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Volume 10 #1 A Kensington people's paper November 8, 1~99
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The Third Annual Frankenbike Festival, h.eidat PartsUnknown In Kensington Market brought big and small to this
special event. Here's Chrisi with son Max and scarecrow soaking up the rays of one of the warmest days this Fall.
. · Photo: Mike Busija
Logo contest winner Mike Busija, centre, receives his
prize from Erin Murpby of the KMAC marketing
committee.Lioyd Greenway, right, from Norm's Market
Grill holds onto the winning entry. Story, page 1
INSIDE
And the winner is ... Kensington logo contest I 1
Thumbs down to housing on Hospital site I 1 '
Where have all the photos gone? I 1
Hindmarsh nod ... Ryerson s-chool wins 11Uljor award I ~
Editorial: DRUM turns 1012,4
So what's happening with I 2 •
Kensington Health Centre
Kensington Market Action Committee AGM
Western Hospital emergency department
Bellevue seat wall ·
Lofts community space
280 Augusta Avene ("College Hostel")
Baldwin intersection, lone LRT holdout I 2
Talking garbage with KEY I 2
Fireball truck threat I 2
Housing meeting kicks off
month of "community visioning" I 3
Community calendat I 3
Welcome all newcomers I 4
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Kensington Marke~ DRUM
Vol 10 #1 November 8 1999
is published by
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(4161 603-DRUM (phone)
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website
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Publishers:
David Perlman and M.J. Buell
Advertising:
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Editor:.
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Research
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Layout/Design/Photography:
' Mike Busija
Next DRUM:
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Advertising deadline NOV 30
TALKING DRUM
THE EDITOR'S NOTEBOOK
DRUM turns 10
GooCJ excuse for a rant
This fall was the tenth anniversary
of the DRUM--a ten year circular
journey from tiny to huge and back
again. The first DRUM was just like
this one: 2800 copies, four pages.
By fall 1995 we were huge--32
pages, 28,000 copies distributed
door to door from Queen and
McCaul in the south east to Bloor
and Ossington in the northwest,
covering clubs, film, theatre,
environment, books, art, and
classical music. We had an environmental
page, a children's page and
six coh.irnnists. Somewhere in there
we also covered several neighbourhoods--Kensington
of course, but
also Sussex-Ulster, Alexandra Park,
the Grange, and a huge undefined
area west of Bathurst.
Since then, we've spent five ye11rs
shrinking again! Our 1995 classical
music column "Pulse" is now a
thriving separate magazine
(WholeNote). A new paper, the
Annex Gleaner covers much of our.
former turf north of College Str~t.
PLEASE SEE "TEN YEARS"
ON BACK PAGE
The $1000 prize
was cpntributed
by market businesses;
Twenty three
people, most of them
from the Market, submitted
entries; and 153
w .I oronlo.com/j 111111 H 1 cnapa 11l1tla s
245 Augusta Ave.
Toronto, Ontario
·Kensington. logo contest: and the winners are ....
identities
of the artists.
·People voted
for a first,
second, and
third choice.)
The ballots were tallied
by a neutral individual, the Rev
Kevin Flynn of St. Stephen-in-the-Fields
Church. First place vote counted 3 points,
Thunlbs dow·n to h·ousing on
Western Hospital site
Don't raise false hopes, says CAC
BY DAVID PERLMAN
objections to the idea from certain sectors of
Hopes for affordable housing on the Toronto the hospital administration. ·
Western site were first raised at a meeting
At this point, members of the CAC
September 13, called by the Hospital to tell and observers present spoke out strongly.
the community about "Project 2003" -- a The worst thing the CAC could do would
major redevelopment·ofthe Western site. be to encourage the community to pursue
Part of that redevelopment involves the idea if it was clear that Hospital
tearing down two older buildings at Nassau management was opposed.
and Leonard. So community members at the So the CAC decided to send out a
meeting asked that the Hospital "not declare letter to the community making the Hospithe
buildings surplus until they had been tal's position clear. They also decided to ask
looked at for housing." Community mem- the Hospital to look at the related question
hers left that meeting f~eling that hospital of providing "transitional bed.s" on site for
ma.nagement might look seriously at the idea.·- people discharged from hospitals before
However, at the October meeting of there is a place for them to go.
the Hospital Community Advisory Commit- For more inforrniJ.tion on the
tee (CAC), it was soon clear from the way Hospital CAC and its work, contact Winnie
hospital staff spoke, that there were major . Wong at 603-5028.
