Grosvenor Park, Saskatoon

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subdivision_name2 = Saskatoon
subdivision_type3 = Suburban Development Area
subdivision_name3 = Nutana
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subdivision_name4 = Grosvenor Park
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government_type = Municipal (Ward 8)
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leader_name1 = Glen Penner
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established_title = Annexed
established_date = 1910-1919
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established_date2 = 1946-1970
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website = [http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/leisure/community_associations/your_association.asp?ca=48 Varsity View Community Association]
footnotes = City of Saskatoon Neighborhoods

Grosvenor Park is a mostly residential neighbourhood located in east-central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is a suburban subdivision, composed of a near-even mix of low-density, single detached dwellings and apartment-style units. As of 2006, the area is home to 1,697 residents. The neighbourhood is considered an upper-income area, with an average family income of $91,870, an average dwelling value of $188,760 and a home ownership rate of 46.1%.cite web
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title = Grosvenor Park neighbourhood profile - 2006
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publisher = City of Saskatoon - City Planning Branch
date = 2006
url = http://www.saskatoon.ca//org/city_planning/resources/neighbourhood_demographics/grosvenor_park.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-10-15]

History

The land for the Grosvenor Park neighbourhood was annexed by the city between 1910 and 1919.cite web
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title = Populace Spring 2006
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publisher = City of Saskatoon - City Planning Branch
date = 2006
url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_planning/resources/populace_newsletter/Populace_Spring_2006.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-10-15] According to a 1913 map of registered subdivisions, the neighbourhood was originally split in two sections called University View and Alexandra Park. [cite book
last = O'Brien
first = Jeff
editor = Roberta Coulter
coauthors = Ruth W. Millar, William P. Delainey
title = Saskatoon: A History in Photographs
year = 2006
publisher = Coteau Books
pages = p.31
isbn = I-55050-336-7] By the 1950s, the design of residential neighbourhoods departed from the previous grid system of roadways. A more modern system of curving residential streets, feeding into collector roads that connected to arterial roads was implemented, and the size of the development was based upon the drawing area of an elementary school. The philosophy was to create smaller, more aesthetically pleasing neighbourhoods with fewer intersections and more controlled traffic flow. Grosvenor Park was the first such neighbourhood designed with this idea in mind. [cite web
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title = A View From Above - Key to Landmarks
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publisher = City of Saskatoon - Archives
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url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/gallery/exhibit/aerial/landmark_key.html
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accessdate = 2007-11-23] The majority of home construction took place between 1946 and 1970, and was generally completed by 1980.Profile]

The street names honour prominent early settlers of Nutana:
*"Bate Crescent" - W.P. Bate, first Secretary Treasurer of the Saskatoon Public School Board. [cite web
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title = History of Nutana
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url = http://schools.spsd.sk.ca/Nutana/History.html
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accessdate = 2007-11-24 ] [cite web
last = Bate
first = W.P.
authorlink = W.P. Bate
title = Saskatoon Gen Web Project - Narratives of Saskatoon 1882-1912
work = The Educational History of Saskatoon
publisher = University of Saskatchewan Bookstore
date = June 8, 1927
url = http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/NarrativesOfSaskatoon/83.html
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*"Copland Crescent, Court" - Copland, Thomas (1842-1906), city councillor (1903-1904). [cite web
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title = Copland, Thomas, Mary & Jessie
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publisher = City of Saskatoon - Parks Branch
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url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/parks/cemetery/interest/burials/copland.html
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accessdate = 2007-11-24 ] [cite web
last = Brown
first = Archie
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title = Pioneer Settlers in and Around Saskatoon
work = Saskatoon Gen Web Project - Narratives of Saskatoon 1882-1912
publisher = University of Saskatchewan Bookstore
date = June 8, 1927
url = http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/NarrativesOfSaskatoon/29.html
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*"Garrison Crescent" - George Wesley Garrison, pioneer. He built a two-storey fieldstone house on the northwest corner of Broadway Avenue and 10th Street. In 1918 it was dismantled down to the stone foundation and rebuilt with concrete and brick veneer. [cite web
last = DeCoursey
first = Elaine
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coauthors = Peggy Sarjeant
title = Site of the Garrison House - OnBroadway.ca
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publisher = Saskatoon Heritage Society
date = 1994
url = http://www.onbroadway.ca/heritage2.htm#GarrisonHouse
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*"Isbister Street" - Malcolm Scarth Halsetter Isbister, mayor of Saskatoon (1905) and president of the Board of Trade. [cite web
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title = City of Saskatoon Archives - City Clerk's Office - City of Saskatoon Archives - Historical Resources
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publisher = City of Saskatoon
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url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/history/index.asp#mayors
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accessdate = 2007-11-25 ] [cite web
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title = Woodlawn Cemetery - Malcolm Scarth Halsetter Isbister
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url = http://www.sfn.saskatoon.sk.ca/arts/scha/politics/isbister.html
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*"Lake Crescent" - John Lake, first commissioner of the Temperance Colonization Society and recognized founder of Saskatoon. [cite web
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title = City of Saskatoon • City Clerk's Office • City of Saskatoon Archives • Historical Resources
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url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/history/index.asp
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accessdate = 2007-11-25 ] [cite web
last = Lake
first = John
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title = The Temperance Colonization Society and the Foundation of Saskatoon
work = Saskatoon Gen Web Project - Narratives of Saskatoon 1882-1912
publisher = University of Saskatchewan Bookstore
date = June 8, 1927
url = http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/NarrativesOfSaskatoon/15.html
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*"Latham Place" - Peter Latham (1835-1912), 2nd president of the Temperance Colony Pioneers' Society (1882) [cite web
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title = Pioneer Settlers in and Around Saskatoon
work = Saskatoon Gen Web Project - Narratives of Saskatoon 1882-1912
publisher = University of Saskatchewan Bookstore
date = June 8, 1927
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*"Leslie Avenue" - James Leslie, moved to Saskatoon with the Temperance Colony. He opened a general store (1896) and flour milling/grain company (1906) with future mayor James R. Wilson. In 1903 he was president of the newly formed Board of Trade. [cite web
last = Pederson
first = Jen
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title = A Seat on Council: The Aldermen, Councillors and Mayors of Saskatoon 1906-2006
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publisher = City of Saskatoon Archives
date = 2006
url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/clerks_office/archives/history/resources/a_seat_on_council_july_2007.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-11-25 ] [cite web
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title = History of Saskatoon
work = Saskatoon Gen Web Project - Narratives of Saskatoon 1882-1912
publisher = City of Saskatoon Archives
date = June 8, 1927
url = http://www.rootsweb.com/~sksaskat/NarrativesOfSaskatoon/outstandingevents.html
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Grosvenor Park School opened in 1958 and was named after the subdivision as it was the first school in the area. [cite book
last = Blashill
first = Lorraine
editor = Lorraine Blashill
title = From a Little Stone School... A Story of Saskatoon Public Schools
year = 1982
publisher = Modern Press Ltd.
pages = p.141 ] Due to declining enrolment, the school was closed and in 1993, the building was purchased by the Muslim Community of Saskatoon. Today it is the Saskatoon Islamic Centre. [cite web
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title = Islamic Association of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon) - Community
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Government and politics

