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North Toronto residents are banding together with Eglinton-Lawrence MPP Mike Colle in hopes of saving Postal Station K. The post office, located on the site where the historic Montgomery’s Tavern once stood, is up for sale and residents are concerned they may lose some of the city’s history and some of their community’s open space.

Already, they have collected hundreds of names on a petition in hopes of preserving the site.

“We signed up more than 300 people in two hours on Saturday ( July 28) and the only reason it wasn’t higher is we couldn’t sign them up any faster,” said Tom Cohen, Eglinton Park Residents’ Association chair.

“There’s a lot of surprise and a lot of anger in the community over what we see as an idiotic attack on this beautiful building.”

While the post office is not designated as a historic building, the site itself has a historic designation. Montgomery’s Tavern was a landmark for its role as the de facto headquarters of William Lyon Mackenzie and the site of a famous battle during the Upper Canada Rebellion.

The tavern was torn down and the hotel that subsequently occupied the site at 2384 Yonge St. burned down. The post office was built in 1936 and has stood there ever since. An annex was added in the 1960s and the site is also home to a parking lot.

“We don’t give a damn about the annex and we don’t give a damn about the parking lot,” Cohen said.

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Cohen added the building is still in good shape and could easily be repurposed to fit other needs. It also has historic significance as one of two Toronto buildings that bear the crest of King Edward VIII, who ruled for less than a year.

The community is also upset over the possible loss of public space in front of the post office.

“The people who live in the assisted housing at Stanley Knowles use it, you have the (Anne Johnston) Health Station right there; the park serves a major civic function,” Cohen said. “The park isn’t derelict at all.”

Colle, who has spearheaded the charge to save Postal Station K, said proper procedure was ignored when Canada Post put the building up for sale.

“Canada Post is putting it up for auction and they’re doing the same with a post office on Avenue Road and one on Dufferin Street,” he said. “Canada Post, under its charter, is supposed to have a public meeting when they’re putting a building up for

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Postal Station K.

sale and they didn’t do that here.”

The MPP added that tearing the building down would serve as another loss to a community that has already seen one of its public spaces removed.

“The space in front shouldn’t be touched,” he said. “We’re already losing the Riocan Square.”

Colle cited the post office’s museum basement and art deco architecture as additional reasons the building should be considered historically significant.

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in the area – there’s 64 storeys here, 30 storeys there and we have Minto,” he said. “We’ve got 12 (condos) on the go now and we don’t want to see the building bulldozed to make way for another one.”

The petition to save the postal station is continuing, and there is now a ‘Friends of Postal Station K’ Facebook page (www.facebook.com/ yongeeglintonpostofficestationk or www.facebook.com/ savestationk) to help mobilize the community. Cohen said buildings cannot be granted historic designation while they are under Crown ownership, but that residents intend to apply for such a designation once it is sold.

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Prize winning short story based on horrific assault JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com

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hat started as a simple writing assignment turned into a cathartic exercise for Cabbagetown resident Hilary Dean.

Dean, who works in tech support, wrote a short story, Holy BaldHeaded, in a writing workshop.

While the assignment had students writing about cars that had had an impact on their lives, Dean’s piece went to a dark place, recounting a sexual assault she endured in a car when she was younger.

The candid and deeply personal story recently earned Dean the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize.

The burgeoning writer originally did not set out to write so directly about the assault.

“I started it as a story about a car and wrote about the assault obliquely,” she said. “If I had sat down at my desk to write a story about the assault, I don’t think I could have done it.”

For years, Dean was hesitant to share the deeply personal story, partly out of a sense of personal

‘If I had sat down at my desk to write a story about the assault, I don’t think I could have done it.’ ~ Cabbagetown author Hilary Dean shame and partly due to the stigma still associated with being the victim of sexual assault.

When a screenwriting classmate of hers wrote a script that mirrored Dean’s own horrific experience, the feedback she heard added to the self-doubt and shame she felt.

“People said something like that would never happen because the girl would bite the guy or fight back, which made me feel like I should have done something besides just survive it,” she said.

“I already felt like certain assaults weren’t reported and maybe I shouldn’t report my, quote, lesser version of rape.”

Holy Bald-Headed will be part of a memoir Dean is in the middle of writing. The book will exam-

ine memory, mental illness and recovery.

“I went through a serious time with depression and had hallucinations,” Dean said. “I had some hospital time. I was at York Central Hospital and was an outpatient as well.”

She finally received the help she needed when she realized she was being overmedicated and has since found ways of coping with her mental illness without the use of meds.

Dean is no stranger to exploring mental illness in creative ways. A Ryerson University graduate with a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in documentary media, she directed the film So You’re Going Crazy...

“The movie was of myself and five friends talking about depression and hallucinations,” she said.

“It gives messages of hope and some of the messages are animated.

The film’s kind of fractured and reflective of the inside of the minds of some people with mental illness.”

