The Ward Narrative and Counter narrative

What was The Ward?

The City of Toronto, 1834

The Ward in 1842: Cane Topographical Plan of the City and Liberties of Toronto

The Ward in 1851: Sanford Fleming Topographical Plan of the City of Toronto

The Ward in 1872: Wadsworth & Unwin Map of the City of Toronto

Goads Fire Insurance Map, 1884

Goads, 1899

Goads, 1910

Goads 1924

And a 2015 map

The Lower Ward, 2015

From 1900 to 1945, there was an accepted Ward `narrativemoral leprosycontaminationopiumprostitutioncrimefilth

Poverty

Desperate living conditions

A sink of infectious disease

Hidden squalor

Much less well documented is the Wards counter-narrative its alternative history

Culture

Music

WorshipBritish Methodist EpiscopalBeth Tzedec

Community

Industry & Commerce

A place to grow up

Diversity

A source of artistic inspiration

Ethnic restaurants

In the end, a problem to be solved