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Originally Posted by Charlatan
Game on Leto!
This can be found on the grounds of what is now the Riverdale Farm. Interestingly, most descriptions of the Farm mention other buildings and structures that are left over from when it was known as the Riverdale Zoo (most of it was torn down when the Zoo moved to Scarborough) but they do not mention this odd little gem.
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You know Charlatan, I remember going to the old zoo as a kid. Some of the things that stick out in my memory are the smell and noise of the monkey house, and the polar bear pen. The polar bear would be walking around its enclosure, doing a circuit forwards then backwards. It would then pause under a pipe which was sticking out of the wall, dripping water, and have a drink. My dad said that it had gone crazy from being stuck in the small pen.
The new zoo was such a departure form the victorian era facility, but I think it is a shame that thebuildings weren't preserved on the Riverdale site.