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Back before it was the bustling city core of today, what we now know as downtown Toronto was a ramshackle neighbourhood that served as the first port of call for oft-penniless newcomers to the city.

The area bounded by Queen Street, College Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue was hardly filled with trendy eateries or the big business of Bay Street. In fact, Bay was then known as Terauley Street

and was an unofficial spine of what was then the worst slum in Toronto. The parcel of land was originally called Macaulaytown,

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as it was owned by Dr. James Macaulay, who was granted ownership of 100 acres in 1797. By the time of Confederation, the area had become known as St. John’s Ward and was officially known as a slum. In the ensuing decades, it became known simply as “The Ward.” While conditions were often bleak, The Ward was not without hope. In fact, for many of its residents, it was a welcome reprieve from worse conditions elsewhere. Those ranks included Thornton Blackburn, founder of Toronto’s first cab company, who fled slavery with wife Lucie south of the border before settling in the neighbourhood. Many of the

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neighbourhood’s early residents were black, and they were later joined by a wave of Jewish settlers fleeing persecution in Eastern Europe. Those settlers eventually moved west to form the beginnings of the Kensington Market neighbourhood. The slum was also home to many Irish, Italian and Chinese newcomers, with the latter two groups later settling in what are now known as the Little Italy and Chinatown neighbourhoods, respectively. The Ward’s proximity to Union Station and the Great Western Railway Station (now the site of the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts) made it easy for newcomers to Canada to access, and its proximity to factory jobs in the area added to its convenience. Still, conditions were poor, and landlords were intent on turning a profit, often subdividing land and boosting rents to the point where multiple families often had to share small, decrepit homes. Demand for housing in the downtown core ensured there was never

a shortage of willing tenants. Even when the city’s health department closed a dwelling because it was unfit for occupancy, it would quickly open back up again, often with no improvements made. The Ward became even more crowded when parcels of the area were bought up and became the sites of Old City Hall in 1899 and Toronto General Hospital in the early 20th century. With such high-profile buildings coming to the area, new attention was given to the deplorable conditions many in The Ward faced, though efforts to “clean up” the area did little to assuage the underlying issues of poverty facing those who lived there. Instead, The Ward died a much slower death through — as is often the case in Toronto — gentrification. As mentioned, the disparate groups that comprised the neighbourhood began to settle in their own enclaves, and by the 1960s, the neighbourhood had essentially begun to transform into the downtown of today.

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Front page photo: A ramshackle house in the neighbourhood formerly known as The Ward, which was one of Toronto’s earliest slums. (Counter clockwise from top): A couple of children in The Ward in a photograph dated 1908; Children were often seen roaming free and unsupervised through The Ward; The T. Eaton Factory, where many residents of The Ward found work; A view of The Ward from atop the old T. Eaton Factory. City of Toronto Archives/Photo

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Notice of Commencement and Public Meetings GO Rail Network Electriﬁcation Transit Project Assessment Process Metrolinx, an agency of the Province of Ontario, is upgrading its commuter rail system into Regional Express Rail. The Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) is now home to nearly 7 million people and heading towards 10 million by 2041. To address the urgent transit needs of the GTHA, the Province of Ontario committed to implement Regional Express Rail and make other improvements to the GO system. By 2025, electrified trains will be running every 15 minutes or better, all day and in both directions, within the most heavily travelled sections of the GO network. The Process Metrolinx and Hydro One are co-proponents, jointly carrying out the Transit Project Assessment Process (TPAP) in accordance with Ontario Regulation 231/08 - Transit Projects and Metrolinx Undertakings (made under the Environmental Assessment Act) to examine the environmental impacts of converting several GO rail corridors from diesel to electric propulsion. The Project As part of Regional Express Rail, Metrolinx is proposing to electrify GO-owned corridors. The GO Rail Network Electrification undertaking will entail design and implementation of a traction power supply system and power distribution components located along and within the vicinity of the rail corridors. The Study Area (see key map) includes six GO rail corridors, as well as proposed locations for the traction power facilities (i.e., Traction Power Substations, Paralleling Stations, Switching Stations) and ancillary components: • • • • • •