Where have all
the photos gone?
Our dictionary says the word archive is
related to ark (like Noah's boat).
If so, you'd have to say DRUM has a
Titanic photo archive (As in Titanic after ·
the iceberg, that is!) We have hundreds,
maybe thousands of photos -- ten years
worth -- floating around the wreck we call
our filing system.
· How many other Kensington photos are
floating out there, we wonder, waiting to be
rescued? These photos are a priceless
record of our community's history and
m,any of them are in danger of being lost ,
forever. ·
We received an appeal this month from St.
Stephen's Community House (see ad on
· back page. They want to borrow photos of
Kensington places or Kensington people for
a book they are writing. If you have photos
from the seventies or earl.ier, they really
want to hear from you.
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second place,
2 points, and
third place 1
point.
Winner was
Mike Busija
(known to
some of you
for his
"Living
Kensington "
feature in the
in the
DRUM). A
second submission by Mike received the third
highest vote as well. Second place went to .
Larry Reich.
Kensington Bellwoods
Community Legal Services
Annual General Meeting"
Thursday, November: 25, 1999
Lillian H. Smith Library, Room "A"
239 College St. @ Huron
Come join us:
* 4 to 6 p.m. Advocates will talk about the new
welfare laws
* 6 to 7:30p.m. MPP Rosario Marchese will
address the meeting, a report of the clinic's work
over the past year will be presented and a new
Board of Directors will be elected
Refreshments will be served
Call us (924-4244) before November 15 ifyou need
help to attend the meeting, need sign, Chinese or
Portuguese translation, or are interested in running for
the Board of the clinic
More housing in the market?
How it could affect YOU!!
COMMUNITY MEETING
Wednesday, November 10, 1999
· 340 College Street, .room 360
7 to 9:30PM
Kensington Community Housing will present
our recent ideas about how to preserve
affordable housing in the neighbourhoo~:
);.> Matching tenants to landlords -a housing
, registry? ·
);.> Partn.erships with other community
agencies
);.> Housing above stores - Kensington's bylaws
);.> "Granny flats" - how to make more
housing units
);.> Taking account of development
opportunities
Come to. the meeting to find out more about
these ideas and have your say.
For more information call
Eliza Moore - 920-7761
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So, What'S happening With ••.•? NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS ROUNDUP LIVING
The Kensington Health Centre
(long-term care facility on the site of the former Doctors Hospital)
The story so far: the formf!r Doctors Hospital and Sussex-Ulster residents
were waiting for a rulingfrom the city building department as io whether the
proposed new building could be built using OMB approvals given in the mid
eighties.
Update: Kensington Health Centre cleared a major technical hurdle this past
month when the City Building Department ruled they could go ahead using the
1985 Doctors Hospital approvals. And on Tuesday October 19 they unveiled
revised plans for the building, making some concessions in the overall height of ·
the building.
But they still face neighbourhood anger. "We are extrernly disappointed
with the city position" saidresident David DePoe. "We think a by-law written for
a hospital shouldn't be used for a long-term care facility. They fall under different
legislation. They think it .covers what Doctors is doing but we don't think so and
will take them to court if we can raise enough money in the neighbourhood. We
have issued a plea to the neighbourhood and will follow up if we have to."
In terms of the revised plan, he said that while the new' building was a bit
shorter "it's still a great big block of brick, no matter how much they change the
face of it." · ·
He also pointed out that the Doctors Corporation has also now apphed for
a further 150 long term beds on the north part of the site (instead of the independent
and assisted senior units originally contemplated.) "A group of us went to the
open house held by the Ministry of Health October 28 to oppose this further 150
beds. Three hundred and fifty beds in the middle of a residential block is not
appropriate." ,
Kensington Market Action Committee AGM
The story so far: Last time we reported that KMAC (.Kensington Market Action
Committee) had decided to hold elections for committee membersMp on October
7.
Update: The meeting was held as planned. Elected to the board were: Susannah
Bunce, Mike Busija, Dawn Eagle, Susanne Langlois, Christine Melo, David
Melville, Greg Peacock, Inta Ridler, Michael Rosenberg, and Cliarles Udo.
