People around the world continue to mourn the death of legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot, who died last Monday, and a Toronto restaurateur wants to rename one of the city’s best-known landmarks in his honour.
People around the world continue to mourn the death of legendary Canadian musician Gordon Lightfoot,, and a Toronto restaurateur wants to rename one of the city’s best-known landmarks in his honour.
Incidentally, Barberian played an integral role in creating the public space that is Yonge-Dundas Square in the 1990s. “It was my idea 30 years ago to build it and as we went forward with it, I ended up being the vice chair of the square because I was busy running my steakhouse, but also, I was the chair of the Downtown-Yonge BIA at the time. But all through that process, the name Yonge-Dundas Square was just a placeholder. We always knew there was a name coming.”
“I believe, and I think many will believe, that Yonge-Dundas [Square] finally has its name,” he said. Lightfoot, though born in Orillia, Ont., spent much of his life living in Toronto. He cut his teeth as a performer in the coffee shops of Yorkville,“He didn't leave. He chose Toronto. They wanted him to move to LA and other cities, but he chose to live in Toronto,” Barberian said.
An online petition was created calling for the street to be renamed due to the controversial legacy of Henry Dundas, who was involved in opposing the abolition of slavery in the British Empire in the 18th century.
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