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	Corktown, Toronto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Corktown is an historic neighbourhood located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
		In the early 1960s, a significant amount of Corktown was demolished to make way for several elevated roadways, including the Richmond Street off-ramp from the Don Valley Parkway and the re-routed Eastern Avenue overpass, which remain a blight to the neighbourhood.
		Corktown was also the site of the first Roman Catholic church in Toronto: St. Paul's was originally built in 1822.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Corktown,_Toronto (215 words)

	cork town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		corktown is one of my favorite neighborhoods in detroit and hopefully my future place to live.
		corktown is a very old neighborhood, originally settled by Irish immigrants who named the area after the County of Cork in Ireland.
		corktown is located in the south-west part of detroit, between michigan avenue and fort street and from 6th street to wabash.
	www.urbandreams.net /corktown.htm (394 words)

	City's oldest neighborhood thrives on new creativity - 03/17/05 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Corktown developers Ryan Cooley, left, his brother Phil Cooley and Dean St. Souver are restoring three empty storefronts on Michigan Avenue.
		Corktown is one of the most diverse areas in Metro Detroit in terms of race, ethnicity and class.
		Corktown's surviving residential area is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is designated as a City of Detroit Historic District.
	www.detnews.com /2005/business/0503/17/C01-119885.htm (1162 words)

	D:\Reavy\corktown.html (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Corktown was Ireland's home-away-from-home for Philadelphia bound Irish and those who settled there found a place they could call home.
		Ed Reavy made his home in Corktown since the early part of the century, and he heard most of what was played and sung there by his fellow Irish.
		If you lived in Corktown or perchance now wonder what it was like to live there, then don't hesitate getting quickly to the music we have rediscovered for you.
	www.reavy.us /corktown.html (3334 words)

	Corktown afloat (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		That development is indicative of the direction in which Corktown is headed as the CDC works to restore the area and preserve the historic qualities of its buildings and locales.
		Because Corktown is such a small area, encompassing roughly one square mile, suspicious activity is quick to be noticed; residents are even quicker to act upon it.
		A number of annual events are organized and held in Corktown, including a St. Patrick’s parade on Michigan Avenue, a community yard sale, a neighborhood picnic, the home and garden tour, neighborhood cleanups, the Irish-Mexican Festival and the Corktown chalk-walk.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=3334 (783 words)

	Corktown Irish Cream
		Corktown is a minuscule little pocket of the city just outside of downtown and anchored by the large, yet historic, white elephant that was once the Detroit Tigers' home field.
		Corktown's Irish seemed to reside rather agreeably with another wave of European islanders who settled in the neighborhood around 1900-the Maltese.
		Corktown's Irish legacy emerges in full force on the annual St. Patrick's Day parade, when scores of green-clad suburbanites descend to stand along Michigan Avenue to hoist the Guinness and heckle bagpipers.
	www.motorcitycandleworks.com /scents/corktownirishcream (419 words)

	The neighborhood that wouldn’t die (Metro Times Detroit) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The event is the annual Corktown picnic, and the shadow of the decaying train station symbolizes many of the struggles the community faces.
		Corktown is Detroit’s oldest surviving neighborhood; its founders hailed from County Cork, Ireland.
		Dorsey says the only trouble tends to come from the Corktown Inn, and the bank across the street, but attributes this to “transients.” Last year, there was a shooting at the White Castle on Michigan Avenue, but most of the crime in Corktown is limited to occasional burglaries and homeless persons sleeping in Roosevelt Park.
	www.metrotimes.com /editorial/story.asp?id=5223 (3284 words)

	Corktown Historic District
		As the initial destination of many of Detroit's immigrant populations, the Corktown Historic District has been home to the people who built and worked in Detroit's industries during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
		Corktown suffered in the 1950s and 60s, however, when "urban renewal", highway construction, and business district encroachment swallowed up or flattened dozens of blocks.
		The buildings of the Corktown Historic District are largely private residences, although some Michigan Avenue commercial buildings are open to the public.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/detroit/d19.htm (301 words)

	Corktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Corktown neighborhood is Detroit's oldest surviving neighborhood.
		The Corktown CDC acts as a liaison between Corktown, the oldest neighborhood in Detroit, and the City government by representing community views on zoning issues, historic preservation, and other development issues.
		Corktown, since the 1830s a neighborhood of conventional homes, has attracted new investment in loft developments.
	www.geo.msu.edu /geo333/corktown/Corktown.htm (921 words)

	Corktown Homes and Real Estate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		New and more relaxed zoning bylaws in the Corktown district have resulted in the speedy conversion of many of Corktown's commercial buildings into live-in work studios, condominium lofts and professional offices, all of which has helped to revitalize the entire neighbourhood.
		Corktown was originally settled by working class immigrants in the early 1800's. Many of these families came from the County of Cork in Ireland, which explains how this neighbourhood became known as Corktown.
		Most Corktown residents found employment at one of the local breweries or brickyards.
	www.rebeccalaing.com /4a_custpage_6575.html (289 words)

