It’s a doggone shame, what’s happened to the off-leash area at Marie Curtis Park. Where sand once covered the dog-run, in one of the busiest parks in the west end, a black cloth matting beneath has been exposed as the sand wore away, leaving dogs to do their business on a threadbare surface. Dogs are at least as important as people — more fun and a lot less trouble, too — which may be the thinking behind the city’s substantial investment in off-leash areas. The one at Marie Curtis Park, on Lake Shore Blvd. W., is as nice as any, or it was until the surface sand at the north end started to disappear, exposing black cloth used as a buffer between the ground and the sand.

Source: thestar November 18, 2017 14:03 UTC