Christie Pits, 1914.

A Zamboni cleans the skating rink at the northwest corner of the park.

Tobogganning in progress.

Christie Pits Park, originally Willowvale Park, is a Toronto public recreational area located at 750 Bloor St. W. at Christie Street in Ward 21, just across from the TTC Christie subway station. Image File history File links 1914 photo by William James, Looking at a regulation sign in Willowvale (now Christie Pits) Park, Bloor Street West/Christie Street, City of Toronto Archives, SC 244-2557 File links The following pages link to this file: Christie Pits ... Image File history File links 1914 photo by William James, Looking at a regulation sign in Willowvale (now Christie Pits) Park, Bloor Street West/Christie Street, City of Toronto Archives, SC 244-2557 File links The following pages link to this file: Christie Pits ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2113 KB) Skating rink at Christy Pits. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (2592x1944, 2113 KB) Skating rink at Christy Pits. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 882 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1200x1600, 882 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is a public transport authority that operates buses, streetcars, subways, and rapid transit lines in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Christie is a station on the Bloor-Danforth Line of the Toronto subway. ...

The park is 21.9 acres (89,000 m²), about half of which are grassed picnic areas, the rest being various sports fields. Sports facilities on the site include three baseball diamonds (one full-sized and fenced), basketball courts, bocce field, a soccer/rugby/football field, ice rink, splash pad and pool. It is home to the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team, part of the Intercounty Baseball League. The sides of the pits are highly sloped, and are used in winter for tobogganing and related activities. Friends and family gather for a picnic in a public park in Columbus, Ohio, c. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... In basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface/floor. ... It has been suggested that Boccia be merged into this article or section. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Rugby football, often just referred to as rugby, refers to sports descended from a common form of football developed at Rugby School in England. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Rockefeller Centre ice rink An ice rink is a frozen body of water where people can ice skate or play winter sports. ... Urban beach style splash pad located within the municipal swimming baths of Torontos High Park A splash pad is an area for water play that has no standing water. ... 50 meter indoor swimming pool A swimming pool, swimming bath, or wading pool is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for recreational or competitive swimming, diving, or for other bathing activities that involve swimming, e. ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are an Intercounty Baseball League team. ... The Intercounty Baseball League (IBL) is an amateur baseball league operating in central and southern Ontario. ... A modern bobsleigh toboggan A toboggan is a simple sled used on snow, to carry one or, more usually, several people (often children) down a hill or other slope, for recreation. ...

The park was named after the Christie Sand Pits which were on the location until the early 1900s. The sand pits were in turn named after Christie Street, which in turn was named after William Mellis Christie, co-founder of the Christie & Brown Cookie Company, now known simply as Mr. Christie. // Events and trends Technology First flight by the Wright brothers, December 17, 1903. ... Nabisco logo Nabisco is an American manufacturer of cookies and snacks, including brands such as Chips Ahoy!, Fig Newtons, Mallomars, Oreos, Ritz Crackers, Teddy Grahams, Triscuits, Wheat Thins, and Chicken in a Biskit. ...

Garrison Creek runs under "the pits", and can be clearly seen in winter as the snow melts over the now-buried stream. Garrison Creek was a short creek about 6 kilometres long, that flowed southeast into the west side of Toronto Harbour. ...

1933 Race riots

An amateur baseball tournament was held on August 16, 1933 at the site, with one team consisting primarily of Jewish players. The game ended with Nazi-sympathizers unveiling a flag depicting a swastika. The "Heil Hitler!"-shouting Anglo-Canadians then engaged in a riot against the Jews at the event. August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The swastika (from Sanskrit , from su well, and asti being, thus good fortune or well-being) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles in either left-facing () or right-facing () direction. ... Hitler redirects here. ... This section may stray from the articles topic into the topic of another article: List of notable riots. ...

The Police were unsuccessful in maintaining order, and the riot finally broke up after many hours. Police estimate that up to 10,000 people participated in the riots. Only one person was charged with a crime, for carrying a lead pipe.

External links

• eye Weekly: Christie Pits riot's 60th anniversary