Another Gritzner idea: Galleria Mall's redevelopment, IDERD, & "Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys & Girls"

https://www.toronto.com/news-story/7960930-meeting-planned-for-revised-galleria-mall-development-proposal/

There was a question about the recent Charles Gritzner project, so I went looking for another example.  Actually, Saya brought up the redevelopment of Galleria Mall.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galleria_Shopping_Centre_(Toronto)
http://www.galleriashoppingcentre.ca/
http://reimaginegalleria.com/

The what is where answer could be given by pointing out the Mall's location.  The why there section would look at some of the information about the mall and the planned ideas relating to the redevelopment.  This section involves some research on your part.  The why care section is where you share your ideas about your topic and should involve you using your geographic perspective and looking at the issue -- in this case the redevelopment -- from different points of view.

I was looking for some issue relating to this on YouTube.  Instead, I found an offensive video.  At least I thought it was, as someone who shops at Galleria Mall from time to time.  It referred to the mall as a Ghetto Mall.  Oftentimes, this word is thrown about and few people understand it and it is usually used in a negative way.

I point this out since it is important to think about the language we use.  As my Partner points out to me, language structures thought and we should cautious about making judgments about who frequents a particular place.  If I shop at Galleria Mall, instead of Dufferin Mall or Yorkdale, am I not as cool or less than a person? If I am struggling with a lower income, is my value in the community less?  These are difficult questions that GEOGRAPHIC THINKING contemplates.

Remember the issue around this?

https://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2017/07/food-basics-toronto-junction-triangle/

International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination

http://www.un.org/en/events/racialdiscriminationday/

I am going to mention this but return to it as a future Geography topic and connect it to a news story about the water crisis in Cape Town, South Africa.  I posted a link to this story here:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cape-town-water-day-zero-1.4518226

The origins of this important day are rooted in the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960.

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Sharpeville,+Vereeniging,+1928,+South+Africa/@-26.6858739,27.8594167,14z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x1e94582d96928b13:0xcef265eecbc7fbaa!8m2!3d-26.6864257!4d27.8750976

THURSDAY'S PLAY:  

http://app.roseneath.ca/show/ladies-and-gentlemen-boys-and-girls?education_level=2

Usually, I spend a lot of time plowing through the teaching material but I am not going to do this.  We are going to use the STUDENT section of the play's guide and use this YouTube video, provided by Ms. Brougham, to help us through this discussion.

We will also look at this:

http://culturalorganizing.org/the-problem-with-that-equity-vs-equality-graphic/

for Leve:

http://www.slice.ca/travel/photos/interesting-historical-photographs-of-toronto/#!16-CN-Tower-2-resized