Greenwood-Coxwell

Greenwood-Coxwell is a neighbourhood on the lower East side of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The neighbourhood, as defined by the city of Toronto, is bounded by Coxwell Ave to the East and Greenwood Ave to the West. To the North it is roughly bounded by Danforth (and north to Milverton Blvd) and to the South its boundaries slip just south of Queen Street to Eastern Ave.

The two most remarkable parts about the neighbourhood are the historical origins in the Ashbridge Estate (at the corner of Queen and Woodfield) and the cultural centre of the Gerrard-India Bazaar (between Greenwood and Coxwell, along Gerrard St. East). See September 2005 Toronto Life article on the neighbourhood. [http://www.cynthiabrouse.com/writing/indian_summer.pdf]

While there is still a sizable low income contingency in the neighbourhood, the area is similarly seeing a large growth in higher income earners, a trend that appears to be unfazed according to the latest census data. The area is popular among Chinese living in the city, who comprise over 25% of the population in the area. Immigration to this area is actually lower than the average, making the Chinese the dominant visible minority in the area. However gentrification is moving out much of the these long-time residents in favour of new singles and couples looking for a well-treed, moderately-priced neighbourhood within easy distance of down-town. Front-yard gardens a full of winter melons and "toi-toi" are disapearing as flower gardens are planted instead. School enrollment has also been drastically reduced over the past decade or two as more homes are converted from split-rental accommodations into single-family swellings.Larger and older buildings in the area have started to make way and more semi-detached and detached homes are being constructed in the neighbourhood.

Greenwood Park stands at the edge of the neighbourhood, housing two ice rionks in the winter and an outdoor pool, playground, and playing fields in the summer. A dog run is located in the southwest corner of the park. Residents and the local City Councillor created a poignant memorial to Jeffery Baldwin, a local five-year-old who died of starvation in the custody of his grandparents.

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External links

* http://www.toronto.ca/demographics/profiles_map_and_index.htm

Toronto Life article, September 2005http://www.cynthiabrouse.com/writing/indian_summer.pdf