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 11/04/2013
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"Roundhouse Park is a 17 acre park in Downtown Toronto in the former Railway Lands. It features the John Street Roundhouse, a preserved locomotive roundhouse which is home to the Toronto Railway Museum, Steam Whistle Brewing and Leon's Furniture. The park is also home to a collection of trains, the former Canadian Pacific Railway Don Station, and the Roundhouse Park Miniature Railway. The park is bounded by Bremner Boulevard, Lower Simcoe Street, Lake Shore Boulevard West/Gardiner Expressway and Rees Street.
History
The John Street Roundhouse was built in 1929-31. Following the renovations of the roundhouse in the 1990s, the area to the east of the building became a city owned park named Roundhouse Park in 1997. It officially opened in 2010 along with the Toronto Railway Museum, the miniature railway, the relocated Don Station, and a collection of trains."