	Corktown - "Detroit's Oldest Neighborhood" - UrbanPlanet.org
		Since many of these came from County Cork, their neighborhood came to be known as "Corktown." In 1853, half the population of the Eighth Ward (which took in Corktown) was of Irish descent.
		Part of Corktown's revival actually has to do with the Tigers moving, although the businesses and residents initially thought the move was going to kill the neighborhood.
		Corktown is one of the few true neighborhoods left in inner city Detroit that has not been seriously marred by urban redevelopment projects from the 50s/60s, although I-96 was paved right through the middle of it.
	www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=3986 (559 words)

	Organization Description
		CCHC was founded in the 1960's as a number of organizations and individuals in the neighborhood, including Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the Corktown Historical Society, came together to form the Holy Trinity Non-profit Housing Corporation.
		GCDC is shifting its main affordable housing emphasis away from the traditional Corktown neighborhood because there has been substantial improvement in that community, as demonstrated by market rate developments that have produced townhouses and lofts.
		North Corktown encompasses the area north of I-75 and south of Martin Luther King, Jr.
	www.geocities.com /pimperneldetroit/organization_description.htm (1561 words)

	UBT - Corktown History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Historic Corktown, Detroit's oldest neighborhood, was settled in 1834 by the Irish.
		Today, Corktown boundaries -- Porter Street to the south, Michigan venue to the north, and Sixth and 14th streets on the east and west – hold 300 residences and 2,000 residents.
		At mid-century, the Irish were the largest ethnic group among Detroit's newcomers, prompted by the Potato Famine in Ireland in the mid-1840's.
	www.msu.edu /~coxkorin/UBTHistory.html (98 words)

	Corktown Comedy :.: Show Blog Podcast
		Corktown Comedy is a weekly open mic comedy show every Wednesday night, upstairs @ Betty's, 240 King St. E.
		A few comics were visiting Corktown for the first time, John Markey and Steve Tassie were both entertaining.
		Corktown Comedy will be running a blog to keep you up on the shows, reviews of what goes on and other info.First, I want to thank anyone who has made the effort to come out to the show.
	corktown1.blogspot.com (1545 words)

	Michigan Land Use Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Kavanaugh on a little trip around Corktown, it’s easy to see how her work as administrator of the Corktown Citizens District Council fits in with all the other stuff that is percolating in this neighborhood.
		For all of the thrills that the Tigers provided over the years, their old stadium’s contribution to Corktown was a handful of sports bars and acres of dead space, much of it owned by suburban landowners, where fans parked their cars 81 games a season.
		Corktown, in effect, exposed one of the basic flaws in the economic development strategy that ruled in Detroit and southeast Michigan for over half a century.
	www.mlui.org /print.asp?fileid=16723 (1490 words)

	East/West, Nancy Byrtus, Mark Fram, and Michael McClelland, editors: Corktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Corktown is one of the city’s oldest areas, characterized by housing nestled in between factories, breweries, and large industrial properties.
		Corktown is a fascinating combination of very old row housing (up to 150 years), and the very latest conversions of industrial buildings (for example, 90 Sumach Street, now high-tech, loft condominiums, formerly a CBC sets-and-props location).
		Most of the housing that you see today on Bright, Percy, Trinity, and Ashby Place was built in the mid to late 1800s for families of local workers.
	www.chbooks.com /online/eastwest/062.html (373 words)

	TheStar.com - Cleaning up the 'bucket of blood' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Bounded by Shuter St., to the north, Berkeley St., on the west, the Don River on the east and Lake Shore Blvd., to the south, Corktown is one of Toronto's oldest neighbourhoods.
		Their new neighbourhood is the best-kept secret in the city, say the couple who are now a one-car family because of the proximity to everything.
		The project would breathe new life into Corktown, which gets its name from the thousands of Irish immigrants from County Cork who arrived in Corktown in 1848 in the wake of the potato famine in their homeland.
	www.thestar.com /NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1104534611598&call_pageid=970599119419 (1845 words)

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		The decrease in density of the city was a result of the decentralization of the auto industry, development of the surrounding suburbs and extensive freeway system, and the Race Riots that encouraged many to move out of the city into the suburbs.
		The axonometric drawing highlights North Corktown before the freeways were installed to the south and east of the neighborhood.
		Interstate-75 was installed south of the neighborhood fracturing it from the vibrant Corktown neighborhood.
	www-personal.umich.edu /~larissal/Corktown.htm (1489 words)

	United Way for Southeastern Michigan
		The primary mission of the Greater Corktown Development Corporation, a community-based housing development organization since 1976, is to facilitate the redevelopment of a divers, vibrant and affordable urban village in the Greater Corktown area.
		Greater Corktown Development Corporation (GCDC) is the result of a merger between Corktown Consumer Housing Cooperative (CCHC) and Greater Corktown Economic Development Corporation (GCEDC) that was approved on February 4, 2002.
		Greater Corktown Developement Corporation is in the process of completing a significant restructing designed to build capacity so that the CDC can embark on activities of a significant scale for housing, economic and neighborhood building activities.
	www.volunteersolutions.org /uwcs/org/223268.html (784 words)

