kensington market
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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