Making Land Print
According to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Tommy Thompson Park (better known as the Leslie Street Spit) is a “man-made peninsula” which has been under development since the late 1950s (to get a good understanding of the intricacies of this process, have a look at http://trca.on.ca/enjoy/locations/tommy-thompson-park.dot). In essence this place is a partnership between people and wildlife along the lines of “build it and they will come”. Brick by brick, block by block and slab by slab, humans nurtured and nature reacted. While it is easy to understand how birds have made the most of this environment, it is harder to fathom how deer managed to establish themselves in a place with such a narrow connection to the mainland.
According to the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority, Tommy Thompson Park (better known as the Leslie Street Spit) is a “man-made peninsula” which has been under development since the late 1950s (to get a good understanding of the intricacies of this process, have a look at http://trca.on.ca/enjoy/locations/tommy-thompson-park.dot). In essence this place is a partnership between people and wildlife along the lines of “build it and they will come”. Brick by brick, block by block and slab by slab, humans nurtured and nature reacted. While it is easy to understand how birds have made the most of this environment, it is harder to fathom how deer managed to establish themselves in a place with such a narrow connection to the mainland.
The picture conveys the combined forces at work and has more of a dark mood on the right side to symbolize the somewhat malevolent aspect of the contaminated waste that represents the underpinnings of the original development stages. Again, see the website above for more details. But even though the top layer is considered clean fill, the dark mood resonates with the concept of demolished buildings and drifting chemical drums. At least in this particular location, it presents a face that only stern Mother Nature could love.
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