Location |
Walls, lamp posts |
Contact |
missingplaque@gmail.com |
Web |
http://missingplaque.blogspot.com - old site |
http://missingplaque.tao.ca - new site |
The Missing Plaque Project is run by Tim Groves.
Since 2002, he's been posting 10 x 16-inch posters at historical sites he thinks have been neglected by more official sources. His first poster commemorated the Christie Pits Riot. Since then he's posted markers noting the borders of Toronto's original Chinatown near Nathan Phillips Square, a poster on William Berczy who is Toronto's forgotten founder and others.
Thus far, Tim has created a total 15 missing plaques:
- Bathhouse Raids
- William Berczy - A forgotten founder of The City
- Christie Pits Riot
- Asylum Wall
- Halloween Riot
- Lost Chinatown
- Revenue Rez
- A Memorial to The Rebels
- Teiaiagon
- The Ward
- Streetcar Strike
- Women's Shoe Strike
- The Wonscotonach River
- The Yonge Street Riot
- Free Speech Battles
Additional Links
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Missing Plaque Project unveils Toronto's untold history | Cherry Beach Express and Yonge Street Riot are among the less celebrated events in Toronto's past that Tim Groves commemorates in a series of posters -- Toronto Star, August 20 2013
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Jane's Walk with Tim Groves of Missing Plaque Project - Flickr Photo set by HiMY SYeD, May 4 2008
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Missing Plaque Project: Postering as a historical proclamation - Spacing, May 10 2007