Union Station Rail Corridor Lakeshore West Corridor – West of Bathurst St. to Burlington Kitchener Corridor – UP Express Spur (at Highway 427) to Bramalea Barrie Corridor – Parkdale Junction to Allandale GO Station Stouffville Corridor – Scarborough Junction to Lincolnville GO Station Lakeshore East Corridor – Don River Layover to Oshawa GO Station

Traction Power Supply and Distribution System Electrification of the GO Network requires a connection to the provincial electrical system. It is proposed that power be supplied from Hydro One’s existing 230 kilovolt (kV) transmission lines through the installation of five (5) Tap locations which will bring power to the Traction Power Substations (TPS) and then feed into the power distribution system components adjacent to and along the rail corridors to be electrified. Consultation Building on the first and second rounds of public consultation meetings held in February/March 2016 and November 2016, Metrolinx and Hydro One are now formally commencing the TPAP. A third round of public consultation is planned for June/July 2017 (details below) and will present the findings of the technical/environmental studies (posted online at www.gotransit. com/electrification) undertaken for the GO Rail Network Electrification Project. Members of the public, government agencies, Indigenous communities and other interested parties are encouraged to participate in the process and/or contact the project team directly with feedback or questions. A discussion guide will be posted online at www.gotransit.com/electrification prior to the meetings to provide key information. We invite you to join us in person at the public meeting nearest you to find out more. Meeting times: 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. / Presentation: 7:00 p.m. Monday, June 26, 2017 Clarke Memorial Hall 161 Lakeshore Road West Mississauga, ON L5H 1G3

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Canadian rock icon Randy Bachman and Band will be performing as part of the Toronto Jazz Festival on Friday, June 23 at The Concert Hall.

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that’s "She’s Come Undone.’" Bachman noted that playing old favourites in a new style keeps him challenged and keeps the music fresh for both him as a performer and for audiences. While he acknowledges that many fans who come to concerts "just want to hear the album," he is confident the jazzier arrangements with top-notch performers such as Biali and Trout accompanying him will win over diehards and new fans alike. "A good song is a good song," he said. "I think this show’s going to be a real buffet for my fans and a potpourri for me." The free-flowing and improvisational nature of jazz will also allow Bachman to experiment as he goes. "And if we hit a wrong note, we can just hit it again and people will think it was on purpose," he joked. "Nobody will know if it doesn’t work, because it’s jazz." Bachman will play The Concert Hall - known to many as the Masonic Temple - on Friday, June 23, with the show starting at 8:30 p.m. For tickets or information on his show or the TD Toronto Jazz Festival, visit www.torontojazz.com

Official Plan Amendments for Heritage Views of & to City Hall, Old City Hall & St. James Cathedral Community Consultation Meeting The City is holding a Community Consultation meeting where you can learn more about this proposal, ask questions and share your comments. Details are as follows: Date: July 4, 2017 Time: 7 p.m. Place: City Hall Committee Room 2

Proposal The City is proposing Official Plan Amendments to modify the existing protected heritage views of and to City Hall, Old City Hall and St. James Cathedral. You can view a copy of the Preliminary Report providing background information at: http://bit.ly/2s11GPa. To speak to the planner directly, contact David Oikawa, at 416-392-7188 or david.oikawa@toronto.ca. Comments can be mailed to the planner at: City Planning, Toronto and East York District, 100 Queen St. W., East Tower 18th Floor, Toronto ON, M5H 2N2. Notice to correspondents: Information will be collected in accordance with the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. With the exception of personal information, all comments will become part of the public record. Our public meeting locations are wheelchair/mobility device accessible. Other reasonable accommodation or assistive services for persons with disabilities may be provided with adequate notice. Please contact David Oikawa, at 416-392-7188, david.oikawa@toronto.ca with your request.The City of Toronto is committed to taking the necessary steps to insure compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005.

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For anyone who thinks Randy Bachman’s music can best be summed up by his seminal work with the Guess Who and BachmanTurner Overdrive, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. The legendary musician has landed a prime gig opening this year’s TD Toronto Jazz Festival, showcasing talents that fans of his early work may not be familiar with. While he may be best known for his rock riffs, Bachman has developed a diverse repertoire over the course of a music career that spans more than half a century. Even back in his early days, however, the star noted his music had roots that stretched beyond pure rock. Bachman’s guitar playing was influenced in large part by his mentor Lenny Breau, an acclaimed jazz guitarist who he met and learned under while both were living in Bachman’s native Winnipeg.

Those early lessons shine through on many of the songs "You look at something like (Guess Who hit) ’She’s Come Undone’ and we were a pop band, but that wasn’t a straight pop song," he said. "’Blue Collar’ or ’Lookin’ Out for #1" (by BTO) definitely aren’t straight ahead rock songs." In more recent years, Bachman has let his jazzy side loose, releasing the album "Jazz Thing" in 2004 and "Jazz Thing II" in 2007, along with "Heavy Blues" in 2015. "I want to show I’m more than Mr. Classic Rock," he said. For his Jazz Festival set, Bachman will be joined by up-and-coming jazz singer Laila Biali and guitarist Walter Trout, who will accompany him on various tracks spanning the musical icon’s lengthy career. "I’ll play a bit solo, then Laila will come on for a few songs, or Walter will join me," he said. "We’ll play music from over the years - stuff that people will recognize, though they may not recognize it right away. We’ll get into a different groove, but then the lyrics will kick in and people will realize ’hey,

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Learning from our past helps guide our future Toronto’s come a long way in its relatively short history, with substantial change taking shape in the last 150 years. Consider, if you lived in Parkdale in the 1800s, you were probably upper-class. It was a community known as a ‘resort village’ due to its proximity to the lake and its large summer homes. Meantime, Toronto’s downtown core, which is now a bustling area of big business and big banks, was once home to the city’s most notorious slum, The Ward. While Scarborough evolved into an industrial hub during the Second World War, as the population expanded east with dreams of prosperity. These are just a few stories of Toronto’s past we bring to light this week to commemorate Canada’s 150th birthday. You can read these features in the editions of the Mirror, Guardian and Villager newspapers as well as online at insidetoronto.com/Canada150 We have a lot to celebrate and be proud of in this city and country of ours, as we prepare to mark our nation’s sesquicentennial. But we’d do our forebearers a disservice if we didn’t continue to strive for the betterment of this city and its residents. While it’s not hard to acknowledge where we went right, where we went wrong as a society has had lasting effects on the people of Toronto. The erection of the Gardiner Expressway dismantled Parkdale as an upper-class enclave, resulting in 60 years of social and economic instability. The area is currently experiencing improvement through gentrification after years of neglect, but the investment is forcing some of its long-time residents to feel squeezed as the cost of living surges. While an area as blatantly bleak as The Ward may no longer exist in Toronto, poverty does, with many children at the centre of the crisis. And now there’s hope a subway extension will spur development in Scarborough once again, after the city lost its footing as an industrial centre after amalgamation. To know where we’re going, we must always remember where we came from. We must ensure the countless generations of indigenous, including the Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas, are continually recognized and honoured for their contributions to this land. For without them, there would be no Canada. There would be no Toronto. Learning from our past positions us for a brighter future: a future of progress, inclusiveness and reconciliation. A brighter future that’s another 150 years in the making.

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City plan for legal rooming houses may fail I hoped the crowd in Don Mills would be a little different. I’d been to other meetings where the city talked about legalizing rooming houses in Toronto’s suburbs, but these people have Shelley Carroll, a reasonable city councillor. And Carroll has argued for licensing and legalizing rooming houses where they’re illegal - North York, Scarborough, and parts of Etobicoke. Without a legal alternative to point at, she’s said, the city’s record against illegal rooming houses was miserable. Shutting them all is impossible. Students and the poor will use them, so licensing is a way to keep tenants safe. Carroll’s said all this.

MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto Yet, facing the same homeowners who turned up to discuss this in 2015, plus the city’s plan to license seven-room "multitenant houses" in five areas, she wavered. If Carroll isn’t on board, the plan’s doomed. An issue that should be settled won’t be. In 2015, homeowners at such meetings heard other views. This time, housing

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borough and Humber College. They’ve become the largest industries in their suburban neighbourhoods. They’ve lagged behind on building student residences, content to see rooming houses spread. Rooming houses became a secondary business near campuses, an investment or way to pay a mortgage. If these neighbourhoods had more basement apartments and legal rooms for rent (two per home is legal) near campuses, there might not be such an evident need for affordable, convenient housing, but there is. There’s no going back to the 1970s. Many in these subdivisions saw this coming, and sold. Over time, others will too.

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advocates, students and other tenants were closeted in focus groups. At Don Mills, as in Highland Creek days earlier, homeowners were angry and incredulous. The city says every house in the pilot areas could become a rooming house, but after three years all licensing could vanish. It also expects illegal rooming house owners to embrace licensing. Homeowner stories at both meetings were the same as ever. They came to live in a "unique" new community, built for families. Decades later, everything’s changed. Rooming houses are everywhere. Homeowners are right to blame universities and colleges for this, specifically York University, Seneca, University of Toronto Scar-

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ni-Ara said. Certain libraries are also more forgiving than others. North York Central Library forgave the most in fines at $20,471, but it also had the highest volume of fines billed at $190,112. Parkdale, which was the next

most forgiving with $13,772 in waived fines, had only billed users $84,021 in fines in 2016. In comparison, Cedarbrae billed users $92,083 but waived only $5,676. Hossenin-Ara said Parkdale could be more forgiving because it is in an area with a higher level of

poverty. "Parkdale is in one of those Neighbourhood Improvement Areas," he said. "What it comes down to is serving the community." To see how much in fines each library collected and waived, visit bit.ly/tplfines2017

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Organization gets families to volunteer abroad These dolls will always remind Arlene’s family of her. What will you leave behind for your loved ones? When Arlene’s son was young, they would play with these Russian nesting dolls for hours. They will always remind him of their early years together. What personal items will you leave behind? Visit mountpleasantgroup.com to pre-plan with us and start your Memory Box.

A Toronto-based organization is offering Canadians a chance to do something worthwhile on their next family travel adventure. Projects Abroad, which is part of Projects Abroad Global that operates in more than 30 countries, organizes volunteer opportunities for people across the world, particularly in Asian, South American and African countries. Started by a university professor to offer students a chance to teach English in post-USSR Romania, the organization has grown dramatically. Projects Abroad is now offering volunteering trips to families who want to do something meaningful on their vacation. With summer approaching, Projects Abroad is asking families to combine their vacation with service work to help in areas of need such as health care, education, and conservation. For more details, visit www.projects-abroad.ca

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Those small library fines for late returns really do add up. Toronto Public Library collected more than $2.7 million in fines in 2016. These fines may have been for charges billed to library users in prior years but collected in 2016. Additionally, the library system billed its users $3.8 million in fines in 2016, but is waiting for some clients to pay up. While Toronto’s 100 libraries charged quite a bit of coin for unreturned or late material, they were also fairly forgiving. In 2016, the organization waived $281,899 in fines, $80,000 of which was allocated through a city council-directed fine forgiveness program as part of the city’s poverty reduction strategy. Libraries in Toronto’s Neighbourhood Improvement Areas (NIA) were allocated these funds to help users overcome financial barriers and return to using the library again. The program helped 2,076 customers between January 2015 and March 2016 by clearing their accounts. "It’s just about providing access to those who have stopped using the services because they’re too afraid or too embarrassed, or can’t afford to actually pay the fines and really do need the service," said Moe Hosseini-Ara, director of branch operations and customer experience. "With this particular program, those individuals whose fines were waived borrowed about 140,000 items within the year after." While the fines forgiveness program is officially over, libraries can still waive fees. Some fines may be waived to help individuals overcome their financial barrier. A fine could also be waived or reduced when a lost item eventually gets returned, or if there is an error and the individual should not have been billed in the first place. For the library, it’s most important to get the item back, as replacement is costly. Staff are trained to use their judgment to waive fines, but it’s based on circumstance, HosseiniAra said. Some individuals are also more forthcoming to describe their situation, he said, while others may simply stop coming back to the library. Community librarians, who work in such places as shelters, employment agencies and elsewhere, can also use their judgment to waive fines when they meet an individual who stopped

using the library due to unpaid fines. For some people, using the library’s resources - such as borrowing its materials or using its computers - may be a factor in their ability to get a job and improve their circumstances, Hossei-

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Anti-hate crime campaign launches in 51 Division Increase in incidents in 2016 sparks new initiative JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com With an eight per cent increase in hate crimes across Toronto from 2015 to 2016 and a 31 per cent increase in assaults in the Church-Wellesley neighbourhood over that same time frame, Toronto police and the Church-Wellesley Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) are taking action. Toronto police 51 Division has started up an antihate crimes initiative along with the BIA to urge people to report hate crimes, with a focus on crimes perpetrated against members of the LGBTQ community. "In 2016, the number of assaults in the area of Church and Wellesley went up from 2015, and the group that was most targeted in hate assaults were members of the LGBT community," said Det.

Henry Dyck of 51 Division. "We felt it was important to reach out to the community to start a campaign to encourage not only the victims of crime but also witnesses to come forward." While the initiative’s focus is on LGBTQ-focused hate crimes, Dyck urged victims and witnesses to report any hate crime, whether a violent physical assault, hateful or threatening comments, property damage or any other form of intimidation. Dyck said the initiative is timely given the increased number of incidents often reported during Pride festivities. "We hear the same thing every year after Pride is over, particularly from the trans community," he said. "People are out in bigger numbers and we get reports from members of trans community saying everybody feels like they can just come up and grab them, or they’re subjected to insults and catcalls." Enza Anderson, a longtime advocate for trans

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Univox Choir of Toronto WHEN: 8:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: St. Thomas Anglican Church, 383 Huron Street, Toronto CONTACT: St. Thomas Anglican Church, 705-932-2233 COST: $10 at the door An evening of contemporary and traditional choral works.

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12 COMMUNITY

’Republic of Rathnelly’ celebrates half century JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com As Canada prepares to celebrate 150 years as a country, a small neighbourhood tucked between the Annex and Forest Hill marked a different anniversary - 50 years as the independent Republic of Rathnelly. The small, close-knit neighbourhood declared its independence from Canada in 1967 as a means of protesting various proposed changes to the community at that time, said Republic of Rathnelly historian Pym Buitenhuis. "The Spadina Expressway was the thing that really galvanized everyone as a community and led to our separation from Canada in 1967," she said. The city was looking to expropriate various properties so the Spadina Expressway and another Crosstown Expressway could make their way through the neighbourhood and so a

grocery store could be built on nearby Avenue Road. Residents fought back against those proposals and also battled to make a small green space that had only been open to workers at the High Level Pumping Station open to all residents. "There was a big revolt to take the pump park back and to save the neighbourhood," Buitenhuis said. "The city at the time was hungry to destroy things and make change." The community’s secession from Canada saw a peaceful coup led by children, and while the neighbourhood is not an official independent state, it showed the resolve of the group that called themselves the Republic of Rathnelly Irregulars. Since the revolution, Rathnellians have continued to celebrate their independence with biennial Rathnelly Day celebrations. Over the years, they have had their own queen and have hosted plenty of com-

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Rathnelly Day organizer Staci Clayton (left), Republic of Rathnelly historian Pym Buitenhuis and Rathnelly Area Residents’ Association president Kendra Thompson celebrate 50 years of tongue-in-cheek independence from Canada. munity celebrations to foster a true sense of community. "It’s been a community like this for 50 years," said Staci Clayton, one of the organizers of the 25th Rathnelly Day, which took place

on Saturday, June 17. "I grew up here and now I live here as an adult and there’s really no place like it." Recent years have also seen a resurgence in the number of "Little Republicans" - children who live in

the Republic of Rathnelly as new young families have moved in. "It’s always been a different kind of area," Clayton said. "Back (in 1967) there were a lot of rooming houses and a lot of writers and art-

ists here. They started that spirit of fighting against the man and we still have that strong community spirit." While Rathnelly Day is always the biggest event on the calendar, hearkening back to the community’s revolutionary roots, residents of the Republic get together for other celebrations throughout the year, from winter solstice parties to Easter Egg Hunts to yard sales. "It’s a pretty special neighbourhood with a lot of history," said Rathnelly Area Residents’ Association president Kendra Thompson. "The houses are close together and everyone knows their neighbours because of events like (Rathnelly Day)." She added that the closeknit nature of the community helps maintain the community’s character and ensures everyone looks out for everyone else. "It’s like a little protected area in the middle of the city," she said.

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HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com Torontonians will have a new park and trail to explore this summer at Ontario Place. The Trillium Park and William G. Davis Trail officially opened to the public Monday, June 19 with the help of Premier Kathleen Wynne and Eleanor McMahon, the Minister of Tour-

ism, Culture and Sport. The unveiling marks the first milestone in the province’s plan to revitalize Ontario Place into a vibrant year-round destination. "What better time than 2017, as we mark our 150th anniversary, to open the Trillium Park and William G. Davis trail and celebrate the incredible province we live in," said McMahon in a press release.

"This new public park and trail brings the beauty of Ontario’s natural landscapes to the heart of downtown Toronto. In a city this size, it’s important to have resources like this one for people to enjoy. The seven-and-a-halfacres park, which was once a parking lot, used ideas from people across Ontario to create features like an open-air pavilion and open

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spaces to host fairs, festivals and food vendors. The trail, named after a former premier who served while Ontario Place was being built, is 1.3-kilometres long and connects to the Trans Canada Trail, the Martin Goodman Trail and the Pan Am Path. "I am pleased to see a new era begin for Ontario Place and I am honoured by the beautiful trail that now

bears my name," said former premier Davis, in a press release. The park has design elements that reflect the Indigenous heritage of the site which is located on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation. Some highlights of the park include: • The Ravine with Moccasin Identifier: Developed in collaboration with the

Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, there’s a moccasin etching in the gateway to the park to provide a visual reminder to celebrate and honour the history and culture of Indigenous peoples. • The Bluff: Stacked boulders and rocks from a Muskoka quarry are located along the trail, symbolizing the prehistoric Lake Iroquois shoreline.

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Downtown ’parklets’ free up public space Ryerson, BIA partner on new model JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Downtown Toronto offers plenty for those who live, work, play and visit, but open public space has long been hard to come by. The Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (BIA) and Ryerson University have taken steps to address that, showcasing a new model for a parklet that could bring seating areas and greenery to busy city streets. Unveiled on Elm Street just west of Yonge Street on Friday, June 16, the parklet features an undulating design with seating and planters and is made of $20,000 worth of long-lasting Accoya wood donated by Upper Canada Forest Products. It co-opts street parking as an extension of

the sidewalk, and the concept created by Ryerson University architectural science students is modular, meaning that it can be expanded or shrunk to fit various spaces. Ward 27 (Toronto Centre-Rosedale) Coun. Kristyn Wong-Tam noted that the city has featured other parklet models in the past, but said there were lessons to be learned to find a model that worked. "The first parklet that we introduced in the City of Toronto actually was in 2013," she said. "It was very large, it was boxy, we did make it very bright and colourful so there was a lot of ’pop,’ but we learned a lot of things while we created that first parklet." Wong-Tam added that the parklet concept is one that could find a home in communities across Toronto and would help to beautify and improve the liveability of neighbourhoods wherever there’s a dearth of open space.

"Beauty in the city is important because we want to liven and improve our public spaces by ensuring that they are beautiful and inviting," she said. "We know that’s when people will use them." The councillor noted the use of parking spaces for open space require approval from the Toronto Parking Authority, but said the city has been amenable to the parklet concept in the past. "Cars are supposed to park here, not people, and we had to work through the city process and the bureaucracy to say, ’Actually, we think there’s a higher civic use for these spaces. Maybe it’s beyond vehicle parking. Maybe we can actually sit here and congregate and make the space much more beautiful,’" she said. The parklet on Elm Street is part of the Downtown Yonge BIA’s ongoing work to revitalize the city’s downtown core, making it

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Downtown Yonge BIA and Ryerson University show off their new modular parklet partnership project on Elm Street. more of a welcoming community for all through music initiatives such as the free Play the Parks concerts. More public space was identified as a top priority among respondents to the BIA’s Yonge Love project, which sought to

create a plan to reshape the neighbourhood. "We see ourselves as the stewards of this neighbourhood and we like to make a point of ensuring that this part of Toronto is the best that it can be," said Pauline Larsen of the Downtown

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A new festival set to hit the streets of Bloorcourt aims to be a tribute to the area’s cinema and theatre history. Hurly Burly, an Ontario 150 Community Celebration led by Working Women Community Centre and several other organizations including the Bloorcourt BIA, will take place on Sunday, June 25. "We want to celebrate

the folks who helped build the neighbourhood," said Ann Ball, the festival’s researcher. "We want to share the memories of the theatres." Toronto-based Clay and Paper Theatre will host several shows on the history of the Doric Theatre, the Paradise Theatre and the Kenwood Theatre outside their former locations along Bloor Street.

After the live performances end, the audience will travel to Christie Pits for the opening night of Christie Pits Film Festival’s seventh season. Hurly Burly is free and takes place from 6 to 11 p.m. starting outside of the Doric. Visit bloorcourt.com or email hbontario150@gmail.com for more information.

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Photo exhibit makes North American debut JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com While few would argue that peace is a laudable goal, defining exactly what peace entails is not exactly easy to do. A massive art exhibit that looks to highlight notable and perhaps less wellknown peacemakers and those who have striven to create a peaceful world has landed in the Canary District, making its North American debut after hitting a dozen other destinations in Europe, South America and Africa. Entitled "Making Peace," the exhibit was curated as part of the Nobel Prize Centenary in Geneva in 2010. "I was asked to curate an exhibit for the Centenary about peace and my first question to them was ’tell me about peace. Tell me what peace means,’" recalled Making Peace curator Ashley Woods. "Like most people, I knew peace was a good thing but I didn’t really know how to define peace." Woods began collecting photos as a means of offering up what he calls a "beginner’s guide to peace,"

with everyone from political leaders to everyday men, women and children who have battled injustice and violence. While the focus is international - more than 100 pictures showcase conflicts and peacemakers from around the world Canada has a person of honour in Lester B. Pearson. "Toronto gave birth to the only Canadian featured in the exhibit," Woods said of Pearson, who earned a Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for helping to broker a resolution to the Suez Crisis through the United Nations. To date, Pearson remains the only Canadian to be so honoured. Making Peace also highlights Nelson Mandela with a TTC streetcar bearing his likeness, which runs not far from where a downtown school bearing his name stands. "We have more than 100 photos - a century of photography - from more than 100 different photographers," Woods said. "It’s a way to honour people who have fought for justice and human rights and who have made a difference around the world, and a way to try to capture what peace really means."

The exhibit’s trip to Toronto originated when a couple from the city saw it while vacationing in Belgium in 2015. They asked whether it might make its way over here, and with this year marking Canada’s 150th anniversary, the timing worked out perfectly. Woods said Toronto has been an ideal host. "It’s the biggest program ever put together for Making Peace, and it’s been amazing how many in-kind contributions people around the city have made," he said. "The TTC donated the space on the Mandela streetcar, Astral media donated space in over 300 bus shelters free of charge - over 60 per cent of our budget has come through in-kind donations." The exhibit has also found partners in local agencies such as the Fred Victor Centre, Reconciliation Canada, the Toronto Parks and Trees Foundation, War Child, and Raptors GM Masai Ujiri’s Giants of Africa. Making Peace will be on display in the Canary District and Corktown through September 24. For more information, visit http://toronto.makingpeace.org

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