Today's Toronto Star has an article on Yorkville, now a high-priced trendy area, but in the 60s a hippy haven full of coffee houses and clubs and our own Joan played there at the time.
The article features a black and white photo of Joni that may appear elsewhere in the archives for all I know, but whether it does or it doesn't, you can see it here at: http://www.thestar.ca/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Render&c=Gallery&cid=1028902757054&colid=1028902756511 The full article, should you care to read it, doesn't have much JC, except for a brief mention in the following paragraph: "The flower children and bohemians could not withstand the wave of change as cheap rents disappeared and there was increasing pressure on the city to clean up what was becoming pricey and coveted commercial space. A story published in The Star in 1965 said the unthinkable was occurring in the bohemian haven. Yorkville was becoming squaresville as hip coffee houses, where folk singers such as Joni Mitchell and Gordon Lightfoot cut their teeth, were being replaced by posh nightspots for well-heeled teenagers. The Riverboat, one of the most famous of the coffee houses, was located at 134 Yorkville Ave., part of the row to be destroyed." Here's a link to the full article if you're intested: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1026146045757&call_page=TS_GTA&call_pageid=968350130169&call_pagepath=GTA/News&col=969483202845 ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
