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
`narrative
moral leprosy
contamination
opium
prostitution
crime
filth

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

Worship
British Methodist Episcopal

Beth 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