“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…
"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…
"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…
”A charity organization focused on the black and West Indian community acted as a social gathering space with weekly dances and jam sessions with musicians from the 1920s to the 1940s and offered opportunities to socialize.”
”A landmark for tourists and an entertaining shopping experience for all. Honest Ed's was a one-of-a-kind bargain centre that had everything from wine to twine.”