In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the neighbourhood known as East Ghent – bordered by Olney Road to the south, Llewellyn Avenue to the east, Shirley Avenue to the north, and Colonial Avenue to the west – was a community in disrepair. Dominated by dilapidated low-income rental housing and plagued by the usual issues …
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