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Riverdale Historical Society September Event
Place:
St. Matthew's Clubhouse
450 Broadview Avenue at Langley
Toronto
Date:
Tuesday, September 29, 2015
6:30 to 8:00 pm
Cost:
Admission $5/free to RHS members
More Info:
Memberships - $15/yr - available at the event.
From Issue No. 244 | September 09, 2015
John Lorinc, award-winning journalist, will present on "The Ward: The Life and Loss of Toronto's First Immigrant Neighbourhood".
For almost a century, The Ward served as the major point of entry for waves of immigrants to the city: African Americans, Irish, Italians, Eastern European Jews and Chinese, among others. While the area came to be known as an over-crowded slum packed with derelict housing, The Ward hummed with life - small business, places of worship, theatres, restaurants, schools, playgrounds, studios and social service agencies.
