Brewer's Park
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Brewer Park is a park in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada area.
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[edit] Description
The park is a very popular, attracting many different types of people. In the winter, Brewer park houses a world-class speed skating oval and two smaller-sized hockey rinks. It is one of the most popular places for the students of Carleton University, who can study or involve themselves in many sports.
[edit] Sport and Playground Facilities
Brewer park contains facilities for both the young and old.
- 3 soccer fields (two are also football accessible)
- 3 baseball diamonds
- a hockey arena (Brewer arena)
- many biking paths
- half of a basketball court
- a mini-waterpark
- 4 play-structures
Though not part of the park, Brewer is adjacent to the Ottawa tennis & lawn bowling club, to the Westboro Academy, and to Brewer pool, a fairly large indoor pool.
[edit] History
In the 1960s and 1970s, Brewer park housed a public beach that encircled Brewer pond, a pond approximately 100 meters in diameter, which drew a young crowd around the area. But pollution measurement standards in Ontario changed and enclosed beaches were not permitted, and the beach was abandoned. The pond is still there, and the building that once housed a canteen and many storage items is now used as a locker room for many football teams who play on the neighboring field.
[edit] House of paint
Since 2001, the city of Ottawa has introduced the "House of paint", Ottawa's first Legal Wall and an urban art project which is used to paint graffiti and other pictures. This project has supported urban artists who can use this area to express their creativity, instead of painting graffiti on other areas, an act can be interpreted as vandalism. This area can be found under the Dunbar Bridge on Bronson Avenue (Ottawa) that is constructed over the Rideau River.
