Christie Pits Park Summer Celebration

Unfortunately I'm not in town this weekend, so I'll have to miss the Christie Pits Park Summer Celebration on Sunday from 4 to 6 pm.

It sounds like a blast!

The celebration is centred around the pizza oven in the southwest area of the park, just behind the south baseball diamond.

There will be pizza, of course, cake and games for kids.

The Friends of Christie Pits flyer for the event outlines a bit of the history of the area:
"The Christie Pits neighbourhood is named after the former Christie Sand Pits, a local landmark in this area until the early 1900's. Christie Street is named after William Mellis Christie, who
co-founded the Christie & Brown Cookie Company, in downtown Toronto in 1861.
The Christie Sand Pits were rich in sand, gravel, and clay deposits - remnants of the last ice age. These deposits were excavated in the late 1800's and early 1900's, and used in the construction of many of Toronto's early roadways and public buildings.
By 1909, the Christie Sand Pits were depleted and the city turned the former quarry into Willowvale Park. However, the Christie Pits name has endured and is used in reference to the park and the surrounding neighbourhood to this day."

Cheers,

Vanessa

PS There was an interesting article in the Star recently about a historical marker at Christie Pits, which will be installed Sunday at 11 am to commemorate the Christie Pits race riot of 1933.