A Map of Toronto's Cultural Facilities - ERA Architects Inc.

3.0 Cultural Roles
The icons on the map representing the City’s cultural facilities have been designed to provide
information on the roles a facility plays in serving the local and wider community. The four
categories identify the four roles that the municipality plays in the cultural life of the City;
> Hub: supporting cultural activity in diverse communities.
> Incubator: supporting the artists of the City.
> Showcase: supporting culture in the City’s tourism economy.
> Cultural Memory Sites: supporting culture as a heritage resource.
3.1 Hubs
Facilities of this type have some or all of the following characteristics:
> Local, community and neighbourhood profile and presence
> Accommodates multiple users and uses
> Of interest or appeal primarily to specific cultural, socio-economic or geographic
community
> Has the potential to nurture cultural activities at a local level
> Presents work developed in Incubators
> Diffuses economic and cultural impact of showcases throughout the city
> Primarily consists of non-traditional performance and exhibition venues (i.e. churches,
warehouses, community centres, etc.)
> Examples include: Trinity St. Paul’s, Toronto Centre for the Performing Arts, North
Toronto Collegiate, Art Starts, Cedar Ridge Creative Centre, Withrow Park
3.2 Incubators
Facilities of this type have some or all of the following characteristics:
> Cultivates new artists and/or new art forms
> Contributes to the ongoing development of artists and/or art forms
> Houses an environment that fosters and encourages growth, development, education
and training
> Functions as a hothouse for the creation of new ideas, approaches, products
> Examples include: Tarragon Theatre, York University, Buddies in Bad Times, Neilson
Park Creative Centre
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