{"id":2633,"date":"2008-01-09T20:37:16","date_gmt":"2008-01-10T00:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2633"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:15:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:15:57","slug":"urgent-urban-philanthropist-needed-for-community-history-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/01\/09\/urgent-urban-philanthropist-needed-for-community-history-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent: Urban philanthropist needed for Community History Project (redux)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2318\/2165708333_f1f1efdd1f.jpg?v=0\" height=\"376\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>ED: This entry was posted last Friday &#8212; we&#8217;ve been informed that the Community History Project is still looking for space this week, though there have been some leads. As some people may have been on vacation last week, we&#8217;ll bring this entry to the top as it may reach to somebody with space-to-give who missed it the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Much has been written about the southeast corner of Yonge and Bloor and the planned 80-storey <a href=\"http:\/\/www.1bloor.com\/\">1 Bloor<\/a> development that will remove the existing buildings on the site. While we lamented the loss of the interesting public space offered by Roy&#8217;s Square in the previous issue of Spacing, there could not be a more appropriate location in Toronto for a supertall building. Invoking Toronto&#8217;s traditional (and fading) fear of heights here likely makes it more difficult to oppose inappropriate developments elsewhere (the-boy-who-cried-skyscraper syndrome). Lost in the shuffle, however, are the small, independent businesses that will be displaced. Hidden, but equally important in locations like this, are the cheap office spaces found on the upper levels that house a variety of small operations.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2182\/2166503094_127c478629.jpg?v=0\" height=\"376\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>One such organization thrown into crisis by the 1 Bloor development is the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tollkeeperscottage.ca\/html\/About.htm\">Community History Project<\/a>. Founded in 1983 as an all-volunteer local history group, they have been housed on the 2nd Floor of 719 Yonge since 1996 in space donated by the building&#8217;s civic-minded owner. Inside three packed rooms, shelves and filing cabinets (43 in all) overflow with Toronto history gathered around the project&#8217;s &#8220;study area&#8221; &#8212; roughly the Don River to Dufferin, Wellesley up to St. Clair. Plans and artifacts from their biggest ongoing project, the restoration of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tollkeeperscottage.ca\/\">Tollkeepers Cottage<\/a> at Bathurst and Davenport, are also found throughout the room.  The office also serves as a meeting space for the group and other affiliated organizations, and houses their research library.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2306\/2166502392_d8f871243c.jpg?v=0\" height=\"376\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As mentioned in the Toronto Heritage Awards <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2410\">post back in October<\/a>, organizations like this are what have made Toronto great. Independent citizens working together, often using their own money, to preserve and protect chunks of Toronto that otherwise might be forgotten as they have in cities without such active citizens. <strong>With only two weeks before eviction, The Community History project needs your help in finding a new home<\/strong>. If you know of a civic minded landlord who has extra office space and is interested in &#8220;giving back to the community&#8221; in a unique way, please pass this post on to them &#8212; space for the group may be found in the most unexpected of places, so please spread this request far and wide. The group needs approximately 2500 square feet of heated space that is publicly accessible and has access to water. Any tips or suggestions can be given ASAP directly the project at 416-515-7546 (they will be keeping their phone line operationally as long as they can &#8212; if you can&#8217;t reach them, post a comment here or email us and we&#8217;ll get in touch with them).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ED: This entry was posted last Friday &#8212; we&#8217;ve been informed that the Community History Project is still looking for space this week, though there have been some leads. 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