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Share Return to Map A Different Booklist A Different Booklist and the Blackhurst Cultural Centre have become central anchors of Blackhurst, serving as key cultural,…

Share Return to Map Parkettes and Plaques At 843 Bathurst Street sits the Ed and Anne Mirvish Parkette, a small but meaningful green space honouring…

Share Return to Map Beverly Mascoll Beverly Ash was born on October 29, 1941, to Arthur and Gwendolyn Ash in Nova Scotia. Her grandmother, Martha…

Share Return to Map Lloyd’s Barber Shop Lloyd Mitchell, a Jamaican Canadian opened his shop in 1979 and it quickly became a staple for the…

Share Return to Map Joyce’s West Indies Food Throughout the mid-to-late 20th century, 854 Bathurst Street served as an important cultural anchor for Toronto’s Caribbean…

Share Return to Map Contrast Newspaper During the 1960s and 1970s, as waves of Caribbean immigrants settled in Toronto, the neighbourhood around Lennox Street emerged…

Share Return to Map David Mirvish Gallery At the young age of 19 years old, David Mirvish, only son of Anne and Ed Mirvish, had…

Share Return to Map Honest Ed’s and Its Beginnings The popular Honest Ed’s bargain store was at the centre of this community. In the 1960s…