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Eglinton Avenue West
Jamaicans and other members of the growing black community settled in this area during the sixties and seventies and developed a small business class.…
Jamaican Canadian Association
'An honor: Bromley Armstrong and his wife, Marlene, admire plaque presented to him by the Jamaican-Canadian Association at testimonial dinner Saturday. Armstrong was honored for his service to minority groups and his tireless fight against…
Jamaican Canadian Association
”Crowned 'Miss Jamaica-Canadian'; Pat Fletcher (centre) won the beauty queen crown last night at Independence Ball of the Jamaican-Canadian Association.”
Stranger Coles Records
Popular music store in Kensington Market.
Horseshoe Tavern
A popular bar and local venue for touring music artists.
Old City Hall
Former City Hall for the City of Toronto, converted into municipal courthouse after the new City Hall opened in 1965.
Island Foods
Famous for Fine West Indian Foods.
Sam the Record Man
Sam the Record Man was a Canadian record store chain that was Canada's largest music recording retailer.
Contrast
”One of the first and the most influential newspapers in the Black Toronto community. Many prominient Caribbean-Canadian writers got their start here. ”
”Central Technical High School”
”one of the largest public high schools in Toronto provided education for first and second generation new Canadians in the Annex community.”
”Ram's Roti Shop”
"The occasional signs of the new black population along Bathurst St. stand out. This store is on Bloor St. near Bathurst: there are also beauty parlors and book stores that obviously cater to blacks; but the community does not open to the street as…