Spacing Toronto β Exploring the busy basements & makeshift markets of Regent Park with Civic Salon
By Robert Ruggiero
Monday November 24 2014
http://spacing.ca/toronto/2014/11/24/exploring-busy-basements-regent-park-civic-salon/
"...Thomas brings us into a formerly underutilized and closed off space that is now maintained as a mosque and community centre by the Regent Park Khadem Committee Centre
"HiMY SYeD has an excellent detailed account of it on his 30 Masjids [mosques] in 30 days website."
Basements are often unsung heroes of great cities. In new and old Regent Park the unseen basement hides both bottom-up and top-down initiatives to strengthen the community. Here they help achieve sustainable community design by offering spaces for people to gather and by incorporating leading energy practices. Four-year-old Civic Salon aims to engage Torontonians in [β¦]
Friends of Regent Park is hosting a community skating event tomorrow, Dec. 30, from 1-3 PM at the Regent Park Ice Rink βΈοΈ Come out for a skate! #Onpoli #Ontario #Toronto #ToPoli #RegentPark #RegentParkTO