Summary:

Evergreen Brick Works highlights the value the ravines possess as a natural element defining the city and differentiating Toronto from other cities around the world. The site will be a nature exploratory centre educating and inspiring visitors about the value of nature in cities, and its feasibility, while protecting and raising awareness of the ravines fragile ecosystems. It is the first venture to embody and demonstrate the unique connection between nature and Toronto, aligned with what author and journalist Robert Fulford wrote in Accidental City, “The ravines are to Toronto like what the canals are to Venice, hills are to San Francisco and the Thames River is to London." Evergreen ...