ANNUAL REPORT 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS

2 .... Message from Executive Director & Board Chair

3 .... Heritage

4 .... Supporters

7 .... Historical Plaques Program

10 .... Heritage Toronto Awards

15 .... Tours Program

19 .... Special Programs

19 .... Building Toronto: Stories of the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood

20 .... Doors Open

21 .... Heritage Primer

21 .... Momento: Toronto’s Heritage of Innovation

22 .... Get Involved

24 .... Join the Conversation

25 .... 2016 Financial Summary

Cover1 2017image Annual credits: ReportAlex Willms, Herman Custodio MESSAGE FROM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & BOARD CHAIR

2017 was a year of engagement. There was a growing public awareness of the importance of Toronto’s heritage. We witnessed ’s 150th milestone, and we worked alongside a committed . Heritage Toronto celebrated advancements. We also had conversations about exclusion and silenced voices. Collectively, we weighed our past while looking to the future.

It was also the most active year in the history of Heritage Toronto. We presented 99 events across 28 wards and welcomed 8,000 people to our programs. We hosted guest speakers such as renowned humanitarian Stephen Lewis and chef Susur Lee. We worked with 22 volunteer organizations to run tours and events that highlighted timely issues such as Toronto’s immigration and LGBTQ2+ histories. We presented a revitalized Heritage Toronto Awards, made possible by record-breaking support from our sponsors. We installed more plaques than any other organization in —plaques which resonated with current events, carrier, and Alice and ’s lifelong commitment to helping the city’s poor and homeless.

Following this banner year, Heritage Toronto enters 2018 with momentum and optimism. We will invest in P content by revitalizing our website and piloting a digital walking tour. We will publish a new State of Heritage

We live in a city faced with choices and challenges, strengthened by its diverse communities and set apart by its unique stories. As a charity that works on behalf of the people of Toronto, Heritage Toronto is honoured to work with our supporters and partners to contribute to our great city’s history and future.

Allison Bain Kate Marshall Executive Director Chair, Board of Directors

2017 Annual Report 2 HERITAGE TORONTO

Heritage Toronto is a charity and agency of the City of Toronto that celebrates and commemorates the city’s rich heritage and the diverse stories of its people, places, and events. Through our annual programs, including walking tours, historical plaques, special past—both to make sense of our present and to inform our future.

In 2017, highlights of our record-breaking achievements include the delivery of 12 special programs, the participation of 104 sponsors and community partners, over 120 media interviews on a wide range of Tour. Image: Alex Willms

Board of Directors Staff Kate Marshall, Chair Councillor Sarah Doucette Allison Bain, Executive Director Richard Moorhouse, Vice Chair Councillor Mary Fragedakis Chris Bateman, Historical Plaques Councillor Paula Fletcher Research & Program Assistant John Belyea Councillor Mike Layton Dr. Camille Bégin, Historical Peter Berton Plaques Program Coordinator Lisa Brown Board Sean Michael Blank, Heritage Abena Buahene Committee Members Programs Assistant Karen Czaniecki, Administrator Dr. Ross Fair Derek Boles (to June 2017) Caitlin Coleman Tyler Greenleaf Lucy Di Pietro, Manager, Marketing Andrew Himel Julia Culpeper & Outreach Tess Devlin Michael Kushnir, Development Louis Kan Dr. Gilberto Fernandes Coordinator (to August 2017) Monica Granzotto Candice McCavitt, Community Paul Litt Sasha Manes Programs & Special Events Coordinator Donald Loucks Franca Miraglia Kaitlin Wainwright, Director of Brent Pearlman Wilf Neidhardt Programming Allan Penning Birgitte Nielsen Worrall Senior Manager, Lena Recollet Sherry Pedersen Finance & Administration (from July 2017) Jennifer Roy Dr. Ellen Scheinberg Linda Strachan Karen Whaley

3 2017 Annual Report SUPPORTERS

Thank you to our 2017 supporters and champions of Toronto heritage.

$30,000+

$10,000+ Kensington Market Tour. Image: Alex Willms

Macfeeters Family Fund at Toronto Foundation Linda Strachan

$5,000+

Aird & Berlis LLP Casey House Parks Forestry and Toronto Golf Club Recreation, City of CUPE Local 416 Toronto Water, Buddies in Bad Times Toronto City of Toronto Theatre Eastern Construction Ports Toronto Urban Capital Cadillac Fairview Lifetime Yorkville Rivermill Homes Corporation Limited Residences Inc. Wynn Family Properties Service Canada Canadian National Oxford Properties Exhibition Foundation Group Limited

$2,500+

Cityzen Development Cresford Developments ERA Architects Geronimo CM Ltd. Group Cycling Infrastructure, EVOQ Architecture Info-Tech Research Group Coalition of Black Trade City of Toronto Friends of Guild Park Interval House Unionists DREAM and Gardens

2017 Annual Report 4 $2,500+

Shawne Jackson-Troiano Rexall +VG Architects WE Charity Association Royal Canadian Wawanesa Mutual Westbank of Architects Curling Club Insurance Company Ontario Construction Triangle Development Secretariat

$1,000+

B.A. Himel Family CS&P Architects King Properties Streetcar Developments Foundation Park Liberty Entertainment The Sumach by Chartwell Group Brook Pooni Richard Isaac Toronto Society of MOD Developments Architects Buttcon Limited Harvey Kalles Real Estate Northam Realty Trinity College at the Café Diplomatico Heritage Preservation Canadian Historical Services, City of Toronto Alexandria Pike Urban Strategies Inc. Association Immigration, Refugees Phoenix Restoration Wembley Apartments David and Valerie Christie and Citizenship Canada RAW Design Civic Theatres Toronto Infrastructure Ontario Anthony Van (Sony Centre for the Karin Karah Straubenzee York Heritage Properties Performing Arts)

$200+

41 Spruce Street TJ Daris Joan Johnston Usaid Amro Russell Doris Eric W. Slavens Heather Auclair Robert Eisenberg Louis Kan Frances E. Johnson Yveline Audemars and Audrey Fox Howard Kaplan Joan Johnston Humberto Rivero Edward Freeman Mhairi Lang Russell D. Smith Allison Bain Gandy Charitable Kate Marshall John Stanley and Helmut Reichenbacher John Belyea and Foundation Richard Moorhouse and Amanda Walton Tyler and Jean Simonton Andrew M. Stewart Lisa and Gary Brown Emily Greenleaf MSP Realty Corp. St. James Cathedral Gina Clark Bruce Grubbe Northbridge Insurance Helen Thompson Claude Cormier Janet Hall John and Maire Percy Mary Williamson Jean Cuddy Peter Ignazi Margaret Procter Properties Kathryn and Eric Jarvis Brian Provini Shawn Cymbaly Karen Whaley Frances E. Johnson Ellen Scheinberg

5 2017 Annual Report Media Partners

Daily Xtra Spacing Torontoist Toronto Star

Community Partners

Artscape FV Foods Toronto Bell Cote Arts and Letters Club Glenview Presbyterian Ontario Jewish Archives P Church ASI Heritage Ossington The Great Hall Community Association Toronto Ward Museum Homes First Penguin Random House Cabbagetown Toronto’s First Preservation Association Hunt Heritage Masonry P of Canada Canadian Aviation Imperial Plaza Tourism and Culture Real Estate Services, Division, City of Hamilton Historical Society Ironworkers Local 721 City of Toronto University of Toronto - Canadian Lesbian and Kabalen Restaurant Gay Archives Reserve Properties Book and Media Studies Kensington Market Program Riverdale Real Estate Services, Historical Society City of Toronto Historical Society University of Toronto - La Société d’histoire Faculty of Information Riverside BIA Daily Bread Bakery de Toronto University of Toronto Civic Centre Royal Canadian Long & McQuade Mississaugua - Curling Club Lower Ossington Theatre Historical Studies St Andrew’s Four Seasons Hotel University of Toronto Mill Street Brewery United Church Toronto Scarborough - Culinaria Moryiama & St. Lawrence Market BIA Resesarch Centre Friends of Guild Park Teshima Architects Swansea Friends of West York University - Historical Society Department of History Toronto Railpath Historical Society

Heritage Toronto receives core funding from the City of Toronto.