Western Hospital emergency department expansion
The story so far: Last time we reported that the Western Hospital would go to
committee of adjustment October 26 to expand the cramped emergency department
by 3000 square feet.
Update: Expansion was approved with no opposition.
Bellevue park seat wall
The story so far: Approved in the spring, longed for all summer, hoped for in
thefal/ ·
Update: This is the month, folks! Trust us.
The P.t:9PQ~ed.JOO .O~sq ft storefront
community space in the Kensington Lofts?
The story so far: a community meeting June 16 decided that no further, decisions
should be taken on this until the new board of the Kensington Market .
Working Grou.P has decided where it stands on the subject. The space is now
available for occupancy. So far no word from the KMWG board on how they
wish to proceed.
Update: No word yet from the KMWG board elected July 27 on who their office
bearers !ire, how they wish to proceed on behalf of the com_munity.
Questions to So What's Happening with ....•
Fax 603-3787: e-mail drumkm@web.net
Baldwin intersection lone LRT holdout
At a public meeting Wednesday Nov 3 at University Settlement,
TIC served notice that they intend to replace the temporary green
·bollards up and down Spadina with permanent barriers.
Once they have done so, Bald win Street will become the
only Spadina intersection without a traffic signal at which it is
possible to make a left turn across the tracks. Call Councillor
. Olivia Chow's office at 392-4044 with concerns o, questions.
Talking garbage with KEY
The recently completed 6-month KEY (Kensington Environmental
Youth) project accomplished a number of things. It gave us a
practical assessment of the kind of waste generated in the market;
and it heightened awareness among residents and merchants of
the need for waste management.
. It also gave the youth participating practical experience
with urban farming and commuruty gardening at a number of local
locations including Scadding CoUrt.
-The group also sorted garbage curbside on an experimental
basis at a number of retail locations to try to come up with a waste
diversion model that could' work for the market.
Greatest success was probably securing the plloca.tion to
the community of space at the Toronto Western Parking·lot on
Leonard Street, whlch lt Is hoped can be used for a number of
environmentally conscious initiatives. ·
The market Waste Management Group which meets at
9:30am every Monday at 276 Augusta Avenue, is working on
plans for expanded use of this site. For information phone 966-
4059.
Bellevue Firehall to los.e aerial T8 truck?
A recent letter from Councillor Chow warns that the City is talking
about removing the aerial truck from the Bellevue Station, and
serving Kensington from the Claremont/Queen Station. The
Firefighters Association is concerned that the much larger
Claremont truck could have difficulty with some of our narrow
streets. Call the Councillor with your concerns.
And there is absolutely no
truth to the rumour that. ..
KEN SNIGTON TO SUE KMAC
Ken Snigton has denied as "spurious and malicious" the rumour ·
that he and wife Augusta are going to sue the Kensington Market
Action Committee for misappropriating his name in their logo
contest and on their website.
The Snigtons, as you probably know once owned all this land (for
the twenty years after the Ryersons and Denisons suddenly turned
into streets and schools). At the time Ken Snigton Market (as it
was then known) stretched all the way from Queen's Park to Lo{d
· Dufferin's Mall.
"Who even remembers that Kensington was once just a typographical
error for me?'' Snigton says. "And as for Augusta, she's much
too busy suing that stupid golf course to care about this." -
The Snigton's cousins, the Bladwins refused to comment on the
rumourbut praised the Snigtons on their "high-minded attitude over
the years." · ·
Too At-1:
'THE 3RD ANNl
Scarecrow, by Daniel and Chr.
Charlotte as Bat Mai ponders
The Third Annual FfiUJkenbil
between the empanadas an<
were assembled the youngtelling.
A small mountain of cand~
cake donated by My Market Bake~
drinks by Chiqita-Lea who broug~
Halloween Hi Jinks were the nom
in solidarity with the impulse to c
Avenues' collectable clothing mere
with a few designs on the timelesl
Orchestrating the special activi
member, Stephan, worked the '
customers were wall-to-wall, s1
costumes and a vast array of tl
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this year was, as always, held up the alley
the ivy bush at Parts Unknown. Here
face painting, mask making and story
Casa Acpreana surrounded a monster of a
by Laura. Hot dogs were by Brad and
fiiends and birds to cheer up the children.
