The Ward Narrative and Counter narrative
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Transcript of The Ward Narrative and Counter narrative
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What was The Ward?
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The City of Toronto, 1834
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The Ward in 1842: Cane Topographical Plan of the City and Liberties of Toronto
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The Ward in 1851: Sanford Fleming Topographical Plan of the City of Toronto
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The Ward in 1872: Wadsworth & Unwin Map of the City of Toronto
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Goads Fire Insurance Map, 1884
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Goads, 1899
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Goads, 1910
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Goads 1924
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And a 2015 map
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The Lower Ward, 2015
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From 1900 to 1945, there was an accepted Ward `narrativemoral leprosycontaminationopiumprostitutioncrimefilth
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Poverty
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Desperate living conditions
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A sink of infectious disease
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Hidden squalor
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Much less well documented is the Wards counter-narrative its alternative history
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Culture
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Music
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WorshipBritish Methodist EpiscopalBeth Tzedec
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Community
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Industry & Commerce
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A place to grow up
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Diversity
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A source of artistic inspiration
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Ethnic restaurants
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In the end, a problem to be solved