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Third World Bookstore
"'The bookstore... which the militant radical and railway porter Leonard Johnston had opened with his wife Gwendolyn less than a year earlier...…
”YWCA McPhail House”
"Domestic workers from the West Indies established a Caribbean club in Toronto as early as 1958 holding weekly gatherings at the YWCA’s McPhail House to dance to calypso records—providing a burst of camaraderie and familiar culture in unfamiliar…
”Riverboat Coffee House”
”In the middle of Yorkville-- the center of Toronto's counterculture community. Famous musicians and bands performed here.”
”Varsity Stadium”
”The athletic stadium for the University of Toronto. Varsity was also the site for major concerts and music festivals.”
”Canadian National Exhibition”
"Night of sparkling soul. Thousands jammed the grandstand at the Canadian National Exhibition last night to hear performer Whitney Houston. Houston: first cousin to Dionne Warwick: was a sometime protege of soul great Aretha Franklin. Houston has…
”Little Jamaica”
"The stretch of small businesses on Eglinton Avenue West from Allen Road to Dufferin Street are a part of a Black Caribbean community called 'Little Jamaica.' From the mass migration of Jamaicans and other Anglo-Caribbean citizens to Canada from the…
”Bathurst Station”
“Bathurst subway station was the original hangout. I recall [when] the TTC put up 'No Loitering' signs and had a police presence there to move along the gathering of Black folk. It was natural. Black kids from Central Tech walked to the station after…
”Kensington Market”
”Neighbourhoods like Toronto’s Kensington Market have helped shape our country by providing newcomers a first stop in Canada.”
”Monica's Beauty Salon & Cosmetic Supply”
”Your One Stop Shop – Hair salon/ beauty care products/ Cosmetics/ Clothes/ Audio & Video products and so much more.”