31. Not only children but grups too were
annual pilgrimage to Kensington
up hordes of would-be demands and drags
Community Calendar
Community· housing meeting
kicks off month of "vision ing"
A couple of events organized by subcommittees
ofKMAC this month give the
opportunity to get involved in working on
issues of short- and long-term impertance. ·
Kicking things off Wednesday November
I 0 at 340 College Street, the KMAC
Housing committee hosts a forum on how
to-go about preserving and expanding
Kensington's affordable housing stock.
See the ad on page I for details.
Thesday Nov 16 9:30am, Community
l:fousing, at 67 Kensington Ave · -
~esday November 23 at 7pm, 67
Kensington Ave: KMAC general meeting.
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Thursday November 25, 4-7:30 pm:
annual general meeting of Kensington's
own community legal clinic; Kensington­
Bellwoods. Main topic: What you need ,to
know about welfare. To run as a candidate
for the board, you must be a member of the
clinic by November 18. Call924-4244 for
information.
· Another AGM of note:
Federation of Metro Tenant Associations.
Saturday November 20, 9:30am at City
Hall.
Invitation:
Every Tuesday and Thursday at Cecil
Community Centre (58 Cecil Street) from
Other meetings
Then at the end of the month
(November 26-28), the "community
visioning committee" presents a conference,
again at 340 College Street: called 2000+:
Tackling the Issues facing•Kensington.
Market Politics; Housing; Economic
Development; Gentrification; and Waste are
the main session topics. The visioning
committee meets Nov 15 at 4: 15 to continue
planning. Call Barb Matthews at 364-6955
for details, to register, or t~ volunteer.
ljkJ.;'b':'j.OUJ.CP.cilCentt:e at 392-1090 for
more information. -
Open_ House:
. Saturday November 14 2 to 5pm. St Felix
Centre at 25 Augusta Avenue. Tour the ·
newly renovated St. Felix Centre and learn
the details of programs and support
services at this neighbourhood gathering
place.
11TH ANNUAL
KENSINGTON
fESTIVAL OF LIGHTS·
TUESDAY DECEMBER 21
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infant to 6-year olds.
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AFRICAN
& DIASPORA
276 Augusta Ave
Art, Batiks, Bags, Baskets; Beads,
Books, Candles, Cards, Clothing, Mud.
Cloth, Drums, Fabric, Jewelry, Kora,
Marimba, Mbira, Music & Music
Instruments; Painting, Pottery, Silver,
Wall· Hangings and much more.
Learn African Music
guitar, trumpet, piano, bass, drums
Satellite Music School
-Jojo Bennett (Satellites Reggae Band)
Learn African Drumming
Muhtadi & Chi
Learn African Dance
Easy & Welcome
' Rehearsal Space Availabl~
South African Centre
Tel: 416-966-4059
Fax: 416-935-0367
email:
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Neighbourhood Bike Store
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For more information call 927-0870
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• Pamphlets and brochures
• Books and videos, databases
• Community information:
• Toronto_ Social Housing Connections
• Health. social, and recreation programs
• ·Free and low cost workshops -
• Printed n:;sources in Chinese, English,
Portuguese, Spanish, and Vietnamese
• Falamos Portugues
• Hablamos Espanol
Monday 9am- 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5 pm
Tel: 603 - 7200
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Toronto, Ontario M5T 2N8
Tel: (416) 925-2103 Fax: (416) 966-2178
St. Stephen's makes a difference in the lives of over
19,000 people a year! Our programs include: Child
Care, Youth Services, Employment and Training
Services, Wellness Promotion, Language Training and
Newcomer Services, Senior Services, Services for
Homeless/Marginally Housed People, Conflict
Resolution Services and Neighbourhood Development.
HELP WANTED
Winter & Weekend relief; paid positions_for homeless dro~in and
street outreach services. Beginning early November. ; ·-·'- · .
Two year post-secondary education.
Knowledge of homelessness, addictions, mental health.
A current police record check will be part of the selection process.
Contact Bill Sinclair at (416) 926-8221
Substitute Staff required
to work in child care centres.
Police reference check required. •
E.C.E. Training and experience working with young
children preferred.
