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Hearing Devices Available. *Please note there is no audio on this video*Some clips of the Yorkshire seaside town of Scarborough. The question of extending the RT did come back into play starting in 2005, as the TTC calculated that the Scarborough RT was ten years away from requiring significant renovations in order to keep operating. Toronto. There are fewer well-paying jobs in Scarborough, and fewer car owners, and those spaces that once seemed liberatinga relief from the congested citynow look forbidding and oppressive. SCARBOROUGH, M1P 4P5, CA. And what about rainbow cinemas? We'd go downtown when we were feeling adventurous. In 2010, the newly elected mayor Rob Ford cancelled construction on the Sheppard East LRT, and ordered that the Eglinton LRT be built fully underground. There was real concern about the rapes and murders that were eventually linked to Paul Bernardo. The mall itself and most of the land surrounding it are owned by OMERS (the Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System) pension fund under their Oxford Properties division. Salmon was wearing oversized hip-hop fatigues and had a lean Snoop Dogg look. Scarborough was incorporated as a township in 1850 with a population of 3,821, and it grew modestly until the post-war boom, when it began to take its current shape. Among the dozens of tribes in Scarborough are gangs that accommodate Afghans, Tamils, Chinese and West Indians. In 1999, when another provincial election loomed, Toronto mayor Mel Lastman asked TTC planners to report on what should be the top priorities for rapid transit construction should the Harris Conservatives feel generous enough to promise funding in the hopes of getting votes. Portrait of Torontos unluckiest suburb, By Don Gillmor | Photography by Derek Shapton. Other major retailers, Forever 21 and Aritzia, have replaced Sport Chek and Birks. These days, there is a curious new development among gangs. As someone mentioned, Paul Bernardo was a big thing and something we had to worry about while hanging out with friends at various parks & forests. If you've ever driven on Markham Road north of Highway 401, you may have noticed a large centre median. Jim Carrey also spent time in Scarborough, a fine breeding ground for chameleonic comics who can inhabit a dozen different identities with eerie precision. There is a lot of violence between gangs, most of it unreported home invasions where guns or drugs are stolen (or re-stolen). I remember this mini-riot from the Scarborough Town Centre -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqVFBsfQk0 (Gotta love YouTube). On April 13, 2007, 21-year-old Nick Brown was stabbed at Victoria Park subway station and found dead in the last train that pulled into Kennedy station, his body discovered by a transit worker. Zellers was founded in 1931 and acquired by HBC in 1978. This will replace the current Line 3 Scarborough that passes through the centre. All the elements that have gone in to the Scarborough RT have conspired to rob it of a meaningful future. to play with - pogs, tamagotchi, lego, GI Joe action figures, Barbie, skateboards, bike, memorizing lyrics to songs and making cassette copies of songs off the radio. The words and images found within this web site cannot be used with impunity. By Chris Burn 17th Dec . In diverse communities, we dont trust people who do look like us. In diverse communities, people do less volunteer work, contribute less to charity and vote in smaller numbers. Eglinton Square Shopping Centre was constructed that year. $ % ^ & ) . The victim and three friends were in a bus bay when three men came over and told them to turn the music off. Compare this to, say, the Agincourt GO station with an approximately 25 to 30 minute run to downtown. Should we all go down to the party? That said, there were all the mainstays. Growing from a relatively simple proposal to run ALRVs on a right-of-way, the plan grew and grew and grew. Also, Scarborough was no longer a city when Metro Toronto was eliminated as a fourth level of government and the cities and borough were amalgamated into the new City of Toronto. The TTC continues to focus on capital projects that leave open the possibility of LRT construction. The tribalism has been displaced by more concrete things, chiefly money and power. This was the symbiotic dream. The areas outside the immediate city centre is primarily made up of industrial parks, and low-density housing. Not just Scarborough Town Centre, smaller malls like Woodside Square, Bridlewood Mall, Cedarbrae, even Malvern mall, used to have like everything from clothing stores, to huge department store anchors (sometimes even two even for smaller malls), and cinemas. You had to tell people if you didnt meet up with them that maybe we would be at x location or y location. The teething problems experienced by the new ICTS cars cooled the TTC's enthusiasm for the extension. Nirvana and alternative music was the scene so it was a fun time for us musically. 