2017 Annual Report 6 HISTORICAL PLAQUES PROGRAM

The historical plaques program had a knockout year, installing over 130 plaques across the city. Champion boxer George Chuvalo 137 attended the unveiling of a plaque commemorating his legendary plaques produced 1966 fight against Muhammad Ali. Exploring themes of race and activism, this plaque took on additional meaning in the current political climate.

We celebrated the Black community’s contributions to our city. With the assistance of the Ontario Black History Society, the Ontario Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, and the Jackson family, we installed plaques highlighting Albert Jackson, the city’s first Commemorative: 22 Black letter carrier, and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the first Black trade union in Canada to sign an agreement with its employer. BRUNSWICK HOUSE 1908 In 1874, Benjamin Hinchcliffe opened the first tavern on this site. It was a two-storey, roughcast structure with a stable. In 1908, John Wilson Siddall designed the present building in the Edwardian Classical style. Partnerships are the backbone of the program. In 2017, we worked After Albert, Molly, and Morris Nightingale purchased the Brunswick House in 1965, it became a popular drinking and meeting place, especially among students and writers. For 27 years, “Rockin’ Irene” Laviolette emceed wild evenings of singing, dancing, and a dizzying variety of other entertainments in the main bar, Pickle Alley. The upstairs jazz and blues room, Albert’s Hall, hosted artists like Climax Jazz Band and Etta James. Other performers included Buddy Guy, John Lee Hooker, Albert King, Carl Perkins, with several indigenous groups, including the Mississaugas of and k.d. lang, as well as many other blues and jazz legends. In the 1970s, the variety TV show Peter Appleyard Presents was also filmed here. “The Brunny” changed owners, was renovated, and re-opened as a drugstore in 2017. the New Credit First Nation, to provide a deeper understanding City of Toronto Heritage Register of Toronto’s pre-colonial past on all our plaques moving forward, Heritage Property: 16 starting with ones highlighting North York and Scarborough’s history. Our collaboration with the St Lawrence Neighbourhood Association to replace plaques in one of Toronto’s oldest precincts is an on-going commitment.

After several years of planning, the namesake of one of Toronto’s principal streets also received a Heritage Toronto plaque. The life of

Joseph Bloor is commemorated with a large display that includes a reproduction of his memorial stone near St. Andrew’s United Church Legacy: 1 on East.

The Century House program, which recognizes houses that are 100 or more years old, continues to grow as more Torontonians celebrate their homes, and the important role they have played in the city’s heritage landscape.

P Century House: 98 building on important digitization and cataloguing work undertaken in previous years, Heritage Toronto will deliver an interactive 13 plaque events experience that will allow Torontonians to explore the city’s history. 18 plaques unveiled

7 2017 Annual Report [The Century House Plaque] is very beautifully-made and we were very proud to put it on our home. We congratulate Heritage Toronto for this program… and for involving owners in a meaningful way. Anne Gibson

Rail Heritage in Triangle plaque presentations. Image: Herman Custodio

St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood plaque presentations with the late Albert Jackson plaque presentation. Image: Alex Willms Pam McConnell, City Councillor, on the left. Image: Alex Willms

Eastern Studio Sound plaque presentation, Salim Sachedina, Alice and Dan Heap plaque presentation manager (1972-1979), middle-right. Image: Herman Custodio with Councillor , middle-right. Image: Nick Neufeld

2017 Annual Report 8 Thank you Heritage Toronto. Lawrence, one of the 3 remaining elder Jacksons, got to attend and that was my greatest wish. He was overcome with emotion throughout the proceedings.... and VERY proud. Shawne Jackson, on the Albert Jackson unveiling

While it’s great to mark positive developments in a city’s history, as so many heritage plaques do, it is just as important to mark sites and events of oppression, to publicly recognize that it exists, and, indeed, is painfully intertwined with the fabric of the city itself. Thank you @heritagetoronto for making this commitment.

Images: Herman Custodio@leahrsandals, on the Anti-Greek Riots plaque

9Image: 2017 Herman Annual Custodio Report HERITAGE TORONTO AWARDS

A sold-out crowd gathered on October 23 at the Art Moderne venue, The Carlu, for the Heritage Toronto

At the Mayor’s Reception, hosted by Mayor John Tory and 13 city councillors, 500 guests networked with

Adding to the celebrations, the Heritage Toronto Board presented a Special Achievement Award to community advocate and author Arlene Chan for her lifetime commitment to documenting and sharing at the ceremony. Wilf Neidhardt was recognized for his 17-year contribution to Heritage Toronto’s work, in particular the Historical Plaques Program.

We also introduced our new Emerging Historians Program, hosting 30 students and young professionals. These future leaders were provided a valuable opportunity to engage with seasoned professionals from

Heritage Toronto is deeply grateful to its colleagues in the heritage, union, development, and private sectors who stepped in with outstanding support in 2017. Their sponsorship of the Heritage Toronto

Dennis Findlay of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives. Mayor John Tory with Arlene Chan and Chair Kate Marshall. Image: Alex Willms Image: Herman Custodio

2017 Annual Report 10 Emerging Historians in attendance. Image: Alex Willms

Richard Ratzlaff (on behalf of Sarah Bassnett), Sean Ian Daffern and Matthew Blackett of 50 Objects that Define Kheraj (on behalf of Jay Young), and Sam Triglia of Toronto. Image: Alex Willms Clifford Restoration Limited. Image: Alex Willms

11 2017 Annual Report Inspired by all the volunteer orgs working for their communities to preserve heritage at #HTAwards2017! Congrats to all the nominees and winners! @BrookMcIlroyInc

Nancy Thornton, Janet Harrison, and Elizabeth Davidson of Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Toronto Branch. Glenview Presbyterian Church, with Mike Yorke, President Image: Alex Willms of the Restoration Council of Ontario. Image: Alex Willms

St. Michael’s Cathedral and +VG Architects team. Image: Herman Custodio

2017 Annual Report 12 2017 Heritage Toronto Award Recipients

Community Heritage Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives

Member’s Choice Award $145,000 Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Toronto Branch raised to support public programs Public History (TV Series) Creator: Matthew Blackett (Spacing) Producer:(Bell Media)

Historical Writing: Short Publication “Soils and Subways: Excavating Environments during the Building of Rapid Transit in Toronto, 1944-1968” Author: Jay Young 40 community Publisher: University of Press and industry Historical Writing: Book Picturing Toronto: Photography and the Making of a Modern City partnerships Author: Sarah Bassnett Publisher: McGill-Queen’s University Press

William Greer Architectural Conservation and Craœsmanship St. Michael’s Cathedral: Cathedral Nave & East Chancel Window Building Owner: The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Toronto Architectural Firm: +VG Architects 38 volunteers Craftspeople: Glenview Presbyterian Church Building Owner: The Trustees of Glenview Presbyterian Church Architect of Record: Harrison Duong Architects Incorporated Design Architect: Davidson Langley Incorporated Architects

Grateful to be at the @heritagetoronto Awards as an Emerging Historian. “Remember the past, Reimagine the Future.” #HTawards2017 @by_summerleigh

13 2017 Annual Report 2017 Heritage Toronto Award Recipients TOURS PROGRAM

In 2017, we walked thousands of kilometres together, exploring neighbourhoods like Riverside, public art at Exhibition Place, and the natural heritage of Downsview Park. Side-by side, we learned about our rich changed the world.

season, and “Guild Park: Where Art Meets Nature”, which brought out 120 enthusiastic participants on a sunny August afternoon. The public responded to the hard work and dedication of our tour volunteers with an average donation of $5.47 per participant—the most ever.

