{"id":3174,"date":"2008-05-23T13:03:40","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T17:03:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2008\/05\/23\/ben-kerr-honour-with-laneway\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:41:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:41:28","slug":"ben-kerr-honour-with-laneway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/05\/23\/ben-kerr-honour-with-laneway\/","title":{"rendered":"Ben Kerr honour with laneway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/43\/81904753_8ab6aef899.jpg\" height=\"500\" width=\"333\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The legend of Ben Kerr lives on.<\/p>\n<p>Kerr, the perennial mayoral candidate and late great performer from the corner of Yonge and Bloor, is having a laneway named after him in Toronto&#8217;s east end.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday May 25, at 1 pm, the City of Toronto and the Chatham West Residents&#8217; Association will name a local laneway that <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=Danforth+and+Jones,+Toronto+oN&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=52.285401,88.857422&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=43.679853,-79.338498&amp;spn=0.023557,0.043387&amp;t=p&amp;z=15\">runs parallel to Danforth and Chatham<\/a>, east of Jones Avenue. Kerr lived on Jones Avenue for 25 years.<\/p>\n<p>From 1985 onward, Kerr ran for mayor in Toronto, and even finished fourth in 1997. In the 1960s, Kerr was a regular performer of the folk clubs in Yorkville district &#8212; a former musical haven of Toronto &#8212; and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ben_Kerr\">according to Wikipedia<\/a>, he worked &#8220;alongside groups such as Steppenwolf, the Mynah Birds, Rick James, Gordon Lightfoot and Joni Mitchell, and wrote songs for the then unknown Neil Young.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Two original songs honouring Ben Kerr will be performed, one co-written by Juno-award winning singer, Melanie Doane. Zero Gravity Circus will also be performing.<\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/rubbergorilla\/\">Kenneth Armstrong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legend of Ben Kerr lives on. 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