Displaying the Fabric of Your Community

Each community is made up of a unique fabric that displays its personality and character. For some neighbourhoods however, that fabric appears to be nothing but a holey rag, too hard to mend. “Tear it up and start over again! There’s nothing worth keeping in this patch work.” The community is seen as disposable and not worth the effort of maintaining.

But it only takes one person who decides to take a closer look at the squares in the blanket to realize that there’s a hidden tapestry. When they pull back the threads they notice that there is something truly unique about its colours and textures. The holey rag is actually a beautiful textile made up of history, beauty, character and life. Though on the surface it appears to be hopeless and disheveled, when you bring it to the light there is something much more.

The Queenston Street neighbourhood is something like this blanket. Queenston has been labeled by some as disposable and not worth maintaining: “Bull-doze it down and start again.” However, when you actually take the time to get to know it you realize that there is a lot more then what meets the eye- there’s a hidden tapestry.