Wychwood Barns information

Artscape Wychwood Barns
Artscape Wychwood Barns
Type	Community centre / Urban park
Location	601 Christie Street; Toronto, Ontario, Canada; M6G 2X7
Coordinates	43°40′48″N 79°25′25″W / 43.68000°N 79.42361°W
Created	November 20, 2008
Owned by	City of Toronto
Managed by	Artscape
Open	09:00 – 17:00 daily
Status	Open all year
Website	artscapewychwoodbarns.ca
Ontario Heritage Act
Official name	Wychwood Car Barns
Designated	2007

Artscape Wychwood Barns is a community centre and park in the Bracondale Hill area of Toronto. The converted heritage building was built as a streetcar maintenance facility in 1913.^[1]^[2] It now contains artist housing and studios, public green space, a greenhouse, a farmer's market, a beach volleyball court, a theatre, a dog run, and office space for many local community groups. The site is a total of 5,574 square metres (60,000 square feet).^[3]

^ Jamie Bradburn (2013-09-10). "The 100-Year Legacy of Wychwood Barns: What we know today as Wychwood Barns was once part of a bold, early experiment in Toronto public transit". Torontoist. Retrieved 2013-09-10. Beginning in 1913, the St. Clair carhouse serviced the St. Clair line and many other routes that eventually carried passengers as far as the ferry docks, North Toronto, and Earlscourt. The TCR's modern repair and storage complex looked especially impressive compared to the aging, decaying facilities of the TRC, which let its system rot as its 30-year franchise wound down.
^ Aaron Adel, James Bow (2013-01-27). "St. Clair (Wychwood) Carhouse". transit.toronto.on.ca. Transit Toronto. Retrieved 2013-09-10. St. Clair Carhouse dates from 1913, about eight years before the Toronto Transportation Commission came into being. It is the only property still standing today retaining some of its streetcar heritage that was constructed by the Toronto Civic Railways to house its streetcars.
^ City officially names Wychwood Barns Park.

[Torontoist2013-09-10-1] Jamie Bradburn (2013-09-10). "The 100-Year Legacy of Wychwood Barns: What we know today as Wychwood Barns was once part of a bold, early experiment in Toronto public transit". Torontoist. Retrieved 2013-09-10. Beginning in 1913, the St. Clair carhouse serviced the St. Clair line and many other routes that eventually carried passengers as far as the ferry docks, North Toronto, and Earlscourt. The TCR's modern repair and storage complex looked especially impressive compared to the aging, decaying facilities of the TRC, which let its system rot as its 30-year franchise wound down.

[2] Aaron Adel, James Bow (2013-01-27). "St. Clair (Wychwood) Carhouse". transit.toronto.on.ca. Transit Toronto. Retrieved 2013-09-10. St. Clair Carhouse dates from 1913, about eight years before the Toronto Transportation Commission came into being. It is the only property still standing today retaining some of its streetcar heritage that was constructed by the Toronto Civic Railways to house its streetcars.

[3] City officially names Wychwood Barns Park.

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