Dean’s memoir remains a work in progress as she works to pay off student loans.

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Cabbagetown resident Hilary Dean is the winner of the CBC Creative Nonfiction Prize for her short story, Holy Bald-Headed.

Residents concerned over province putting two-acre downtown lot for sale JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A growing number of downtown Toronto residents are throwing their support behind a plan to turn an unused two-acre plot of land into a public park.

The empty lot, located on Wellesley Street just west of Yonge Street, was recently put up for sale, and residents are hoping the city will be able to purchase it and turn it into a park.

A new Save Wellesley Green Facebook group has been set up to mobilize the community, members of which have also painted a mural reading ‘Welcome to Wellesley Green Park’ at the site.

Paul Farrelly of the Church We l l e s l e y N e i g h b o u r h o o d

Association said the community was left in the dark as to the sale of the land and added that local residents are hoping something can be done to keep it from being sold off to developers.

“The idea of putting this much land on the market without any kind of consideration for the public is kind of strange,” he said.

Fellow resident Ian Flett concurred, noting that Infrastructure Ontario typically conducts an environmental assessment and puts surplus land on a database that can be searched by other levels of government. He said that, in talking to City of Toronto staff, they did not know about the land until controversy began erupting in July.

“Did the municipality even have a chance to consider this?” he asked.

“They partnered with (commercial real estate business) the CBRE to market these lands as an outstanding development opportunity.”

The CBRE website links to a brief on the property that shows two highrises on the land and points out that surrounding developments range from 40 to 60 storeys.

‘A lot of intensification’ Flett pointed out that Ontario’s Places to Grow plan suggests urban centres reach a population density of 400 people and jobs per hectare of land by the year 2031.

“We’ve had a lot of intensification in this neighbourhood already, so we’re already at 708 (people per hectare),” he said. “That’s almost double the target 20 years out.”

He added that a study by the City of Toronto’s parks department determined that the amount of park land downtown equates to one 8.5-by-11inch sheet of paper per person.

While he acknowledges Queen’s Park is 300 metres away, he pointed out that residents would have to cross busy Bay Street and University Avenue to get there.

“In our immediate area, there’s no green space,” he said. “You see families with kids rolling strollers down back alleys and dog owners with no place to curb their dog.”

The site was to become home to an opera house back in the 1980s, but funding for that project dried up in 1990. It has been boarded off for roughly a decade.

Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam put forth a successful motion at coun-

cil that will see the city make a bid for the property, but has acknowledged Toronto will be hard-pressed to compete with developers who would turn the land into a profitmaking venture.

The community has another ally in Toronto Centre MPP Glen Murray, who was unavailable for comment as he was in the midst of a fundraising bike ride to Montreal, but who has previously supported the idea of creating a park with the land.

Murray has acknowledged the area was becoming less and less livable as more and more highrises increase the area’s population density and take up space that could be turned into parks, pointing out that the community is already home to 45 highrises, with another 27 on the way.

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oronto’s a great city and has a lot to offer its residents in the summer.

Take advantage of small neighbourhood gatherings. Attend a more public evening out like the Friday evening Cultura Festival events or the Sunday Serenades at Mel Lastman Square in North York.

Maybe it’s a multi-day/multi-site festival, such as this weekend’s Caribana, taking place in locations downtown and at Exhibition Place. our view It’s not so much what a resident chooses to experience. The type or scale of the event doesn’t Toronto has matter – but taking part in some plenty to offer way does.

By supporting local events with their presence, residents are all its residents making an emphatic statement of community ownership and pride. They’re saying their community matters.

Given the tragic events of the previous month, an infusion of community spirit across the city proves Toronto is for its residents to enjoy.

When you’re part of a community, taking part in what it has to offer provides mutual benefits. Large or small, these events are an opportunity to educate yourself about your community. There’s a reason we choose to live where we do. Finding out more forges a stronger connection and a greater identification.

If it’s an event close to home that is more to your liking, there are opportunities to find out more about your own neighbourhood. Even if you find community spirit is lacking, why not get involved to start something new that addresses this void?

Own your piece of the city. Get to know it intimately.

If it’s an event in another part of the city, it may be an opportunity to broaden your horizons. There are also opportunities for Toronto’s communities to learn from one another. You may even be inspired to start something similar in your neighbourhood based on something you’ve seen in another part of the city.

Ultimately, Toronto as a city will only be as strong as its people. What better way to play that role than by experiencing and enjoying the things that make this city great? Think of it like a fine green lawn. A well-fertilized lawn not only enhances the growth and appearance, it chokes out the unwanted weeds that leave the lawn malnourished and unattractive. We can choke out the unwanted elements in our communities; it just takes an active population in every neighbourhood to show who owns the community.

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I have to wonder why I see fully equipped police officers standing around construction sites across the city.

Why did this suddenly have to become standard practice for every construction site? Could a bored 18-year-old holding a stop/ slow sign be just as effective in most instances?

