The York Guardian, August 25, 2016

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DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com When Mark Garner first visited Yonge Street south of Bloor, it was the late 1970s and like many young people of the era, he came from a distance – in his case, all the way in from Scarborough – for the famous street’s sometimes seedy but ir res i st ib le ch a r m s : in those days, rows of video arcades and record stores, movie theatres, music venues, bookstores, and the then-fresh glass cavern of the Eaton Centre. If he were born a few years later, it might have been the early and evolving annual Pride parades that drew him downtown, or BuskerFest, or So much has changed in North By Northeast. downtown Toronto since the But these days, 1970s. Today, redevelopment is Garner – who is now executive director of taking place more rapidly than the Downtown Yonge ever, putting pressure on the Business Improvement few open public spaces in the Area (BIA) – is watching downtown core. the exploding redevelopment of Yonge Street As part of a series of ongoing major developments near Yonge and Gerrard streets, and other avenues in the the buildings behind Mark Garner, executive director of the Downtown Yonge BIA, downtown core, with will soon be replaced with several large condo properties. more than a faint worry Benjamin Priebe/METROLAND that without significant

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change, those kinds of memories might be confined to an era. “These streets are the same streets I walked on as a kid from Scarborough,” he says. “They have not gotten any wider at all. They’ve poured new concrete, but this is the same street.” The street is the same but the buildings around soon will not be. The 80-storey Aura condominium tower at Yonge and Gerrard streets is currently the tallest condominium in the country. In a few years, it will be just the eighth tallest in Toronto, as new towers at Elm Street, Yonge and Gerrard, and Yonge and Bloor take form. And other buildings will occupy what has been useful open space in the neighbourhoods surrounding Yonge Street: the surface parking lots on Bay Street and, more crucially, Church Street to the east. When those go, so goes concert and marshalling spaces for the annual Pride Parade, and smaller festivals like BuskerFest and North >>>RAPIDLY, page 3

Teen takes future into his own hands with fundraiser LISA RAINFORD lrainford@insidetoronto.com Adam Abu-Hewaydi, a Humber Valley-area resident, has become a familiar face at Loblaws on Dundas Street West, just west of Jane Street. Since classes ended in June, the 14-year-old York Humber High School student has stationed himself diligently for hours each day selling lemonade to grocery shoppers just inside the store’s main entrance. Over the past two months or so, the teen has raised more than $4,000 thanks to the generous donations from community members. Still, Adam has a long way to go before he reaches his goal. His mission is to raise approximately $115,000 to retrofit the bathroom and install an elevator in the house he shares with his grandparents and younger brother. That’s because Adam, diagnosed with a progressive condition that affects his muscles called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD), can no longer walk and relies on a power wheelchair full-time. “He requires assistance with all of his activities of daily living,” said pediatrician Dr. Laura McAdam and ambulatory care nurse Kathleen McLeod, of the neuromuscular team at >>>COMMUNITY, page 5

Toronto: 61 Overlea Blvd. Agincourt: 3306 Sheppard Ave. E Agincourt: 3850 Sheppard Ave. E (in Walmart) Downsview: 6000 Dufferin St. North York: 1500 Finch Ave. E North York: 1964 Victoria Park Ave. Scarborough: 1900 Eglinton Ave. E (in Walmart) Scarborough: 2370 Lawrence Ave. E Scarborough: 70 Grand Marshall Dr. Thornhill: 7562 Yonge St. Toronto: 793 Spadina Rd. †

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