Not unexpectedly, the issue has generated a blizzard of studies, rebuttals & paperwork; most of which we include here for your viewing pleasure.

CITY STAFF REPORT (june 17th) on Artscape's feasibility Study --3 BARNS was submitted to Midtown Council for consideration on July 2.

HERE IT IS in pdf
note pages 13 & 14. Does staff have a breakdown by postal code ?

We do.

A 70+ page grant application from Artscape
has been released & has been studied by the Dept. of Cultural Affairs

Those who have browsed the report will find few surprises. Indeed, it seems that our formerly spurious allegations have taken flight in the report which can be found
> here.<

Lovers of language will find the Artscape Study repetitive, overlong and prone to false premises.
Read the tedium or a richly entertaining critical analysis
> here.<

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION
*FUNDING
on the record here
Oct 19, 2000 REPORT pdf
here
*CHRONOLOGY
here
THE 100% PARK
APPROVAL
pdf
OCT 2000 here
AUGUST 2000 REPORT pdf
here

THE SMOKING GUN
JUNE 2001 pdf here

Dec 6, 01 Midtown Report pdf here
circa 2000 Taddlewood Heritage Assoc. Report pdf here
circa 2000 Taddle Creek Watershed Report pd here
circa 2000 Councillor Mihevc's position pdf here
circa 2000 MP Carolynn Bennett's position pdf here
circa 2000 Bracondale Ratepayers' position pdf here
An Illustration of Councillor Mihevc's M.O.

THIS CLAUSE WAS REMOVED FROM THE DEC 6 '01 MIDTOWN REPORT

What was it doing in there if no decisions had been made & indeed no consultations yet held?


"..the Commissioner of Corporate Services,in consultation with the Commissioner of Economic Development, Culture and Tourism, be authorized to enter into negotiations with Toronto Artscape for a long term lease of the car barns, for artists studios, galleries, live/work units and other uses as determined through a feasibility study, on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Commissioner of Economic Development,Culture and Tourism and the City Solicitor,with the result of such negotiations to be the subject of a further report;”

100% PARK Defined by Joe on CBC Jan '02
"This is a 100 percent park space. There are various ways to do it whether we save the skeleton of a building and put trees inside that skeleton. That, to me, is park space."

MOTION THAT PASSED
*HILLCREST RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION here
description of meeting here