Is this another way for our cash-strapped city to generate income for the city treasury by having the contractor pay for security?

Or is this once again part of the dance between the city and its unionized employees?

We are paying these valuable people top wages and benefits and I want to know if we are getting the best value from our employees?

No offence is intended here, but know some of the more enterprising fire and police personnel have time to find second incomes.

Chris Belfontaine

Use land transfer tax to help stop violence To the editor: It’s clear we have a problem with guns and gangs in Toronto. So what’s the solution?

We need an immediate, coordinated and comprehensive plan of action.

When Toronto was hit by an outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) in 2002 and 2003, community leaders and politicians moved fast to combat Toronto’s reputation from being further bruised.

Businessman David Pecaut staged a rock concert of all rock concerts featuring the Rolling Stones.

Thousands came out.

He didn’t stop there.

Festivals like Luminato were created to showcase to the world Toronto was a world-class city.

In our opinion their actions worked. Why?

Because they were focused and didn’t waste time. They acted because they knew that if they didn’t it would be too late to save Toronto from being branded as a place not to visit.

How is it then that when Toronto is hit with such devastating gun crimes, we suddenly blank out or resort to tired practices of dealing with gun crime.

We have reams of statistics, bundles of studies and reports from many sources reporting on how to tackle gun crime, but we seem to fail at moving forward with an actual plan – a new plan.

We propose that 10 per cent of Toronto’s land transfer tax – about $30 million – be immediately deployed to Toronto’s front line responders: police, community youth engagers, those managing at risk

youth programs, those running on-the-ground not-for-profits working in gun crime hot spots and the Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC).

Toronto police can use the additional allotment for more officers on the streets or to use the funds as part of TAVIS (Toronto Anti-Violence Intervention Strategy) or as they see fit.

Police have the experience, tactical operational experience and knowledge to get guns off our streets. They just need the resources.

The not-for-profits and youth engagers can use the interim influx of funding to identify and engage with at-risk youth. As front line workers in such a hot climate, they know more than any politician or government official about what

works best.

The TCHC could use extra funds to ensure their properties are safe and clean – better locks on doors; extra security cameras; better lighting in the complexes; and to ensure their buildings are properly maintained.

Now, we’re neither experts nor do we hold our idea as the key to ending gun crime in the city. We, however, are engaged and concerned citizens of Toronto.

We want our community leaders to start thinking outside the box and to act instead of talk a good game.

As David Pecaut once said: “The importance of a civil society is one in which people of goodwill come together to solve a city’s problems.”

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With the Regent Park School of Music (RPSM) set to move into its new digs in the Regent Park Arts and Cultural Centre soon, the organization has a growing need for new musical instruments.

A pair of local residents are doing their part to help the school fill that need, holding an instrument drive and asking anyone with musical instruments to donate them.

“This was actually prompted when I moved after having renovations done and I found an old clarinet I’ve been dragging around since Grade 13,” said Anne Pastuszak, who is running Cabbagetown Instruments for Change along with fellow local Lynn Dionne.

“We decided to see if we can’t drum up similar things from the community and so far we’ve heard a few people who have come to us with similar stories.”

Roughly 24 hours after reaching out through their own contact lists, Dionne and Pastuszak had three more confirmed donations and the possibility of a grand piano.

The instruments will certainly be welcome. Along with its big move, the RPSM will be expanding to reach

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Anne Pastuszak, left, and Lynn Dionne are arranging an instrument drive for the Regent Park School of Music, which has a location in Parkdale.

out to more children both within the Regent Park community and elsewhere.

“We’ll be doing a lot of new group initiatives all under one roof in the new space,” said RPSM director Richard Marsella. “We’re looking to expand things like our steel band and start a string ensemble.”

All told, the school plans to double its Regent Park student intake and increase its overall enrolment –

including at its satellite locations in Parkdale and the Jane-Finch area – from 854 students to 3,000 by the year 2015.

“We’re doing a fundraising drive right now for all the instruments we’ll need over the next three years, and (Dionne and Pastuszak’s) drive really gets us off on the right foot,” Marsella said.

“It’s so nice when you get people in the community who get what

we’re doing and want to help out.”

The school will accept a large variety of musical instruments, including cellos, clarinets, drums and percussion instruments, trumpets, trombones, French horns, recorders, guitars, violins and violas.

The instruments must be in working order.

“The school has a working relationship with (music store) Long & McQuade, so Lynn and I will pick up the instruments and take them en masse to the store,” Pastuszak said.

“The store will make sure they’re safe and in good working order and have all the parts they need.”

Long & McQuade will also appraise the instruments, with donors receiving a charitable receipt from the RPSM for the appraised value of the instruments.

Cabbagetown Instruments for Change will run through Thursday, Aug. 30.

For more information or to arrange the pick-up of a musical instrument, email annepastuszak@ rogers.com or lynndionne@rogers. com.

■ For details on the Regent Park School of Music or to make a cash donation, visit www.rpmusic.org

The TTC is replacing streetcars serving Harbourfront with buses until 2013 because of construction related to the Queen’s Quay revitalization.

Brad Ross, executive director of corporate communications for the TTC, said riders should anticipate minor delays with the TTC now operating buses, as of last Sunday, along the 509 streetcar route, which runs south from Union Station to Queen’s Quay and then west along the waterfront to the CNE. “We’re expecting some teething issues over the first few weeks, but they shouldn’t effect travel times beyond a couple of minutes,” he said.

He said riders will need to have a transfer from their point of origin to board the buses leaving Union Station’s bus terminal, at the intersection of Front Street and Bay Street, if they were coming from somewhere else via the TTC. TTC also announced the 501 streetcar service running east on Queen Street will detour both ways because of construction related to its carhouse near Greenwood Avenue on Queen Street. Visit ttc.ca for details on closures.

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It’s Happening ■ Tuesday, August 7

Older Lesbians Book Club WHEN: 1 p.m. WHERE: 519 Church Street Community Centre, 519 Church St. CONTACT: Eleanor Batchelder, 647-2350843, eob62@yahoo.com, The group discusses ‘House Rules,’ a novel by Jodi Picoult.

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Making Indoor Worm Composters WHEN: 6 to 7 p.m. WHERE: North Toronto Memorial Community Centre, 200 Eglinton

events.insidetoronto.com Ave. W. CONTACT: Colette Slone, 416-781-7663, torontogreen.ca, COST: Suggested donation $10 Glenn Munroe will demonstrate how to build different models of small worm compost bins for home or office using cheap (and sometimes free) materials. You will also learn how to care for your worms.

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WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace CONTACT: Tatiana Doroslovac, 416-915-6750, www. completeworksabridged.com, boxoffice@thectp.ca COST: $49 adult, $39 senior/student Presented by the Classical Theatre Project, in partnership with Casa Loma, for three nights (Aug. 8, 15 and 29) on the garden terrace at dusk.

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■ Tuesday, Aug. 14

Maori Storyteller WHEN: 2 to 3 p.m. WHERE: Spadina Road Library, 10 Spadina Rd. CONTACT: Spadina Road branch, 416-393-7666 COST: Free Come experience this extraordinary storyteller from New Zealand.

■ Thursday, Aug. 16

International Influences Inspiring ideas for trees in public space WHEN: 7 to 8:30 p.m. WHERE: Metro Hall, 55 John St., Rooms 308, 309 CONTACT: www. yourleaf.org, COST: Free Planting trees to enhance and humanize our cities is a practice as old as human civilization. Explore the rich aesthetic traditions and histories of planting trees in gardens, parks and urban open spaces from around the world, and how these practices shape our ideas about green space here in Toronto.

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Toronto Maple Leaf runner Will Richards, right, is forced out at second base in the fifth inning thanks to the efforts of Barrie Baycats second baseman Jordan Lundberg during Intercounty Baseball first round playoff action Sunday afternoon at Christie Pits Domenico Field. The Leafs went on tie the series 1-1 with a 6-5 win. The Toronto Maple Leafs baseball club is in the midst of its opening round, best-of-seven playoff series with the Barrie Baycats. If the series stretches out to a sixth game, it would be held at Christie Pits Sunday, Aug. 5, 2 p.m.

Sail-in Cinema WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Sugar Beach, 25 Dockside Dr. CONTACT: www.sailincinema.com COST: Free The Toronto Port Authority will be holding the second annual Sail-In Cinema, a floating movie experience, today to Saturday.

For three nights, the festival will feature water-themed movies shown under the open skies.

Movies can be watched from Sugar Beach or from boats in the harbour. Go online to reserve tickets. Movies begin at about 8:45 p.m., doors open at 7 p.m.

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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com A battle is brewing in Kensington Market as some retailers are butting heads with the local BIA over vehicular access on Sundays.

The disagreement boiled to a head when the BIA and local councillor Adam Vaughan marked the addition of street planters with swinging gates on Friday, July 27.

The gates will be used to keep cars out of Kensington between noon and 6 p.m. on Sundays from this weekend through Sept. 23.

Ossie Pavao, owner of Kensington specialty coffee and food store Casa Acoreana, said the neighbourhood’s long-standing Pedestrian Sundays have been harmful to many of the businesses in the area.

“We lost our Sunday customer base,” he said. “I opened this past Sunday (a Pedestrian Sunday) just for a test run from 10 a.m. to 5;30 p.m. and I only made $200. I usually make about $1,000.”

While the new weekly Sunday road closures will not officially be Pedestrian Sundays – Yvonne Bambrick of the Kensington BIA said they will instead be called ‘Market Sundays’ and will be more about encouraging pedestrian

of view, that money could have been used to promote the market,” he said.

Bambrick refuted claims that Pedestrian Sundays have hurt Kensington businesses, saying that “many, many merchants made lots of money this past Sunday.”

Encourage people to shop

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Streets around Kensington Market were closed to cars for this Pedestrian Sunday event in May. This weekend starts Market Sundays, when streets will be closed to cars every Sunday until Sept. 23.

shopping than about hosting street festivals – Pavao said some 30 store owners are up in arms and looking to take over the BIA’s board.

“Right now, the BIA has its own agenda and instead of supporting the businesses, they’re doing it for

a group called P.S. Kensington,” he said. “P.S. Kensington has no businesses here so what do they know about what will be good for business?”

The gates that were added on July 27 were paid for through a combi-

nation of City of Toronto money and BIA money, which it collected through dues from businesses.

Pavao ran some calculations and estimated that the BIA contributed some $90,000 to the gates.

“From a businessman’s point

She also pointed out that the new Market Sundays were an entirely different type of event, as the draw would be Kensington Market itself and not the entertainment and festival-like atmosphere that marks Pedestrian Sundays.

“This is an opportunity to encourage more people to come and shop in the market,” she said.

She urged merchants to give Market Sundays a chance to work before condemning the initiative and accusing it of driving down business.

“They don’t know if it does yet,” she said. “Some might have had a bad day at some point with Pedestrian Sundays, but they should give (Market Sundays) a chance.”

Councillor Vaughan did not respond to requests for comment as of press time.

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Play examines history of Brick Works DANIELLE MILLEY dmilley@insidetoronto.com

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rom the brick makers who built the building blocks of Toronto to the matriarch of the family who found success in the Don Valley to the geologists who uncovered the ancient past of the site, Memory in the Mud unearths and guides people through the history of Evergreen Brick Works in all its incarnations.

The 45-minute drama and historical tour, which moves throughout the Brick Works, is written and directed by Kathleen Payne, the artistic director of Words in Motion, a tenant in the newly redeveloped Evergreen Brick Works site.

Payne said she quickly became captivated by the history of the site.

“Almost immediately I would walk through the kilns and the walls spoke to me,” she said.

She was put in touch with the historians working on the site’s history who provided her with the facts and figures, which she combined with her own research to create the stories.

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by Memory, played by Katy

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“This is a building with a soul, this is a building with a voice, this is a building with a memory,” she said.

The first stop is a Toronto Daily Star reporter (played by Michal Grzejszczak) who uncovered stories about the homeless men who would sleep at the factory – with permission of the manager – during the 1930s. The men would make their beds atop the piles of cooling bricks to stay warm on cold nights.

The story then moves ahead to the 1950s when brick maker Edvins Groskaufmanis, or Big Ed, takes a break from his work to share some insight on brick making.

Workers would labour 15 or 16 hours a day making up to 16,000 bricks each in the kilns – red bricks, glazed bricks, yellow bricks.

Everyday at noon there would be an explosion behind the plant in the quarry to break up the shale and while the dust settled, the men would eat their lunch.

Played by James Woods, Big

Photo/EUGENE BECK

Katy Grabstas appears in the Words in Motion and Evergreen Brick Works production of Memory in the Mud.

Ed was an actual brick worker who pioneered advances in brick making technology and travelled the world sharing his expertise.

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points out the graffiti along the kiln walls, which speaks to another chapter in the site’s history when artists and party-goers brought life to the abandoned plant.

Next up is Mrs. Taylor, a fictitious version of the matriarch of the Taylor family who owned Todmorden Mills and later started the Don Valley Brick Works after they stumbled upon the good quality clay while digging fence posts.

The Taylors were successful in their new endeavour – especially after the Great Fire of 1904 destroyed many buildings downtown and prompted the city to enact new building standards.

Their bricks were used in Old City Hall, Massey Hall, Osgoode Hall and Casa Loma. There was even a special brick created to build a mansion called Ardwold for the Eaton family.

“We Taylors are long gone, but a brick can last, a brick can last 1,000 years,” said Elizabeth Johnston as Mrs. Taylor.

The audience is next introduced to Heinz (Grzejszczak), who represents the German prisoners of war held at Todmorden Mills and put to work making

bricks during the Second World War. Finally the piece makes its way outside where Professor Arthur Philemon Coleman (Woods), a University of Toronto geology professor, shares his findings of the ancient history of the site including the remains of tropical trees and a giant beaver the size of a black bear (which can be viewed at the Royal Ontario Museum).

Payne learned a lot while working on the piece.

“The German prisoners of war, I didn’t know that they were sent to Canada,” she said.

Memory never encounters a raver or graffiti artist because that history was harder to weave into the story, and Payne wanted to keep the show family friendly.

The show was first workshopped in the fall and is back for a summer run Wednesdays and Sundays from 2 to 3 p.m. until Sept. 16, and Sept. 29 and 30 at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. In the event of rain, presentations occur in covered areas only.

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This guy’s commute lasts one full month RAHUL GUPTA @TOinTransit Though he suffered from physical discomfort, extreme heat and cramped conditions, Tanner Zurkoski found, to his amazement, he could adjust to the reality of living in a car for an extended amount of time.

The 22-year-old undertook and completed the challenge to live behind the wheel to spread awareness of the amount of time commuters across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton region spend over the course of a year. The campaign was organized by the charity Evergreen Canada.

“At first I wondered why I was doing it, but then I fell into a routine,” said Zurkoski in late July, a few days after the campaign ended. “It’s a mystery how I adjusted, but I just did.”

From late June to July, Zurkoski’s only residence was an orange Honda Insight, a hybrid vehicle donated by sponsor Autoshare for the challenge, in which he slept,

ate and drove throughout the city.

For at least 23 hours a day, Zurkoski had to remain within the car, exiting only for bathroom trips, morning showers and some meals.

At night, he wedged his sixfoot-three inch frame inside the hatchback automobile and somehow found a way to sleep.

Worse than the heat and the cramped spaces, said Zurkoski, was the traffic which was so heavy, he ended up sticking to smaller roadways when it was possible.

‘My enemy’ “After a while, ever y driver became my enemy and I stopped giving them the benefit of the doubt,” he said. “Nobody uses their turn signal in Toronto.”

To pass the time, Zurkoski s p o k e w i t h i n t e re s t e d onlookers about his undertaking, which also served to promote Evergreen’s MOVE Transportation Expo, which is taking place at the Evergreen

Courtesy photo/AARATHI EDWARD

Tanner Zurkoski recently spent an entire month living in a car to illustrate how much time, in a year, Torontonians lose to commuting due to congestion.

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He also tweeted status updates from a Twitter account created specifically for the challenge.

Zurkoski said many of the people he spoke with over the month were unaware of how long they were spending on their commutes, which at an average of 80 minutes is worse than Los Angeles and New York.

“There’s a ‘wow’ factor when people who commute

to Mississauga realize how long they are in their cars,” he said.

Evergreen spokesperson Anthony Westenberg said Zurkoski, who was chosen from a list of 20 applicants, was mentally equipped to deal with the absurdity of the experience.

“Tanner had a Zen-like approach to the prospect of spending a month in a car.” said Westenberg, who handles public relations for the charity. “We were looking for someone who really believed in the cause and had a sense of humour about it.”

Westenberg said representatives from the charity held daily meetings with Zurkoski to ensure he was healthy and eating regularly. A yoga instructor was brought into teach him how to exercise in a tight space.

Zurkoski also spoke with a therapist to understand the mindset behind road rage.

Westenberg said Zurkoski had fulfilled Evergreen’s hopes for the exercise by getting people to think about congestion in the region and consider other modes of transportation such as transit and bicycle to get around. He said Evergreen would not duplicate the campaign in the future.

Zurkoski said he is already thinking about his next project, a short film he’s planning to shoot in the next couple of months about rural farming.

“I guess I’ve been dreaming about wide, open spaces,” he said.

Twitter: @TOinTransit

Group gives TTC poor report card RAHUL GUPTA @TOinTransit When it comes to affordability, accessibility and frequency of service, the TTC fails dismally, according to a report released by a transit advocacy group recently.

In its report card measuring the TTC’s performance over the last year, the group TTCriders says the transit commission gets a failing grade for charging expensive fares, not providing fully accessible service to the disabled and for not providing a level of service that reflects increased ridership.

In terms of environmental sustainability, the TTC gets no mark since it doesn’t publicize information on the levels of smog emissions and greenhouse gases that are reduced through the use of public transit.

“The report card makes it clear the TTC is not on track to building a public transit system that serves the need of transit users,” said TTCriders spokesperson Franz Hartmann during a press conference at city hall.

Hartmann, who is the executive director of the Toronto Environmental Alliance, said the TTC does receive a passing mark for calling for transit expansion and examining ways to raise long-term funding through tax dollars.

To view the report online, visit www.ttcriders.ca

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Tory delivers much anticipated Ontario Place report ERIN HATFIELD ehatfield@insidetoronto.com A new, public backyard for all Ontarians is what John Tory said a panel sees for the future of Ontario Place.

“Ontar io Place must provide, on a continuing basis, easy, open access to the water and to the waterfront,” said Tory, chair of the Minister’s Advisory Panel on Ontario Place, which released its Report on Ontario Place Revitalization last Thursday.

The purpose of the panel, which has met 13 times since it was formed in February, was to provide advice to the government as it moves forward with a full revitalization of Ontario Place.

“We have recommended a number of core elements to create a strong foundation for the redevelopment as well as the framework for interested parties from the private sector to work with us as they begin to think about concepts for the site.

“We think a lot of the imagination, a lot of the detail

Staff photo/ERIN HATFIELD

John Tory, chair of the Minister’s Advisory Panel on Ontario Place, released the panel’s report on Ontario Place revitalization during a media conference at Queen’s Park July 26.

that has to come in terms of giving life to the framework we set out today has to come from people who are more expert in the various fields of design.”

Tory delivered the report to Michael Chan, minister of tourism, culture and sport July 26 before hosting a press conference to talk about the 18 recommendations

for the 155 acre waterfront park, which is owned by the province and governed by a board of directors.

At the forefront of the report is the recommendation that the majority of the space should be year-round public parkland.

“No one, in our view, should have to pay admission to enjoy the natural beauty

of this section of the waterfront,” Tory said. “We believe people should have (access) to the waterfront. It has been our No. 1 consideration all the way through.”

Although the majority of the land should be used as park space, Tory said the panel is also recommending 10 to 15 per cent of the land be used for residential.

As well, an outdoor concert venue similar to the original Forum should be built that would offer a range of cultural activities that can take place throughout the year.

The panel is also encouraging the government to look at public/private partnerships.

“It is time to embrace, in our view, a new collaborative model in which a range of revenue sources fund and operate the new Ontario Place,” Tory said.

Where the recommendations are laid out in green boxes throughout the report, there are two red boxes indicating the panel does not recommend a casino or a “wall of highrise buildings”.

“It is now up to the government to review the report and proposed recommendations and decide what they wish to do with them,” Tory said.

Should the government decide to accept the recommendations laid out in the report, there would be a number of steps to follow including an environmental assessment of the site.

MPP Rosario Marchese, whose Trinity-Spadina riding houses Ontario Place, said he wants to keep it a public space.

“I suspect they would want a Forum because it was something we had before, and mothers, fathers, children, grandparents, old and young, loved it,” Marchese said. “I think that part of it is OK.” He agrees with keeping Ontario Place a public space, however, private sector involvement is worrisome.

“I really think the government has to play a roll in making sure this public space stays public space,” he said.

He suspects any residential development will end up being condo towers where units would sell for millions of dollars.

“With all the condos we have built all along the lake, we have literally blocked the view for everyone else,” he said. “I don’t think people want condos.”

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General Help

General Help

General Help

DRIVE A SCHOOL BUS STEADY PART-TIME STARTING IN SEPTEMBER If you hold a full driver’s licence with a clean record and would enjoy driving and working with children, and/or the general public call 1-877-914-KIDS. For special needs (East and West), call 416-444-7030 and for Etobicoke call 905-629-8200.

Free training classes are filling up right now. Special consideration given to those who already have a school bus licence.

You can also pre-apply online at www.firststudentcanada.com We are an equal opportunity employer.

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Mortgages/Loans $$MONEY$$ CONSOLIDATE Debts Mortgages to 90% No income, Bad credit OK! Better Option Mortgage #10969 1-800-282-1169 www.mortgage ontario.com

Articles for Sale Legals

Legals

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on behalf of Cynthia Samu (director), application will be made to the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Ontario for an Act to revive Triple “D” Holdings Ltd. The application will be considered by the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills. Any person who has an interest in the application and who wishes to make submissions,for or against the application,to the Standing Committee on Regulations and Private Bills should notify, in writing, the Clerk of the Legislative Assembly, Legislative Building, Queen’s Park, Toronto,Ontario, M7A 1A2 DATED at Toronto, this 12th day of July, 2012 Lawrence Pasternak, CA On behalf of applicant

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The Toronto Community News Newspapers request that advertisers check their ad upon publication as we will not be responsible for more than one incorrect insertion and there shall be no liability for non-insertion of any advertisement. Liability for errors in ads is limited to the amount paid for the space occupying the error. All copy is subject to the approval of management of The Toronto Community News Newspapers.

BED, all new in plastic, Queen Orthopedic. Mattress, boxspring. Warranty. Cost $1,000, Sell $275. 416-779-0563

Mortgages/Loans

HOT TUB/ SPA. 2012.

Brand new Warranty, fully loaded. Cost $8900.00 Sell $3900.00.

416-779-0563 HOT TUB (SPA) Covers Best Price, Best Quality.

All shapes & Colours Available.

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Home Renovations

Domestic Help Available CLEANING LADIES available. Honest and hard working. Attention to detail. Reliable, affordable prices, insured. Tanya 416-897-6782.

GENERAL CONTRACTORS RESIDENTIAL/ COMMERCIAL. Finished basements.

Painting.

Bathrooms. Ceramic tiles.

Flat roofs. Leaking basements. Drywall. Carpentry. Brick/chimney repairs.

9 0 5 - 7 6 4 - 6 6 6 7 , 416-823-5120

Waste Removal ALWAYS CHEAPEST!

All Garbage Removal! Home/ Business.

Fast Sameday!

Free Estimates!

Seniors Discounts.

We do all Loading & Clean-ups!

Lowest Prices.

Call John: 416-457-2154 Seven days

PETER’S DEPENDABLE JUNK REMOVAL From home or business, including furniture/ appliances, construction waste.

Quick & careful!

416-677-3818 Rock Bottom Rates!

MR. KING’S JUNK REMOVAL Fast, reliable, same day pick up.

Why spend more somewhere else?

Seniors Discounts!

Call Vincent 647-216-KING (5464)

Plumbing

EMERGENCY? Clogged drain, camera inspection Leaky pipes Reasonable price, 25 years experience Licensed/ Insured credit card accepted Free estimate James Chen

647-519-9506

Birthday?

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Concrete & Paving CONCRETE WORK

Waterproofing Under Pinning Sidewalk Patio stones General stonework Brick repair Fence repairs Parging Reasonable prices 416-825-3334

Decks & Fences 0 ALL DECKS built in 1 day. Highest quality. Lowest Prices! Free design and estimates.

Call Mike 416-738-7752 www.griffindecks.ca

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Carpet & Upholstery

Flooring & Carpeting NESO FLOORING Carpet installation starting from $1.29/ sq.ft.

Hardwood, laminate at low prices.

26 yrs experience.

Free Estimates.

Best Price!

647-400-8198

Appliance Repairs/ Installation APPLIANCE/ TV Repairs (since 1988) Free Estimates Warranty, credit cards, TV’s, fridge’s, stoves, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioning, & heating.

416-616-0388

Garage Sales

GARAGE SALE

ABSOLUTELY amazing painters at bargain prices!

Summer special $100/ room. Quick, clean, reliable. Free estimates!

Second to None Painting 905-265-7738

Sun Aug 5th

ANY MOVING/ junk removal, 24 hours. Insured licensed. BBB and BNI Member. Voted #1 in list of top 5 Movers by Metro readers!

416-253-7641. www.ssonsmoving.com

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CARPET UPHOLSTERY steam cleaning any 4 rooms, hallway and stairs $90. Sofa set $60. Extra rooms $20. Free deodorizing. 416-890-2894

Painting & Decorating

Moving & Storage

Stuff to get rid of?

Sat Aug 4th 9:30am-3pm (rain or shine)

9 am-12 pm 35 HAWKINS DRIVE

(S of Lawrence Ave West, east of Black Creek)

There is definitely something for everyone!

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HOME IMPROVEMENT DIRECTORY HOME RENOVATIONS

ELECTRICAL

FOR ALL YOUR RENO NEEDS

Burton Electric Inc.

• Windows • Doors • Bathrooms • Kitchens • Awnings • Eavestroughs • Porches • Railings • Steps • Patios • Stucco • Waterproofing • Brickwork • Decks • Roofing • Painting

MODEL RENOVATIONS INC. (416) 736-0090

FINANCING AVAILABLE - AS LOW AS $39/MO Licensed & Insured • 25 Yrs. Experience

10% Seniors’ Discount • Member BBB

PLUMBING

416 419-1772

Knob and tube replacement Pot lights Solar Power Service upgrades Aluminum wire reconditioning Breakers/Panels Permits and inspections FREE ESTIMATES Master Electrician * License # 7001220 * Insured www.burtonelectric.ca mark.burton@burtonelectric.ca

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ROOFING

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REPAIRS

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SUMMER SPECIAL - 20% OFF

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FREE ESTIMATES (416) 427-0955

Auburn Plumbing Inc. Metro Lic# P1538

For all your plumbing needs

• New Work • Replacement, Repairs and Renovations - Faucets, Sinks & Toilets • High Pressure Flushing • Camera Inspection and Pipe Locating • Lead & Galvanized Piping • Plugged Drains & Backed-Up Sewers Quality and Service at Our Best

Call for a FREE estimate (416) 738-0274

DUN-RITE

• SIDING/FASCIA • EAVESTROUGH 24 HOURS • TUCKPOINTING EMERGENCY REPAIRS • VENTING • GUTTER GUARDS • ANIMAL REMOVAL

• SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKY LIGHTS • CHIMNEY’S • VALLEY’S • ANIMAL PROOFING 15% Senior’s Discount

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ARTMAR ROOFING

SHINGLES • FLAT ROOFS • SKYLIGHTS • REPAIRS

Artur & Mario Popczyk

416-725-3063

artmarroofing@yahoo.ca

135 Fourth St. Toronto, ON M8V 2Y6 • INSURED • FREE ESTIMATES •

ROOFING

CANADIAN

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MASTERS

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Save UP TO 15% OFF Lic. # B21358

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TREE/STUMP SERVICES Jacob Tree Service

est.

1997

• Tree & Shrub Removals • Pruning • Planting Landscape Design • FREE ESTIMATES 24hr Emergency Service

(416) 417-TREE (8733)

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