2023. They exchanged blows and the boy was stabbed, the knife reportedly still sticking out of his back when paramedics arrived. Driving through the suburbs pockets of beauty and its desolate, ill-defined tracts, wide unpopulated streets, strip malls and random industry, theres the physical expression of Putnams dystopic view. Historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire, the town lies between 10 and 230 feet (3-70 m) above sea level, from the harbour rising steeply north and west towards limestone cliffs. By the park? Don't forget STC had an arcade in the food court. Planners must have thought that this location was sketchy at best, with a limited amount of people willing to walk to the various plants and offices that offered free employee parking. She knew what was expected of her. I lived in Scarborough through the 80's and 90's. It wouldn't take much for a streetcar to travel on this stretch, but the RT vehicles would need an elevated guideway that will cost millions to build. See in-store for more details. Miracle Food Mart, a supermarket was also located in the mall; part of the Steinbergs chain, it was co-located with a Miracle Mart, a discount department store. In the offices of Breaking the Cycle, a gang exit organization located in a strip mall on Midland Avenue, sitting among the counsellors and mentors was Cory Salmon, a 24-year-old who was graduating from the six-month program. And there's the rub. I was going to say, if you want info about the 1990s, try going into a Legion and ask if you can interview them. The spectre of ethnic gangs, of sectarian tension, floats through it. [14], A proposal was created by Oxford Properties to redevelop the centre. I was a little too young to have been a mallrat during that era, but it was a swell time. Worse, the extension would not have entered the Centennial College campus, but just flanked it leaving hundreds of students with a long walk, crossing busy Progress Avenue every day. The need to attach oneself to something is a powerful force; tribalism is innate. The spiritual centre may be the Kennedy subway station, the transportation hub of Scarborough and the portal that separates it from Toronto. I think most of the residential shots were just off Brimorton and Markham (Par, Hiscock, etc). A station was proposed for this location, but the drawings of the recommended undertaking indicate it was to be deferred. It was replaced by Eglinton Town Centre. Line 3 Eastbound Platform to Concourse, Scarborough Town Centre Entrance, and Bus Platform. Currently, multiple plans are proposed for the shopping mall and its surroundings. Condominium high-rises surround these central buildings and public spaces, forming the skyline of the neighbourhood. Spent summers hammering nickles into the size of quarters to play Street Fighter II at the corner store. Scarborough Centre ist ein Wahlbezirk in Ontario , Kanada , der in der Legislative Assembly of Ontario vertreten war seit 1963.. Es besteht aus dem Teil des Stadtteils Scarborough der Stadt Toronto , der im Westen von der Victoria Park Avenue begrenzt wird: . The murder, the citys 57th of the year, didnt resonate in the media. Just adding to this, the malls were much bigger and much more populated than they are now. There is a quick shot of the Wexford Plaza briefly. The first inductees were burn-unit founder Dr. Lloyd N. Carlsen, educator Dr. R. H. King, NBA player Jamaal Magloire, pulmonary scientist Dr. Charles C. Macklin, artist Doris McCarthy, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and former television personality, The Honourable David Onley, Olympic hockey player Vicky Sunohara, pioneer David Thomson, hip-hop artist Wes Williams, and geriatric care entrepreneur Dr. Joseph Yu Kai Wong. It was a little boring but safe. In February 2021, it was announced that the second level of the former Sears location had been prepared as a large-scale clinic for distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic in Toronto.[13]. By continuing, you agree to the Terms of Use. This is understandable at the level of organized gangs, which are essentially corporate in their world view and have moved into such sophisticated and lucrative crimes as credit card fraud and identity theft. Nine young men were arrested in connection with the firebombing and other assaults. Of course, in the early 90s, Blue Jays mania due to the back to back World Series Championships. Plans called for this station to be deferred until a later date, but a provision was made for a centre-platform station. We would hang out in friends' basements a lot. There is a very rich community of talented, hard working, innovative, and forward thinking people here; artists, teachers, athletes, parents you name it. Skating at Civic centre (adjacent to STC) or Centennial and for me Malvern Rec was where my friends and I used to frequent on Friday/Saturday nights. $3,400. Rail and Transit magazine said "because of its short length, the Scarborough RT extension would likely be the first to open, if everything goes according to schedule, just before the turn of the century". Fairly "white" (British Isles / western Europe ethnic origins) with a lot of East Asian families with parents who had immigrated from Hong Kong, and another cluster of families with parents who had immigrated from the Caribbean. Prior to the 1940s, the area was primarily agricultural, with the closest communities being Agincourt and Malvern. It was designated as industrial because Crockford felt that residential taxes alone wouldnt finance new growth in Scarborough. It was the central business district for the former city of Scarborough, which amalgamated with Toronto in 1998. The extension of the Scarborough RT was hardly mentioned. Santa Returns to Town! The video has them driving around Scarberia in the back of a pick up truck on their way to a gig at the old A&A record store (which is now a Green P parking lot) on Lawrence Ave. east of Pharmacy. Contact name: STC MANAGEMENT OFFICE. Get Directions. Candies, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals, the staples of modern life, were all made there in the 1950s. Stay onboard as the train returns westbound to Scarborough Centre Station. One of Harris' first acts upon taking office was to cancel construction of the Eglinton West subway. Scarborough Town Centre is worth a visit at Christmas to take a look at the lights, do some Christmas shopping and to have a walk along beautiful Bar Street.. The unreality that Cory Salmon described was shared by the girl at Winston Churchill who had failed to be moved in the way the tearful, hugging cliques of American students are routinely moved. Converse Men's Chuck Taylor All Star Classic Hi Top Black, Canvas, Citizen Promaster Snowbirds