On daily strolls through Parkdale with my dog, gentrification’s tremors are all around me – nowhere more noticeable than in the accelerating speed of life on the sidewalk.

paperMirusha YogarajahMay 13, 2022toronto, parkdale, housing, affordable housing, gentrification

FAIR SHAKE

Shellie Zhang has a thing for MSG. It’s the subject of her book, called Fusion Cuisine, Now with Added MSG! It features a collection of historic “Canadian” recipes from the 1930s to the ’70s that call for the additive, years before it was used to negatively stereotype Asians, and especially Chinese people, through their food.

paperChiedza PasipanodyaDecember 17, 2021toronto, year-5, art, parkdale

200 UNITS

Parkdale is an eviction hot spot. The number of notices that get served in the southwest neighbourhood are double the city average. And nowhere is the tension between affordable living and “financialized” landlords clearer than on West Lodge Avenue.

paperAbby PlenerNovember 20, 2021toronto, parkdale, housing, affordable housing, community, organizing

SQUEEZED OUT

My roof started to leak during the ice storm. As I wait for Bob Rose & his son Graeme (near life-long Parkdalians) to talk about the housing crisis, I can hear the drip echo in my mind.

paperFrankie NooneMay 16, 2018housing, affordable housing, parkdale