Loring-Wyle Parkette, Toronto

Name: Loring-Wyle Parkette
Address: 276 St. Clair Avenue East, Toronto, Canada

#297 among attractions in Toronto

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Loring-Wyle Parkette is a small plot of land, on the northeast corner of the Mount Pleasant Road and St. Clair Avenue East intersection in Toronto's Moore Park neighbourhood, dedicated to the art and memory of two famous Toronto sculptors: Frances Loring and Florence Wyle. Until October 1976, the long, narrow property served as the Moore Park Loop turnaround for the Toronto Transit Commission's Mount Pleasant streetcar. ()

Created: 1984Elevation: 466 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 43°41'27"N, 79°22'60"W

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276 St. Clair Avenue EastMidtown (Moore Park)Toronto Canada

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Loring-Wyle Parkette – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Evergreen Brick Works, David A. Balfour Park, Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Beltline Trail.

1 miSE
Historical place, Event space
Evergreen Brick Works, Toronto
26 min walk • The Don Valley Brick Works is a former quarry and industrial site located in the Don River Valley in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Don Valley Brick Works operated for nearly 100 years and provided bricks used to construct many well-known Toronto landmarks, such as Casa Loma, Osgoode Hall, Massey Hall, and the Ontario Legislature.
0.4 miSW
Park
David A. Balfour Park, Toronto
11 min walk • David A. Balfour Park is an urban park in the Deer Park neighbourhood of Toronto near the intersection of Yonge Street and St. Clair Avenue.
~1970 ftN
Romanesque architecture, Cemetery, Park
Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto
10 min walk • Mount Pleasant Cemetery is a cemetery located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and is part of the Mount Pleasant Group of Cemeteries. It was opened in November 1876 and is located north of Moore Park, a neighbourhood of Toronto.
0.7 miNW
Park, Trail
Beltline Trail, Toronto
19 min walk • The Beltline Trail is a 9-kilometre-long cycling and walking rail trail in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It consists of three sections, the York Beltline Trail west of Allen Road, the Kay Gardner Beltline Park from the Allen to Mount Pleasant Road, and the Ravine Beltline Trail south of Mount Pleasant Cemetery through the Moore Park Ravine.
0.5 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto
14 min walk • Yorkminster Park Baptist Church is the largest Baptist church in Canada and was completed in 1928 to a design by the architectural firm of George, Moorhouse and King. It is named after the 10th-century York Minster at York in northern England.
0.6 miW
Church
Christ Church Deer Park, Toronto
16 min walk • Christ Church Deer Park is a parish of the Anglican Church of Canada in the Diocese of Toronto. The parish church is located at 1570 Yonge Street, in the Deer Park area of Toronto, Ontario. Christ Church Deer Park is part of the Churches on the Hill, an ecumenical grouping of local congregations.
1.1 miSW
Park
Ramsden Park, Toronto
29 min walk • Ramsden Park is a public park located at 1020 Yonge Street in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, with access via Ramsden Park Road. and Pears Avenue. With an area of 13.7 acres, Ramsden Park is one of the largest in downtown Toronto. It features playgrounds, basketball courts, hockey rinks and a small skateboarding feature.
1 miW
Church, Postmodern architecture, Spiritual
First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto, Toronto
26 min walk • The First Unitarian Congregation of Toronto is a Unitarian Universalist congregation in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is affiliated with the Canadian Unitarian Council. It is the largest of six UU congregations and fellowships in the Greater Toronto Area.
1.1 miNW
Church
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Toronto
27 min walk • Our Saviour's Lutheran Church is a Lutheran church located in Prince George, British Columbia.
0.9 miW
Gothic Revival architecture, Church
Deer Park United Church, Toronto
23 min walk • Deer Park United Church is the name of a United Church of Canada congregation, and also the name of this congregation's former church building at 129 St. Clair Avenue West in the Deer Park neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was one of two United Church of Canada buildings in the area and along St.
~1600 ftW
Bridge
Vale of Avoca, Toronto
8 min walk • Vale of Avoca is the name of a large viaduct which carries St. Clair Avenue East over a ravine of the same name, in Toronto, Canada. Located just east of Yonge Street, the current triple arch bridge, also known as the St.

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Which popular attractions are close to Loring-Wyle Parkette?

Nearby attractions include Vale of Avoca, Toronto (8 min walk), Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto (10 min walk), David A. Balfour Park, Toronto (11 min walk), Yorkminster Park Baptist Church, Toronto (14 min walk).

How to get to Loring-Wyle Parkette by public transport?

The nearest stations to Loring-Wyle Parkette:

Bus

St. Clair (13 min walk)
Mount Pleasant Road • Lines: 11A, 11C (18 min walk)

Tram

St. Clair Station • Lines: 512 (13 min walk)
Yonge Street • Lines: 512 (16 min walk)

Metro

St. Clair • Lines: 1 (15 min walk)
Summerhill • Lines: 1 (19 min walk)