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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.
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.”
”Fahmee Bakery”
”The bakery fed the community since the late 1970's and originally sold bakery products including patties/ hardo bread/ Jamaican bun and coco bread.”
”Toronto Eaton Centre”
”a shopping mall and office complex in the middle of downtown Toronto.”
”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…