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COMITt CONSULTIVO DE PLANEAMENTO
REUNIAO PtiBL.ICA
Quarta-feira, 11 de Setembro de 1991
19h00
Scadding c 0urt co~unity Centre
707 Dundas Street West
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FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE AD, SEE PAGE 4
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Heart
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Downtown
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Letter from
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·City of Toronto
Planning &
Development
Department
DRUM'S 2, NOW WHERE?
publishers
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BIG CHANGES AHEAD FOR DRUM
Two years ago we looked at this odd ecosystem
called Kensington and said what it needs, to
thrive, is a newspaper. And we threw ourselves
into making DRUM.
Now we see Kensington in· the context of
south Spadina, the heart of the Downtown West,
and we say this whole avenue of neighbourhoods
needs something like DRUM. Community is the
downtown neighbourhood's best defence!
Continued on page 2
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Building a·
newspaper
. brick by brick?
Q. How do you build a successful "people's
paper?"
A~ Brick by brick. (At least that's what our readers
have told us.)
Take our classified ads, for example. We were selling them
by the line. And having a terrible time of it. But all that's
behind us now, and we know you're going to like it. Now
$10 buys you a brick--or two actually, one in the paper,
_and one on our wall. Or three actually, if the one on the
wall sells before the paper comes out. See page 4.
COMING SOON! ('September 19).
• DRUM'S RETROSUMMER: Bob the Waiter's Still Fish in'; Ms. Matters Mutters;
Albert B. Dozer's Housing Blues; Canada Day, Kate's Was the Place; What
Became of Karnival; aArt, Good Start; and Ready, Set, Growl
• AND ALSO: A Fall Full--news, views, and much much morel
276 AUGUSTA AVENUE • AT THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN WEST • (416) 363-DRUM

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Letter from the publishers
If this Downtown West is to thrive as a place for the working poor and
for immigrants, and for the homeless, and for agents of change, and for
yuppies and yumpies and grumpies and visitors, then more than ever
before we need our newspaper. Because the way this city has swelled,
there is no-one to speak for us, but us. Only the small can stay
interested in the small issues upon which downtown neighbourhood life
depends.
We've followed the twists and turns of Kensington for tWo
years now .. -city politics, social services, market matters. We have heard
and learned from people around us--our neighbours, our friends, and
critics.
DRUM has had its ups and downs. We've ended up, too often,
trying to work for all the causes that we discovered needed work. So
we've struggled--how do you you report something in which you
yourself feature? We've grown humbler about other media's
shortcomings, as the list of things we're also afraid tq write about
grows longer. We understand what people· mean when they say "but we
live here."
We have thrown lots of our own money and almost all of our
time into keeping DRUM beating--growing from 4000 copies of a 4-
pager_ to 16000 copies of a paper that has reached 20 pages on
occaston.
We have done so with the help of dedicated people (P~igi
Rockwell, Angie Choly, Mike Milando, Colin Puffer, Kate MacNeill
Burt, Buzz Burza, Larry Walker, many others) who have worked anp
worked, at the nitty and the gritty--the typing, the talking up, the
stuffing of flyers into papers, the delivery door by freezing winter
door.
We have only got _this far because of loyal support from some
individual merchants in the Market (they are the ones in our directory
month in and month out). And St Stephen's Community House took the ·
chance, early, of trusting us to carry their message. While the
Community Business Centre at George Brown College continues to give
time and patient energy in helping us make the slow transformation
from eclectic basement blurt to, potentially, functioning business.
A year ago, the Kensington Market Businessmen's Association
guaranteed a $5000 line of credit for us, at Bread and Roses Credit
Union. It was from this slender thread that our fortunes dangled
through the whole past year. (Remember the recession? The one "they"
say is over? We can't. Remembering is for after. And this one's still
on.) Anyway, the KMBA gave us a chance. So did Blackbird Design
Collective, inspiring workers--making readable newspapers out of our
'lllutterings, from day one. They .worked for very little money, even
when We had it, and for even less, or nothing; when we didn't. And,
most miraculously, taught us steadily to do without them if needs be.
.So each time out a self-made DRUM comes closer to reality~ ~
Two years later, we are amazed and heartened by people who
care whether DRUM makes it or not. Not because they .agree with our
ideas, but because they know now that DRUM also has room for
theirs. · _
No big paper in the big city has the staff or the time to follow
month in and month out 'What happens to Kensington's canopies; or
whether we get a by-law to protect the hundred or so apartments above
the stores here; or whether the hospital puts in housing when they
rebuild their parking garage; or whether we are consulted when parks
and rec. finally decides to do something about our park to make it safe
and suitable for all our people (toddlers too). There are hundreds of '
things that the neighbourhood paper, if it is thriving, and controlled by
the neighbourhood, can spend time on.
