Heritage sites were the topic of choice at last nights debates. ⇒
27 October 2006, lunch time
Christopher Hume of the Star doesn't think the candidates get don't get the heritage concept. An important note in Hume's article is that 48 Abell, which was the topic of discussion at the city planning event Shima and I attended recently, is being torn now.
This is a post from my link log: If you click the title of this post you will be taken the web page I am discussing.
hi
i hope you can come to our funeral…
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BE ON TV TO SAVE 48 ABELL STREET
Hi Model 48 gang, 48 Abell residents, Queen street peeps and Toronto lovers:
Our Nov 5 BBQ has been postponed in favour of a very important event next weekend:
When: Saturday, Nov 11, 6 PM
Where: Outside 48 Abell
What: Intervention/Happening/Media Publicity Event presented in association with the Toronto Alternative Art Fair International (TAAFI.org)
Who: Councillor Adam Giambrone, other Toronto notables, media, community activists, some of Toronto’s top Artists, and most importantly: YOU!
How: Processions, public speaking and other fun activities create a mock funeral for our beloved building. You can get involved by speaking or performing at this event and we need a round 300 people to all form a human chain around our 118-yr old icon and give her a big hug for the media cameras. Please show up, bring your friends and family to help make a huge statement that will be witnessed by thousands that 48 Abell St matters and whether we can save her or not, it is an important part of Toronto’s cultural heritage worth aknowledging!
Please contact Ms Jessica Rose (48 Abell #306B) for more info, or if you would like to contribute in a special way:
msjessicarose@sympatico.ca or 416.536.1537
See you on the 11th!
Your Model 48 team
FOR MORE INFO ABOUT 48 ABELL VISIT
www.brokenartfactory.ca/model484VR.html
- – - – - – - – - – Eulogist(s) Required
In the funeral of our beloved building,
The heart of West Queen West,
Forty-Eight Abell Street, Toronto, M6J 3H2
On the eve of the Eleventh day of November,
Two-Thousand-and-Six at Six O’clock P.M.
To eulogize its immanent transformation,
From an 118-year old Artist Building
To a Condominium. – - – - – - – - – -
Want to say a few words about 48 Abell Street?
To participate in the public performance A Funeral For A Building
on November 11, 2006 at 6pm please contact Jessica Rose msjessicarose@sympatico.ca
by Jessica Rose on November 7 2006, 2:18 am #