McCowan District Park is a recreational park in the

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neighbourhood of

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, Canada. The park is located along

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, south of the

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commuter rail line of

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Development

The park is set upon

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, previously used by the former City of Scarborough as public works yard. In 2004, the

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published a two-phase plan to redevelop the land into a park. The first phase opened in 2006 with

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s, a multi-use sports field, and a playground. The second phase began construction in 2014 and completed in 2017 which includes an outdoor

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and recreation buildings. The outdoor ice rink is the second such rink in Scarborough since 1973, after

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Safety

Regular visitors of the park have requested a pedestrian crossing at the park's McCowan Road entrance at Bridlegrove Drive after a fatal motor vehicle collision occurred in 2007.http://www.metronews.ca/news/toronto/2016/07/26/one-community-fight-to-get-a-crosswalk-in-scarborough-.html

References

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