Those of you'who know us and have grown with us know that
the end of the summer is always our crossroads. ·And here we are
again, ready not only for another year, -but ready finally to put the
paper into a public pla~e, so that. you who care to can more fully make
it yours.
DRUM at last has a publicaUy accessible home--276 Augusta
Avenue. From this base we can plan how to keep DRUM beating, with
your help, in our part of town. If you cared to read this letter this far
you may likewise care to be part of the planning. Come to our open
house, Sunday September 15. 2-6 pm, and see. ·
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David Perlman, Masha Buell
Open House
276 Augusta Avenue
·(DRUM'S NEW HOME)
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Sunday Sept 15
2.00 pm to 6.00 pm
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363-DRUM _
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Home
Regular Hours?
Yes, once we hav
them!
In the meanwhile
we'll be there
more often than
not! So drop in tc;
place an ad, chec
the assignment
boards, drop off a
article, share an
idea, pick up sam
back issues (or
help us establish
regular hours!)
Attention all merchants!!!
Are the weekend parking woes
driving business away ?
Tell your customers ...
YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT!!!!
Try the hospital's visitor parking:
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September 5, 1991
Western hosp-ital
applies to rezone!
City public meeting
this Wednesday
We were going to wait to tell you all about it in the paper, but
really, if you care what goes on in the neighbourhood, this is your
chance to get involved.
The city's planning advisory committee meeting at Scadding
Court (see the ads on this page and on page four) must result in
the formation of a working committee, including volunteers
from the neighbourhood.
That working committee will look at:
•the hospital's plans for the Bathurst-Dundas comer of the
hospital (another five floors on top of the two just added);
• the hospital's plans for new buildings on Nassau;
• the hospital's plans for more parking under the .new
buildings on Nassau;
• the idea of social housing, and other uses, on the site of
the prese~t Leonard Avenue Parking LOt.
This is a very good opportunity fu find out what the hospital wants
and needs. It is also a chance to make your views known to the
City and to the Hospital right at the beginning of the process. It is
also a chance to get involved in the process.
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Ambulatory Care Centre
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COMIT! CONSULTIVO DE PLANEAMENTO
REUNIAO P0BLICA
Quarta-feira, 11 de Setembro de 1991
'' 19h00
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707 Dundas Street West
GinAsio
Notifica9ao sobre uma Proposta de Emenda ao Plano Oficial
e Estatuto de Zoneamento
Expansao do Toronto Western Hospital
399 Bathurst Street
0 Local
o Toronto Western Hospital ocupa a maior parte do bloco
compreendido entre a Nassau Street, Leonard Avenue, Wales Avenue,
Carlyle street, Dundas Street West and Bathurst Street.
A Proposta
os planos para retomada da constru9!o do Toronto Western Hospital
envolvem o desenvolvimento da Area ~ nordeste do local, e uma
expansao adicional at6 o Pavilh!o Fraser Fell na esquina sudoeste
do local. 0 projeto social de moradias no 55 Leonard Avenue serA
tamb6m considerado.
Prop6sito do Encontro
0 encontro publico fornecerA uma oportunidade para membros do
publico para revisar os planos, fazer perguntas e tecer comentArios
sobre a aplica9!o proposta. Tambem serA formado um Comiti de
Trabalho por voluntAries da comunidade vizinha a Area indicada.
Se voci nao puder comparecer ao encontro, voci ainda pode tornar
seus pontos de yista publicos enviando-os por escrito para Mr •. Gary
Hodgins, Presidente, Cidade de Toronto, Comiti Consultive de
Planeamento (Planning Advisory Committe),, 2nd Floor, City Hall,
Toronto, Onta.rio M5H 2N2.
Informacoes A4icionais
Se desejar informa90es adicionais ou se desejar receber uma c6pia
do Relat6rio Preliminar que descreve a proposta em mais detalhes,
por favor contacte com Ms. Susanne Pringle, a planejadora da Area,
no ndmero 392-7740.
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4/DRUM SPECIAL
DRUM'S
SCHEDULE
{Fall/Winter 91 /92) ·
n City
of Toronto
September 5, 1 9l
PUBLIC MEETING
NOTICI:
PLANNING ADVISORY COMMITTEE
ADVERTISERS AND CONTRIBUTORS, TAKE NOTE. TOPIC: Application for Amendment to
PUBLICATION DATE:
Thursday September 19
(Drum's Retrosummer)
Thursday October 31
(Election 91:
Trick or Treat)
DEADLINES:
DRUM Bricks: -~onday September 9
Letters, Articles,_ Display Ads
Photos, Cartoons: Deadline Passed
Display ads: Monday October 21