Avenue-Bay-Cottingham Ratepayers' Association.

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Avenue-Bay-Cottingham Ratepayers' Association.

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        Dates of existence

        [196-]-1970

        History

        The Avenue-Bay-Cottingham Ratepayers' Association (Toronto) was established in the 1960s as an advocacy group. It operated under various designations until 1970 when it acquired its present name. In the summer of 1970, the Marlborough Avenue Ratepayers' Association, a part of the Avenue-Bay-Cottingham group, began a dispute with Marathon Realty Corporation over the building of the York Racquets Club on Marlborough Avenue. The boundaries of the dispute widened when it was learned that Marathon planned to build Summerhill Square, a combined retail and residential complex on land it owned in the area. Marathon later sold the property and the Square was not built. Jack Granatstein, a professor of history at York University, was a Director of the Avenue-Bay-Cottingham Ratepayers' Association in 1969, president in 1971, and a prime mover in the Marlborough Avenue Ratepayers' Association. His description of the dispute is contained in his book, 'Marlborough marathon: one street against a developer', (1971).

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        Toronto, Ontario

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        Marlborough Avenue Ratepayers' Association. (1970-)

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        The Avenue-Bay-Cottingham Ratepayers' Association (Toronto) operated under various designations until 1970 when it acquired its present name, the Marlborough Avenue Ratepayers' Association.

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        https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q88087065

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        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        2014/07/22 Migrated to AtoM
        2020/03/24 Elizabeth Corbett-Nicholson. Last updated.

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        • English

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