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Guided Tour of the Ward
June 15, 2008
The Ward was one of Toronto's first poor neighbourhoods, and became a lively, diverse home to successive waves of immigrants — Jewish, Italian, Chinese and Eastern European. The Ward was filled with densely populated houses, families and a tangle of bustling streets and alleys. However, the neighbourhood was declared a slum and demolished to make way for government buildings, high-rise towers and hospitals. Most of the communities that lived in the Ward drifted west
towards Spadina Avenue and Kensington Market. This walking tour will cover the struggles of those communities and the battles they faced. Among other topics, it will focus on labour strikes, slum clearance, religious riots, the great fire of 1904, the Underground Railroad, etc.
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Starting outside of the Church of The Holy Trinity
Location: the church behind the Eaton Centre Toronto, ON
Website: http://missingplaque [at] gmail.com
Categories: Urban Issues, Transit, Housing, Public Space
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