For a program dedicated to talking about the past, we did a number of new things with our tours in 2017. and future of , one of the fastest-growing condo and creative districts in the city. We began acknowledging the generosity of our members and donors on all walks, booked more private tours than ever before, and supported the program through record-high sponsorships.

In the coming year, we will walk Toronto’s waterfront, hike through ravines, and explore over 88 acres of Toronto’s park land. We will marvel at rapidly changing neighbourhoods, share the invisible histories of well-known locations, and ask what we can learn from Torontonians, past and present.

young professionals will be coached through the process of developing and delivering a tour, building their professional credentials and networks.

Art Walk: Hidden Gems of Exhibition Place. Image: Herman Custodio Image: Herman Custodio

15 2017 Annual Report Our tour leaders were immensely knowledgeable and the tours were eye-opening, from the urban history of Chinatown to the social geography of Little Manila. These tours are so important to understanding the diverse urban make-up 71 tours of Toronto and Canada. A wonderful experience 61 public tours, that I would recommend to everybody. 10 private tours Serene Tan, Canadian Studies Program, University of Toronto

38 attendees/ public tour

75 volunteers Kensington Market: Building a Better Life. Image: Alex Willms

13 community partnerships

Beatlemania: Toronto’s Love Affair. Liberty Reclaimed: History of the Village. Image: Emily Macrae Image: Herman Custodio

2017 Annual Report 16 North York’s Little Manila: Migration, Food & Identity. Image: Emily Macrae

Had the most wonderful @heritagetoronto tour of Cabbagetown with the Cabbagetown Preservation Association. I’ve lived in this neighbourhood for more than a decade and learned so much tonight about the places I walk by every day. Thanks! @whaletimes Cabbagetown: View from the Valley. Image: Emily Macrae

Welcome to Koreatown. Image: Linda Strachan

17 2017 Annual Report Kensington Market: Building a Better Life. Music History on the Strip. Image: Alex Willms Image: Marcus Mitanis

Campus & Cosmos: Toronto’s Astronomical Heritage

2017 Annual Report 18 SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Building Toronto: Stories of the St. Lawrence Market Neighbourhood over Our newest travelling exhibit opened to a full house on March 30, 600 and was co-curated with University of Toronto students and the St. attendees Lawrence Neighbourhood Association. Beginning with the Town at 5 locations of York’s early modest footprint, the exhibition examined how our Toronto’s commercial, cultural, and political history.

We really appreciated the opportunity to work with Heritage Toronto on this exhibit. It was an 5 graduate important and valuable learning opportunity for students our Museum Studies students. from University Matthew Brower, Assistant of Toronto Professor, University of Toronto

6 new pieces of artwork by Daniel Rotsztain

Museum Studies students, University of Toronto. Image: Alex Willms

19 2017 Annual Report Doors Open We returned as one of the most publicized tours to the Doors Open weekend, providing exclusive guided tours of the 54th Tower to celebrate the 50th anniversary of this iconic skyscraper. Designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the TD Bank Tower is considered one of some of this country’s best preserved 1960s corporate interiors. 1,760 attendees 35 volunteers Thompson Room, 54th 12 from TD, 23 from Heritage Toronto

2017 Annual Report 20 Heritage Primer For this series, we brought together experts, community advocates, I didn’t want the bus and members of the public to exchange stories and information on tour to end! It was a events ranged from a 90-minute panel conversation on the future of great way to get to a heritage inventory, to “Toronto’s Great Architectural Heritage Bus know the city better. Tour”, to a full-day archaeology symposium. Participant, Toronto’s Great 397 attendees Architectural Heritage across 4 programs

