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'''Lawrence Heights''' is a neighbourhood in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It is located in the former city of [[North York, Ontario|North York]], which was merged with five other municipalities and a [[Metropolitan Toronto|regional government]] to form a new City of Toronto in 1998. Lawrence Heights is also part of the area known as [[Downsview, Ontario|Downsview]]. |
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| name = Alfred Angas Scott |
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| birth_date = 1875 |
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| birth_place = [[Manningham]], [[Bradford]] [[UK]] |
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| death_date = 1925 |
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| nationality =[[United Kingdom|British]] |
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| residence = [[England]], [[U.K.]] |
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| occupation = Motorcycle designer and manufacturer |
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'''Alfred Angas Scott''' was a motorcycle designer, inventor and founder of the [[The Scott Motorcycle Company|Scott Motorcycle Company]]. A prolific inventor, he took out over 50 patents between 1897 and 1920, mostly concerning [[two-stroke]] engines and road vehicles. Scott was a keen [[potholing|potholer]] and the history of the Gritstone club of which he was president records "In July 1923 Scott travelled back to Bradford in his open Sociable wearing his wet potholing clothes. He contracted pneumonia which, in the days before antibiotics, proved to be fatal." |
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The neighbourhood is bounded by [[Lawrence Avenue]] to the south, [[Highway 401 (Ontario)| Highway 401]] to the north, and the [[Allen Road (Toronto)|Allen Expressway]] runs through it as well. The area is also referred to as the "'''Jungle'''", a 1960s reference to [[John Huston]]'s film noir ''[[The Asphalt Jungle]]'', initially due to the visual impact and the residents' desire to escape a low-income lifestyle. More recently, the media has used the name to reference the high levels of crime within the maze of affordable housing projects. [[demographics|Demographically]], the area consists largely of immigrants from the [[Caribbean]] and [[East Africa]], but there are also small pockets of [[European ethnic groups|European]]s. |
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==Early life== |
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Nearly all the housing in Lawrence Heights is short-term [[public housing]]. Because of proximity to [[Downsview Airport]], [[high-rise building]]s were not originally permitted to be constructed in this area, and the majority of the housing is in low- to mid-rise buildings. |
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Born in born in [[Manningham]], a mill town just north of [[Bradford]] in 1875. Alfred Scott was a gifted engineer and inventor.<ref name="SOC">{{cite web|url=http://www.scottownersclub.org/scott_motorcycle_history.htm|title=The Scott Legend|accessdate=2008-10-05}}</ref> |
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==Business== |
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In 2007, city councillor [[Howard Moscoe]] unveiled a plan to revitalize Lawrence Heights. The plan proposes a demolition of all 1,208 units in the neighbourhood, and they would be replaced by modern affordable units, market housing and retail/commercial streets. [http://www.thestar.com/News/article/212810] |
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Alfred Scott's first motorcycle was developed from his own twin cylinder engine design which he hand built and fitted to the steering head of a bicycle. He developed this prototype into a motorcycle which was way ahewad of its time and indluded features such as water cooling, telescopic forks and a duplex frame which are found on the lasest production motircycles today. Scott had his early motorcycles producede under contract with a car company called Jowett in [[Bradford]] but as demand picked up he opened his own factory at [[Saltaire]] in 1910.<ref name="SOC" /> |
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==Notable locations== |
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* Lawrence Heights Community Centre |
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* Lawrence Heights Community Health Centre |
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* [[Bathurst Heights Secondary School]] — once home to one of Toronto's elite basketball teams, the school was closed by the Toronto District School Board, and was temporarily the home of [[Brebeuf College School|Brebeuf College]] as Brebeuf underwent a school restoration construction |
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* Lawrence Square — shopping centre |
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* [[Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce]] Head Office Operations — 750 Lawrence Avenue West |
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* [[Yorkdale Shopping Centre]] — conveniently located just north of the community |
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* [[Yorkdale (TTC)|Yorkdale]] and [[Lawrence West (TTC)|Lawrence West]] subway stations |
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==See also== |
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* [[The Scott Motorcycle Company]] |
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* [http://www.rapdict.org/Lawrence_Heights Rap Dictionary definition] |
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* [http://www.scottownersclub.org/scott_motorcycle_history.htm The Scott Owners Club - History] |
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==References== |
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{{Toronto Neighbourhoods}} |
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Toronto]] |
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{{Toronto-geo-stub}} |
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Revision as of 06:47, 5 October 2008
Alfred Angas Scott | |
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| Born | 1875 |
| Died | 1925 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Motorcycle designer and manufacturer |
Alfred Angas Scott was a motorcycle designer, inventor and founder of the Scott Motorcycle Company. A prolific inventor, he took out over 50 patents between 1897 and 1920, mostly concerning two-stroke engines and road vehicles. Scott was a keen potholer and the history of the Gritstone club of which he was president records "In July 1923 Scott travelled back to Bradford in his open Sociable wearing his wet potholing clothes. He contracted pneumonia which, in the days before antibiotics, proved to be fatal."
Early life
Born in born in Manningham, a mill town just north of Bradford in 1875. Alfred Scott was a gifted engineer and inventor.[1]
Business
Alfred Scott's first motorcycle was developed from his own twin cylinder engine design which he hand built and fitted to the steering head of a bicycle. He developed this prototype into a motorcycle which was way ahewad of its time and indluded features such as water cooling, telescopic forks and a duplex frame which are found on the lasest production motircycles today. Scott had his early motorcycles producede under contract with a car company called Jowett in Bradford but as demand picked up he opened his own factory at Saltaire in 1910.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "The Scott Legend". Retrieved 2008-10-05.