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Toronto ON

Click here for a history of Toronto lane naming and a list of other lanes with neighbourhood descriptions. That post is a work in progress, and gets updated frequently.

Barker Fairley Lane - Barker Fairley (May 21,1887 – October 11, 1986) lived on Willcocks Street. Born in Yorkshire, he came to Canada in 1910, and in 1915 became a professor at U of T. He was a writer, poet & professor of German studies — one of the foremost scholars of German literature of the century. He also created the university newspaper. He painted portraits and landscapes, and was a friend of the Group of Seven. Barker Fairley received an order of Canada in 1978, and died in his 100th year. Margaret Fairley Park at the south-west corner of Brunswick and Ulster Streets, is named after Barker Fairley’s wife.

St. Francis Table St. Francis Table is a restaurant for the poor with over 1.2 million meals served to the hungry. 

 Half of the patrons are post-psychiatric patients who are unable to work due to their illness. Many of them spend most of their meager income on accommodation. About one quarter of the patrons are senior citizens who come for nourishment and companionship. They also provide meals to single parents, refugees, the unemployed, transients, ex-convicts and people living in the streets, parks and alleys. 

In keeping with the Franciscan heritage, no one is turned away without the offer of a meal. They request a small donation of one dollar which is to help them retain their sense of dignity. 

Little Portugal
Dr. Clovis John Brooks was the founder of the John Brooks Foundation, one of the first non-profit organizations of its kind in Toronto that looked to the improvement of disadvantaged inner city children. For this and for many other causes in which he had campaigned tirelessly, Dr. Brooks was awarded the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the Order of Distinction from Jamaica, the Medal for Good Citizenship and an honorary doctorate degree from Queens University. John lived on Glenholme Avenue in Regal Heights and passed away in 2008.