Yesterday, Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth),…

Yesterday, Councillor Paula Fletcher (Ward 30 Toronto-Danforth), Chair of the Toronto and East York Community Council, and City of Toronto staff joined members of the community to name Vermont Square Park playground in honour of Toronto writer Dennis Lee with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

Dennis Lee (shown above) is a well-known writer, poet and teacher who co-founded Toronto’s House of Anansi Press in 1967, was made an Officer for the Order of Canada in 1993, and served as Toronto’s first Poet Laureate from 2001 to 2004. He is most famous for writing the children’s book Alligator Pie.

PLANT Architect designed and constructed the now–Dennis Lee Playground in 2013.