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       Reinventing Brantford

      Reinventing Brantford A UNIVERSITY COMES DOWNTOWN

      | Leo Groarke |

      Foreword by William Humber

       NATURAL HERITAGE BOOKS A MEMBER OF THE DUNDURN GROUP TORONTO

      Copyright © 2009 Leo Groarke

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanic, photocopying, or otherwise (except for brief passages for purposes of review) without the prior permission of Dundurn Press. Permission to photocopy should be requested from Access Copyright.

      Published by Natural Heritage Books, A Member of The Dundurn Group

       Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Groarke, Leo

       Reinventing Brantford : a university comes downtown / