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2021/Feb/27

Urban renewal has displaced Black communities in Canada in the past. Can getting involved early in the planning stop it from happening again?

Architectural News

Author: Donovan Vincent

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Gentrification and the new Crosstown transit line are considered culprits responsible for the loss of dozens of businesses and residents in Little Jamaica, a community on and around Eglinton Avenue West between the Allen Expressway and Keele Street.

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