Contact Fatima Alves at (416) 925-2103 X 242
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COMMUNITY GARDEN
Scadding Court has an urban agriculture program
that includes allotment gardens, worm composting,
herbal remedy making, a greenhouse .and workshops
on a variety of gardening subjects throughout
the year. The facilities are free and open to the
public and we are always looking for new participants
and new ideas. We also provide limited
childcare. Call Jackie at 392-0335.x 223 to reserve
a space in workshops as well as for more information
on the community gar~en.
WORKSHOPS
Wednesday, November 17, 1:00pm-3:00pm
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Take some home to use throughout the winter
Wednesday, December 6,.1:00 pm-3:00pm
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Ten years of the Kensington DRUM, continued trom page 1
Art 'zine Spiri! of Kensington
has taken over a large part of
our former Kensington beat.
And other initiatives for
. promoting Kensington shopping
are under way.
After ten years of bloat, then
purge, we are back to where we
started--a small part of the
overall picture.
Occasionally we still produce
bigger "Drum specials"-­
usually as a contribution to
festivals or special events. This
year's suiruner festival program
for example raised over $3000
of revenue (after expenses) for
the festival. DRUM's share-­
(for collecting and making the
• ads, writing all the copy,
typesetting, layout, design) ...
was $800, divided among five
people! S~larly, DRUM
· raised $720 for last years Winter
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St. Stephen's
COMMUNITY
HOUSE
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Festival ofLights.
.Call for old photographs
of Kensington
A book about the history of Kensington Market is in the works. Initiated and
coordinated by St. Stephen's Comrmmity House, it will be published by Boston
Mills Press in the fall of2000. This exciting project marks St. Stephen's 25th
armiversary and celebrat~s the millenniwn by looking bac::k at the evolution of our
community. Proceeds will go to St. Stephen's to be used in the community. .
Research for the book has dovetailed with a Heritage Toronto oral history of the
area, and a number of local residents have been interviewed by author Jean
Cochrane and other Heritage Toronto volunteers. A resource commi.ttee of
residents both old and new, are helping to gather photos and facts and to enure we
get the story right.!
,Photographer Vincenzo Pietropaolo will be shooting today's Kensington in addition
to drawing on his Kensington photos from the early eighties.
The book is about history, though. To reflect the Kensington that has been, it needs
your photographs of the stores, the meetings, the places of worship, the families,
the teams, weddings, celebratio~s, the people who made it Kensington.
it needs old ads, playbills, notices of meetings and anything else you think would
be of interest. · · · ·
If you, or someone you know have some, please share them. Your-originals will be
copied and returned safely and quickly.
If you can help, please contact Liane Regendanz, Executive Director at St.
Stephen's Community House at 925-2103 ext. 239; Thank you for your help!
October 25, 1999
(Why talk about it? Well,
usually we don't. But for the
past couple of years we've been
living with rumours in the '
Thank you, Kensington.
market that DRUM has been
"ripping off various festivals for
thousands of dollars with these
programs". And it would be
nice to head into the next year
with the record more or less
straight.)
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Another ten years of DRUM?
Unlikely. But then if you'd said
"Ten years?" when we 'started, in
July of 1989, we'd have laughed
(or fainted at the severity of the
~entence).
Welcome all
newcomers
Quietly the Kensington Lofts
are starting to fill. (The
residents there will receive
their copies of the DRUM at
home for the first time this
month.) '
But all through
Kensington tliere are newcomers
this month - tenants,
owners of new houses, new
busines,ses, people shopping
here for the first time.
To all of you, welcome!
We wish you a speedy
adjustnient to the noise, the
confusion and the smells.
Remember, .they were here
before you.
VOLUNTEERS
WANTED
Volunteers needed to assist
in running a community store
front in Kensington Market.
Great opportunities - to develop
life skills -meet and help your
neighbours -gain access to
information -participate in
community events . .
. Contact: Barb Mathews:
(416) 364-6955
DavidMelville: (416) 340-7805
Volunteers Needed for our
COMMUNITY ADVISORY
· COMMITTEE
The Toronto Western Hospital
needs new CAC members from
throughout our geographic
catchment area ( Yonge,
Egllinton, Keele and the
Lakeshore).
If you are interested in
helping us please send a letter
with name, address, phone
nmpber and why you are
interested by November 12 to:
Winnie Wong
Administrative Co-ordinator
Healthy Connections Program
Toronto Western Hospital
· West Wing 3-803
399 Bathutrst Street
Toronto, ON M5T 2S8
FAX: 416-603-5140