TORONTO – Toronto Centre: the presence of so many churches (both Protestant and Catholic) as well as Cathedrals – St. Michael’s, St. James, St. Paul – in Old Toronto led to the once-held reputation of “Toronto the Good”. It was, of course anything but. Nestled between the University, the Insurance Companies, the eastern territories of the federated colleges that comprised the University of Toronto and the hospitals and scientific research centers, was the old “Annex” – slum-like environment for new arrivals to Canada…
