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Sketch Park is a
park
in
Toronto
, properly known as St. Patricks Park, it is the primary
hang
in
downtown
Toronto
for the
Toronto rave crew
and
hoodlams
of all sorts. Located just
North
of
Queen Street W.
and just
West
of
Nathan Phillips Square
. It helps provide
cheap houseing
in the
downtown core
, as it is surrounded by
cheap houseing
. It also allows for a good place for
dealers
to
hook up
before a
rave
. A dis-proportionatly high rate of
robbery
and
assult
give the park a rather
bad reputation
considering the location. As well, last I check at least, it was a 'hold' of the
North American
Posse
, known as the
Bloods
.
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Tue Oct 26 2004 at 17:56:27
Sketch Park was a
transient
concept - the
nomenclature
of a
counterculture
that rose from the
dust
and remained active for about a decade before declining into
obscurity
. The name can only be understood in the context of its relation to the nearby Sketch Corner, usually considered to be the north-east corner of Queen and John. This was the primary meet-up location for
Toronto
ravers, likely due to its proximity to
public transit
and
Numb
, a well-known
rave
shop and ticket outlet. Though many efforts were made to
dissociate
(
heh
) the rave scene from rampant drug usage, by now it cannot be fudged that
illegal
substances were a huge part of the raving counterculture. While Sketch Corner began as a place to innocuously meet-up, it soon became a captive market for drug dealing. Rather than make actual handovers on the street, those who were engaging in business would walk a short ways and enter the system of alleys to the north that run parallel to Queen. Sketch Park, or St. Patrick's Square as it is more formally known, was a very short distance into the system, and acted as a fine place to make the deal. Often drugs would be consumed on the spot, as the park was out of sight and seldom frequented by the public. Dealers taking some time off would chill with their colleagues,
street kids
would hang out open to the possibility of freebies, and
thug
s would be lurking aboot, making for a
volatile
combination of
dodgy
elements.
Since then the park has lost its
seedy
charms as the revitalisation of
Queen Street
moves inexorably west. The whole area seems to experience 20 year cycles of
prosperity
and poverty, and right now is riding the first crest of the new economic boom. Hipster specialty shops have been replaced by brand name boutiques, aging buildings demolished and replaced by flashy big chains. The building that faces the square has been fixed up and remarketed as a somewhat more upscale food court, with gourmet pizza shops and
bubble tea
stands. All summer long the park is now visited by corporate types,
yuppie
s, downtown professionals and office workers, and other chaps wearing
slacks
for their
falafel
and 3-bean
salad
lunches. Street kids who once used the park as a home base seem to have been chased off, and one seldom sees a raver down at Sketch Corner any more. While the night time may still bring dodgy elements to the park, it is no longer the Nexus of Sketch it once was. Such a passing phase will not be missed. Times have changed, and St. Patrick Square has shucked off the title of Sketch Park.
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