Kensington Market

Kensington Market PLG 200

Sarah Campbell Christina Demeter

Kevin Nunn Derek Pokora

Photograph by Derek Pokora

1.  Defining the Neighbourhood

2.  The Past

3.  The Present

4.  The Future?

City of Toronto Neighbourhood Profile: Kensington-Chinatown, 2006

Neighbourhood, as identified for this assignment; Toronto Star Definition, 2009; Statistics Canada 2006 Census Tract: 0038.00, Toronto CMA

Source: maps.google.com

Ward  20:  Trinity  Spadina  Councillor  Adam  Vaughan  

•  Kensington  Market  has  its  own  BIA    (Business  Improvement  Area)  www.kensingtonmarketbia.ca  

•  Dis=nc=ve  visual  and  spa=ally-­‐based  aBributes  

•  Built  form  •  Streetscape  features  

(eg.  garbage  cans)  •  Graffi=  •  Streets  and  sidewalks  

•  Neighbourhood  bordered  by  major  arterials  (i.e.  Dundas,  College,  Spadina,  Bathurst)  

•  Very  strong  local  iden=ty  (could  be  iden=fied  as  either  an  Integral  or  Parochial  neighbourhood,  depending  on  one’s  interpreta=on  of  Warren  and  Warren’s  typology  (1977)  Source:

http://www.toronto.ca/wards2000/images/pdf/ward_20.pdf

Distinct Visual and Spatially-Based Attributes

Source: http://dandyhorsemagazine.com/bikespotting/2011/07/18/whats-bike-parking-in-kensington-market-like/ Photograph by Derek Pokora Photograph by Derek Pokora

Photograph by Derek Pokora

1.  Defining the Neighbourhood

2.  The Past

3.  The Present

4.  The Future?

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a3/Jewish_market_day%2C_Kensington_Avenue%2C_1924.jpg

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Source: City of Toronto Archives

1.  Defining the Neighbourhood

2.  The Past

3.  The Present

4.  The Future?

Population by Age Group

Source: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTuid=5350038.00

Population by Age Group

Source: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTuid=5350038.00

8%

16%

60%

16%

Children 0-14 Youth 15-24 Working Age 25-64 Seniors 65+

Dwellings: Owned vs. Rented

Sources: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTuid=5350038.00 http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf3/cpa78.pdf

0%

10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

70%

80%

90%

100%

In CT 0038.00 In Kensington-Chinatown

Number of Rented Dwellings Number of Owned Dwellings

Period of Immigration

Source: City of Toronto, Kensington-Chinatown Social Profile #2 – Neighbourhoods Language and Ethnicity http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf2/cpa78.pdf

Total population showing visible minority population characteristics

Source: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/P3.cfm?Lang=E&CTuid=5350038.00

Incidence of Low Income (%), 2001-2006

Source: City of Toronto, Kensington-Chinatown (78) Social Profile #4 – Neighbourhoods Income and Poverty http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf4/cpa78.pdf

Census Family Income Distribution

Source: City of Toronto, Kensington-Chinatown (78) Social Profile #4 – Neighbourhoods Income and Poverty http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf4/cpa78.pdf

Private Households Income Distribution

Source: City of Toronto, Kensington-Chinatown (78) Social Profile #4 – Neighbourhoods Income and Poverty http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/cns_profiles/2006/pdf4/cpa78.pdf

Source: http://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/bylaws/2010/law1156-Schedule-A/law1156-zoning-

south-maps03.pdf

Zoning

Mobility Within Kensington

Source: maps.google.com

Total employed labour force 15 years and over with a usual place of work or no fixed workplace address by mode of transportation for census tract 0038.00

Source: http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-597/figures/figure.cfm?PROFILE_ID=27000&LANG=E&PRCODE=35&CTCODE=1049&CTNAME=0038.00&PRNAME=Ontario&CANAME=Toronto&PC=M5T2N7&CACODE=535

There is no shortage of parking in the neighbourhood

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Biking  Cycling in Kensington Market

Photograph by Kevin Nunn

Bixi Bicycles in Bellevue Square Park

Source: http://bikingtoronto.com/blog/2011/05/photos-of-bixi-toronto-docking-stations/

Source: http://ward20.ca/AV-upload/ward%2020%20bike%20lanes.pdf

Bike Lanes: No one can seem to agree on where to place them (and how?)

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/gingermaddy/6015660719/ http://media.citytv.topscms.com/images/b8/8a/5ecd3d294a54b6a9211a24d8165c.jpeg

Pedestrian Sundays

Source: http://www.kensington-market.ca/pub/images/KensingtonMap_300.gif

Consequences of Road Traffic Closures

Photograph by Kevin Nunn

Prince Arthur Street, Montreal

Source: http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/15484004.jpg

The Gentrification of Kensington Market

Photograph by Sarah Campbell

Photograph by Sarah Campbell

Photograph by Sarah Campbell

Photograph by Sarah Campbell

Photograph by Sarah Campbell

Kensington’s Protectionism: Saving the neighbourhood, or stifling progression and economic growth?

Source: http://http://torontoist.com/2008/09/blue_banana_you_ho_this_is_all_your/

Photos by Jonathan Goldsbie

1.  Defining the Neighbourhood

2.  The Past

3.  The Present

4.  The Future?

New Opportunities and Developments

Source: http://www.ward20.ca

New Opportunities

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Rentals for Students?

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Toronto General Hospital Krembil Neuroscience Centre

Photograph by Derek Pokora Source: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2641/3728646776_7c73a86ac2_b.jpg

Rendering Current Status

Continuing Change in Built Form

Photograph by Derek Pokora

New Developments

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Source: http://dealblog.ca/2011/11/297-college-street-

condominium-development-%E2%80%93-closed-9250000/

297 College Street

Bellevue Square Park

Neighbouring Influences: Alexandra Park

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Alexandra_Park_Toronto.JPG

Photograph by Derek Pokora

Sources: maps.google.com http://www.toronto.ca/planning/pdf/alexpark_concept_rev.pdf

The Invasion of the Big Box Stores

Kensington Market PLG 200

Sarah Campbell Christina Demeter

Kevin Nunn Derek Pokora

Photograph by Derek Pokora