Moss Park Armoury Transformation Project

A Campaign to Turn a Little-Used War Training Facility into a Non-Profit, Affordable Housing Community in the heart of Toronto

 

 

In the early 1960s, housing in the city block between Shuter and Queen (north-south) and Jarvis and Sherbourne (west-east) was knocked down to make way for a war training facility, the Moss Park Armoury. Since April, 2002, we have campaigned to transform the armoury back into housing to meet the REAL needs of the community. The campaign has been endorsed by Toronto City Council, Street Health, Foodshare, the Toronto Disaster Relief Committee, and thousands of people who have signed our petitions.

We have currently suspended for the time being regular Tuesday evening vigils from 5 to 6:30 pm to hand out flyers, gather signatures on our petition, serve food, and offer an ear to listen and whatever skills we have to help those seeking assistance.Keep up the pressure on Mayor David Miller to pressure Ottawa to turn the facility over to the city.

• Open Letter to Mayor David Miller: Turn the Armoury over to the City, February 2, 2004

   

• Canadian Military Told to Vacate Armoury, March 15, 2003
  
• Xmas Eve: No Room at the Armoury, Dec. 24, 2002
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• Cadet Joins Moss Park Vigil: A Change of Heart Warms a Cold Evening, October 29, 2002
  
• Food not Bombs launched at Moss Park Armoury, October 1, 2002
  
• War Minister Declares Toronto Armouries Needed as War Training Camps, Not as Shelters and Housing for the Homeless, September 3, 2002
  
• First Threat of Arrest Marks Week Four of Moss Park Vigil, June 25, 2002
  
• Verbal, Physical Threats Mark Third Week of Moss Park Vigil, June 18, 2002
  
• Moss Park Armoury Declared "Security Zone" in Response to Homes not Bombs Anti-Poverty Vigils, June 11, 2002
  
• Vigil Launched at Moss Park, War Training Interrupted, June 4, 2002
  
• Letters to War Dept. Officials Re: Moss Park, May -- June, 2002