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Digital Archiving Completed by the Ethnography Lab, A University of Toronto Anthropology Initiative<br />

and Produced in Collaboration with David Perlman/Wholenote Media Inc between July-December 2015.<br />

The Kensington <strong>Mar</strong>ket Drum, <strong>Mar</strong>ch <strong>1991</strong> NEWS & VIEWS 3<br />

Hospital To Make<br />

Western Plans Public, April17<br />

by David Perlman<br />

photo by Buzz Burza<br />

.<br />

Toronto Hospital Corporation<br />

(THC) has temporarily<br />

abandoned the series of<br />

meetings, more or less<br />

monthly, of a "Community<br />

Liaison Advisory Group". The<br />

group comprises in theory<br />

many individuals, groups and<br />

agencies affected by the<br />

Corporation's Plans for<br />

Toronto Western Hospital.<br />

But it is plagued by poor<br />

attendance. So the hospital has<br />

decided to hold a display and<br />

public meeting April 17 to<br />

show their plans to date.<br />

THREE ISSUES<br />

The display will be available<br />

for viewing from 6:15 pm and<br />

the meeting will commence at<br />

7:00. There will be two things<br />

to look at: plans for rebuilding<br />

the main site, ·and plans for<br />

what to do with the crumbling<br />

Leonard Street Parking<br />

Garage. .<br />

MAIN SITE REZONING<br />

APPLICATION<br />

The hospital is committed to<br />

going ahead with an application<br />

for a rezoning of the main<br />

site. They want six floors on<br />

top of the two under construction<br />

at the Bathurst/Dundas<br />

corner. And they want to build<br />

some new kind of outpatient<br />

facility at the north end, along<br />

Nassau Street.<br />

The rezoning application<br />

process contains a number of<br />

meetings at which the public<br />

hasrights. Theareacityplanner<br />

will be at the meeting to talk<br />

about the process. The<br />

Hospital's architects and<br />

planners will also be on hand to<br />

present their work to date and<br />

to listen to concerns.<br />

PRESSING ·GARAGE<br />

PROBLEM<br />

The second issue to be covered<br />

at the meeting is what to<br />

do with the crumbling Leonard<br />

Street Parking Garage. The<br />

range of options is very wide.<br />

The hospital could, for<br />

example, simply put up a fivefloor<br />

replacement garage, with<br />

very little further public input.<br />

Or they could take the chance<br />

of trying to do something more<br />

creative with the site-like<br />

putting the parking<br />

underground and putting<br />

affordable housing or other<br />

community uses on top.<br />

One developer, the Goldman<br />

Group, thinks they have an idea<br />

that could work-co-op housing<br />

on top, hospital parking below.<br />

They'll display some version<br />

of their ·plan, answer<br />

questions, and listen very hard.<br />

What they and the hospital<br />

will be listening forisanystrong<br />

community feeling about their<br />

plans-for or against. In the<br />

case of the Leonard Street<br />

garage, for example, it is<br />

unlikely that either Goldman<br />

or the Hospital will proceed<br />

with a housing initiative if<br />

neighbourhood reaction to the<br />

idea is mostly negative.<br />

MEETING INSIDE THE<br />

HOSPITAL<br />

The April17 meeting will take<br />

place inside the hospital, to<br />

make it equally accessible to<br />

people from east and west of<br />

Bathurst. The meeting place<br />

(fourthflooratrium,FraserFell<br />

Pavilion) can be reached from<br />

any of the hospital's entrances.<br />

DRUM<br />

offers some space<br />

free of charge for<br />

information about<br />

community events.<br />

S99:DRUM<br />

Bloorcourt<br />

Veterinary<br />

Clinic<br />

Consultation By Appointment Monday to Saturday<br />

Health Care, Surgery and Acupuncture<br />

1079 Bloor Street West<br />

,(416) 537-9677 Dr. Jack<br />

The House,<br />

91 Bellevue, 925-2103<br />

English as a Second Language Program<br />

(ask for Peggy Shek)<br />

St. Stephen's Daycare<br />

(ask for Fatima Alves)<br />

Youth Recreation<br />

(ask for Frank Pimentel)<br />

Community Work,<br />

169 Brunswick, 926-8221<br />

Adu)t Services<br />

(ask for <strong>Mar</strong>ia Santos)<br />

Senior Services<br />

(ask for Irene Tsang)<br />

Conflict Resolution Service<br />

(ask for Nathalie Rockhill)<br />

and also<br />

Youth Employment Centre<br />

531-4631 (ask for Anita Block)<br />

A.I.D.E.S.<br />

323-1498 (ask for Toni Lauriston)<br />

King Edward Daycare<br />

922-8705 (ask for B~trice Milner)<br />

TheComer ,<br />

977-7223 (ask for Allen Flaming)<br />

The Drug-Free Arcade .<br />

920-8980 (ask for Kim Kazur)<br />

St Stephen's Community House:<br />

Serving Metro from the Downtown West<br />

THE HOUSE - 91 Bellevue Ave.<br />

English as a Second Language Program (ESL) • Ingles como segunda lengua • Classes de Ingles Como<br />

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