	Corktown (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Corktown was originally settled by working class immigrants in the early 1800's.
		Corktown is one of the more affordable downtown Toronto neighbourhoods.
		If you would like to find real estate listings in Corktown, click on Corktown wherever it is highlighted on this page, and enter the appropriate criteria.
	www.peterrussellrealestate.com /4a_custpage_5794.html (282 words)

	Corktown Residents & Business Association - Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We urge you to sign the petition we are circulating (also posted on our web site) which asks for these changes and to contact Pam, George and Bill to impress upon them that we will not be a dumping ground for Toronto’s social services.
		This project is a key component of the Toronto Waterfront Revitalization Corporation's mandate to renew and revitalize Toronto's waterfront.
		Corktown has a brand new lake, compliments of the Bayview Development or (hopeful) Lexus dealership beside the Bayview Extension.
	www.corktown.ca (905 words)

	Michigan Land Use Institute (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Using her skills as a community organizer, Kelli Kavanaugh helps to revitalize Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood with new sidewalks and other people-friendly projects.
		Kavanaugh slipped out of Livonia, the Detroit suburb where she was raised, to earn an engineering degree at the University of Detroit Mercy and then do something more and more talented young people are trying in Detroit.
		She stayed to put her skills to work as a community organizer in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.
	www.mlui.org /print.asp?fileid=16712 (1465 words)

	ISD Corktown
		Corktown returns to roots: Renewed interest in area's Irish history fuels redevelopment
		Corktown Historic District Corktown rocks with memories, laughs
		As the initial destination of many of Detroit's immigrant populations, the Corktown Historic District has been home to the people who and worked in Detroit's industries during the late 19th and early centuries.
	www.insidesouthwest.com /corktown.htm (391 words)

	Digger's Diary: The Corktown - Hamilton, Ontario - Friday, June 16, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Hamilton is just a short 45 minute drive along the QEW but today it takes 90 minutes to get there.
		There are only two fights in the bar tonight, one over the use of a barstool.
		The Corktown has the greatest stage and sound system in one of the roughest bars in all of Nash's worldly travels.
	www.nashtheslash.com /digger/diary057.shtml (410 words)

	The Corktown Inn in the heart of Detroit: just minutes away from everything!
		This recently renovated, former Holiday Inn is located in the heart of historic Corktown.
		Providing complete accommodations the Corktown Inn is conveniently located just off either I75 or M10 and 30 minutes away from Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
		The Corktown Inn provides lodging in the heart of Detroit, Michigan.
	www.corktowninn.com (233 words)

	Greater Corktown Devlopment Corp (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Primary Mission of the Greater Corktown Development Corporation, a community-based housing development organization since 1976, is to facilitate the redevelopment of a diverse, vibrant and affordable urban village in the Greater Corktown area.
		The Corktown-Mexicantown Greenlink will develop greenway linkages connecting the Greater Corktown and Mexicantown/Hubbard Communities to Detroit’s West Riverfront.
		These communities, fronting on the Detroit River, are bounded by West Grand Boulevard on the West, Martin Luther King Boulevard on the North, and the Lodge Freeway on the east.
	www.corktowndetroit.org /2005 (364 words)

	Digger's Diary: The Corktown Tavern - Hamilton, Ontario - March 5, 2004 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		This toxic poisoning has had a bad effect on me. Although my blindness is unrelated, the toxins in my system have caused me to have two seizures, like an epileptic fit.
		The seizures have occurred three weeks apart and the second one was Saturday morning after the gig at the Corktown.
		I didn't like the stress of the unfamiliar territory at the Corktown (Nash figures he could walk that place blindfolded.
	www.nashtheslash.com /digger/diary118.shtml (1016 words)

	Patrick's Parade Corktown Races
		With Tiger Stadium and a beautiful Detroit skyline providing the aesthetics, the 16th Annual St. Patrick's Parade Corktown Races began with the 1/4 Mile Children's Run.
		All of the above happened except for the rain part on the 16th running of the St. Patrick's Parade 4 Mile Run in delightfully sunny, city on the move, by the old ballpark, we love you Corktown: Detroit.
		Smith show had on their now-annual J. McCarthy Fundraiser, which culminated in a concert by Tony Bennet at the Fox.
	www.glsp.com /corktown (210 words)

	ChefMoz Dining Guide -- United_States/MI/Detroit/Eph McNally's
		Corktown's favorite deli is Irish all the way, with potato bread, Limerick ham and blarney cheese.
		Eph McNally's is a very nice little restaurant in Corktown on Porter street.
		The hours are from about 10am to 4pm, a little to short for my tastes, but I manage to get there anyway.
	chefmoz.org /United_States/MI/Detroit/Eph_McNally's957932839.html (632 words)

	© ASLA.org
		The goal of this project is to encourage diversity in every possible aspect of the redevelopment of the North Corktown neighborhood.
		Diversity is a force that has been proven to transform neighborhoods into strong, sustainable, and vibrant communities.
		The suggestions for the North Corktown redevelopment aim at achieving a high level of social, economic, and spatial diversity.
	www.asla.org /awards/2004/student_winners/winner16.html (188 words)

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