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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