Grosvenor Park exists within the federal electoral district of Saskatoon-Humboldt. It is currently represented by Brad Trost of the Conservative Party of Canada, first elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2006.

Provincially, Grosvenor Park lies within the constituency of Saskatoon Greystone. It is currently represented by Rob Norris of the Saskatchewan Party, first elected in 2007.

In Saskatoon's non-partisan municipal politics, Grosvenor Park lies within ward 8. It is currently represented by Councillor Glen Penner, who has served on city council during four periods: 1972-1976, 1979-1982, 1988-1994, and 2000-present.

Institutions

Education

No schools belonging to the Saskatoon Public School Division or the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division exist in Grosvenor Park. A former public elementary school, Grosvenor Park School, is now the Saskatoon Islamic Centre; they offer Quranic, Arabic and other Islamic studies on weekends during five months of the year.

Parks and recreation

*Albert Olton Park (0.9 acres)
*Latham Park (1.0 acres)
*Rod V. Real Park (1.6 acres)
*Grosvenor Park (6.8 acres)

The Varsity View Community Association organizes events, delivers recreational and leisure programs, coordinates sports programs for children/youth and maintains the outdoor rink at Brunskill School. Its jurisdiction includes the neighbourhood of Grosvenor Park. [cite web
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title = Varsity View Community Association
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publisher = City of Saskatoon - Leisure Services & Community Development
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url = http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/org/leisure/community_associations/your_association.asp?ca=48
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Commercial

Commercial development is limited to the southern edge of the neighbourhood, where businesses lie within the 8th Street business district. Grosvenor Park Centre, a large strip mall complex with about 30 businesses, is located on the corner of 8th Street and Preston Avenue. [cite web
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accessdate = 2007-11-25] It is Saskatoon's second-oldest shopping centre; the Churchill Shopping Centre in the Adelaide/Churchill neighbourhood is the oldest. [cite web
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title = Business Profile - Fall 2005
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url = http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/development/resources/business_profile_newsletters/newsletter_fall2005.pdf
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accessdate = 2007-11-25] Another large strip mall complex is Cumberland Square, on the corner of 8th Street and Cumberland Avenue. In addition, there are 19 home-based businesses in the neighbourhood.Profile]

Location

Grosvenor Park is located within the Nutana Suburban Development Area. It is bounded by 14th Street to the north, 8th Street to the south, Cumberland Avenue to the west, and Preston Avenue to the east. Roads are laid out in a mix of crescents and avenues. Main Street is a minor arterial street in the south part of the neighbourhood, separating the single detached housing area to the north from the apartment buildings to the south.

Geographic Location (8-way)
Centre = Grosvenor Park
North = U of S Lands - South MA
Northeast = U of S Lands - South MA
East = Greystone Heights
Southeast = Brevoort Park
South = Holliston
Southwest = Holliston
West = Varsity View
Northwest = Varsity View

References

External links

* [http://www.saskatoon.ca//org/city_planning/resources/neighbourhood_demographics/grosvenor_park.pdf Grosvenor Park neighbourhood profile - 2006]
* [http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_planning/zam_maps/index.asp City of Saskatoon City of Saskatoon · Departments · Community Services · City Planning · ZAM Maps]
* [http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/city_planning/resources/populace_newsletter/Populace_Spring_2006.pdf Populace Spring 2006]
* [http://www.saskatoon.ca/org/leisure/community_associations/your_association.asp?ca=48 Varsity View Community Association]
* [http://www.scs.sk.ca/saskatoon100/students/funstuff/wordsearches/neighbourhoods/neighbourhoods.html Saskatoon Neighborhoods Word Search Puzzle]