Park Ex organizations to lose their spaces

It’s not the first time this has been presaged, but fifteen community organizations in Park Extension are going to lose the spaces they’ve had for years as the CSSDM prepares to empty the William Hingston building for repairs and renovations that may take years. These organizations look after the many new arrivals that often land in Park Ex because – at least till recently – it has been an affordable neighbourhood.

The borough mayor is promising to find some kind of space for the organizations, but not in the short term.

We have not learned to think ahead about this kind of thing at all.

Shoe dropping later: I wonder how this story might intersect with the city’s plans to give away some older buildings. I suppose it’s unlikely that any of them are in or near Park Extension.