Place & Placemaking

Place and Place Types

Pineview is more than a place. It is a neighbourhood where local residents have a deep connection and a sense of belonging. 

Residents who have lived in Pineview for many years and experienced the neighbourhood on a day to day basis using the recreation amenities, schools, retail amenities, trails and sidewalks have a good understanding of the true character of Pineview that you cannot obtain by just driving through the neighbourhood.  

Pineview is a vibrant neighbourhood with a long established Place Based approach to its neighbourhood style with a very large community hub which is the long park system throughout the neighbourhood connecting east and west and includes a wide range of recreation amenities which are diverse and inclusive for multi generational use where people go to be connected and engaged. 

Commercial businesses and recreational amenities in Pineview are all within a short walk or e-mobile commuting distance. 

The residents are drawn to Pineview for the walkable Place Types such as yoga, local pub / restaurant, salon spa, medical, dental, pharmacy, barbershop, cleaners, day care, financial, Community outreach, churches, and the many recreational amenities for all ages within a short walk, plus 116 or more additional walkable amenities located around the edges of the neighbourhood.

The Pineview neighbourhood is welcoming, enjoyable and safe for groups of all ages, incomes, and lifestyles.

People enjoy and feel connected using the many various recreation and business and professional amenities in Pineview.

Placemaking and Mixed Use Areas

Residents living in Pineview recognize that the communities vision was established several years ago and is meeting the neighbourhoods needs as demonstrated in its recreational gathering places such as James Mowat Park, Carscadden Park, RCMP Park, Marion Rogers Park, JD McLean Park, Steele Park Chabot Park and Diamond Park with attract residents from throughout the city which have amenities for all ages. 

It is not uncommon to visit the gathering places in Pineview and see multi generational residents at the place types located in the neighbourhoods such as a local pub, restaurant, yoga, salon and spa, and recreational amenities.    

A few examples of established recreational place types in Pineview are:

• Children's play equipment in most parks and school playgrounds.

• Youth Sports - baseball, soccer, outdoor rinks, indoor arena, basketball, pickleball, tennis courts, cross country ski trail.

• Adult Sports - baseball, beach volleyball, outdoor rinks, indoor arena, pickleball, tennis courts, cross country ski trail.

• Active Agers Sports - outdoor rinks, indoor arena, pickleball, tennis, beach volleyball, cross country ski trail. 

Pineview has a network of interconnected walking, jogging, running, and cycling trails, that are common gathering places as seen during the spring summer and fall as they are used by multi generations. 

This place type for gathering connects across the neighbourhoods, through the parks and along the greenspace that encircles the neighbourhood.