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Lloyd's Barbershop
One of the oldest barbershops catering to the Black community in Toronto.
Sam the Record Man
Sam the Record Man was a Canadian record store chain that was Canada's largest music recording retailer.
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”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…
”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…
”Club One Two”
”Harry Belafonte’s explosive popularity in the late 1950s touched off a new craze for calypso-themed music; Hollywood films; West-Indian-inspired ruffled shirts and 'Calypso Cut' hairdos targeted at a mainstream white audience.”
”Zanzibar”
”Part of the Yonge Street strip of bars/ taverns and clubs where musicians played every night.”
”Riverboat Coffee House”
”In the middle of Yorkville-- the center of Toronto's counterculture community. Famous musicians and bands performed here.”