Imperial Oil Building, Toronto’s Great Architectural Heritage. Image: Herman Custodio

Momento: Toronto’s Heritage Of Innovation To celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, this program explored innovations in Toronto that had a national and global impact. From the creation of pablum, to the development of the ill-fated Avro Arrow, and the foresight of Marshall McLuhan’s “the media is the message”, 860 attendees this series of six talks highlighted innovations across technology, across 6 lectures

7 community

(L to R) Professor Dan Bender, social innovator Alex Dow, curator Liz Driver, partnerships and chef Susur Lee

21 2017 Annual Report GET INVOLVED

Members Heritage Toronto members support our ongoing work to share Toronto’s rich heritage and build a liveable city that honours its diverse stories. In 2017, the relaunch of our membership program inspired more people 400

free admission to city museums, and exclusive members-only events, members like November’s talk by Alex Bozikovic, the award-winning writer and 12 at the Patrons author of Toronto Architecture: A City Guide. Circle Level

I have learned much about Toronto through Heritage Toronto tours and events in which I have participated over the years, and wanted to that this important public role can continue.

Member

860 attendees across 6 lectures

2017 Annual Report 22 Volunteers In 2017, Heritage Toronto presented its Volunteer Service Award for deep gratitude and recognition of the central role all volunteers play 157 volunteers in ensuring the success of our charity. 3,422 volunteer Returning to the city after a number of years hours, valued abroad, I am so appreciative of the welcoming at $83,370 community of like-minded individuals and organizations that the Heritage Toronto volunteer program cultivates. Sean Michael Blank

Volunteer Social, Ghost Walk

Volunteers from our Board, Heritage Toronto Awards. Volunteers on our Art Walk Tour. Image: Herman Custodio Image: Herman Custodio

Recognition for Hours of Service (>30 hrs) Sean Michael Blank Leone Earls Robin McLaughlin Lee Sneddon Irene Calo Valerie Hatten Birgitte Nielsen Worrall William Sturm Herman Custodio Greg Heal Diane Reid Jessica Young Laura Davey Erin Mackie Andrea Rodriguez

23 2017 Annual Report JOIN THE CONVERSATION

Stay tuned in 2018. We are planning a new website and digital programs that will increase public access to Toronto’s heritage stories, and promote public understanding of today’s issues.

E-newsletter heritagetoronto.org 241,733 page views 6646 122,000 users subscribers (22% growth since 2016) (28% growth since 2016)

60,934 unique opens (38% growth since 2016)

Volunteer Social, Ghost Walk. Twitter 16,866 42% open rate followers 12.4% click through rate (8% growth since 2016) Instagram Facebook

2967 Volunteers on our Art Walk Tour. likes Image: Herman Custodio 1764 followers

(21% growth since 2016) (43% growth since 2016)

2017 Annual Report 24 2016 FINANCIAL SUMMARY

8% 42% Donations & City of Toronto Memberships

Revenue

32% 18% Tickets & Fees Sponsorships

14% 6% 10% Communications Fundraising & Administration

Expenses

70% Public Programs

25 2017 Annual Report P

Revenue Total 2016 Total 2015

Grants – City of Toronto $308,900 $311,966

Donations $38,747 $42,593

Memberships $11,607 $13,841

Corporate Sponsorship $130,020 $130,505

Ticket Sales $19,305 $18,690

Plaque Revenue $211,159 $170,327

Other Income $11,483 $11,686

Year End Transfer – Designated Funds $0 $42,350

Total $731,221 $741,958

Expenses Total 2016 Total 2015

Wages and benefits $507,239 $527,804

Purchased goods and services $142,119 $162,556

Administration $45,536 $42,488

Communication $4,737 $9,480

Year End Transfer – Designated Funds $30,000 $0

Total $729,631 $742,328

Excess (Deficiency) of Revenue Over Expenses ($1,590) ($370)

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