Skyhawk A-T 46mm Men's Chronograph Sport Watch - Silver/Blue. To access the official websites of these agencies, consult this page here. Gangs have embraced multiculturalism, though the gang concept itself is elusive. How do you cite your sources if you just go on r/askto? Federicks was there throughout. Also, maybe not just a 90s thing but I remember being taught about stranger danger and told to not take stickers from strangers, dont do drugs campaigns at school. The company said these new Zellers locations will offer home decor items, toys, baby gear . Scarborough is not an anomaly but a harbinger. Press J to jump to the feed. Scarborough City Centre is a commercial district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Metro councillors weren't willing to raise taxes in order to provide the funds necessary, and so the Province and Metro proceeded with the Eglinton West and Sheppard Subways, leaving the Spadina Subway and Scarborough RT extensions on the back burner. A third level of ganghood floating through Scarborough neighbourhoods is the allegiance to either Crips (blue) or Bloods (red). Other than crosswalks for pedestrians, the station would have few amenities, as it would only connect with the Milner bus. Please contact the theater for more information. The new yard would have been located east of the future Bellamy Station location, with the two running tracks straddling a third centre track, rising up from ground level and connected to the main line by switches in both directions. Why doesn't the TTC have security guards? Source: Live right there now at this later point in my life. Looking back it seems that the politicians, buoyed by dreams of revolutionary new modes of travel, could not countenance a very basic engineering principle: Keep it simple and stupid (KISS). Anyone else feel like life here is going nowhere? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqVFBsfQk0. It is expected that the transformation of The Brunswick . Join locals residents, a former Head Planner for City of Clearly, youre not a Scarborough resident. Good times. What was West Germany like during the 1980s? Scarborough Town Centre opened with 130 stores adjacent to the borough's administration buildings. People have already mentioned music like the Barenaked Ladies (and Wayne's World if that counts). It has more than 121,000 m 2 (1,300,000 sq ft) and about 250 plus stores, making it the fourth-largest shopping centre in Greater Toronto, after Square One Shopping Centre, Yorkdale Shopping Centre, and Toronto Eaton Centre . I don't really have any info about big events, etc., but I highly suggest you watch Barenaked Ladies' video for Lovers In a Dangerous Time. And the unreality is glimpsed in the world that Oliver Crockford created in a spirit of post-war optimism and developer kickbacks, a place intended for war veterans who would leave behind the violence of Europe and return to a world that was egalitarian, green, harmonious and hopeful. Welcome to Transit Toronto! Why would you need info that isn't in the book? Gangs provide safety and identity (and in the case of organized gangs that were selling drugs, income), filling needs that society isnt filling. [3], The mall was constructed in 1972 and opened on May 2, 1973. I used to see foxes and catch frogs among the fields that are now grown into townhomes. Classic Cinemas Elk Grove Theatre. Places to hang out as a preteen - mall or and movie theatre, the corner 711, arcade, the park for pickup games of sports like baseball or soccer, friends house, or McDonalds, Block Buster Video store, nearby ravine. The theatres used to be where the GAP is now and was usually busy, especially on a Tuesday. We used to keep it on a nickle in tin foil so it would be easy to pick off. It is ultimately attitudes like these that keep Scarborough down, and frankly, were tired of it. The effect of diversity is worse than imagined. Markham Station - Reading the plans, this would have been a challenging location to build a station. They have all the ingredients: uninviting and unclaimed spaces, housing stock that is neither as durable nor as adaptable to other uses as the sturdy brick buildings of the inner city, a shortage of well-paying jobs, architecture that is disposable and arbitrary, and the need for cars at a time when energy prices are rising and may become prohibitive for many. She was floating through this landscape, untethered, but she was prepared to do another take. If the actual emotion wasnt there, the sense of what the media, of what life, demanded from such an event hadnt entirely fled. When the Scarborough Civic Centre (and the nearby Scarborough Town Centre) opened in 1973, it was hoped that these anchors would spur more development, that a downtown core would form around them. In a national survey, the Dominion Institute found 46 per cent of respondents unable to name the countrys first prime minister. So cheap too at like 2-3 bucks a hit! Early farms in the area included the farm of George and Lena Bick, who founded the Bick's Pickle brand from pickles grown and processed on their farm. Open Closes at 7:00 PM. It didnt have the narrative that the death of 15-year-old Jane Creba had in 2005, when she was hit by gang gunfire near the Eaton Centre on Boxing Day, a shooting Citytv called the most notorious crime in recent Toronto history. The theme in that story was the notion of innocence, and how an alien (and largely suburban) threat had come to the core and taken the life of an innocent bystander. And its not just that we dont trust people who are not like us. This pattern existed in other groups: with Jamaicans in the 1980s, where new immigrants were called Freshies, and it has been seen in the Sikh community (where new arrivals are called Gurus) and Chinese community (pitting the CBCsCanadian-born Chineseagainst Chinese FOBs). 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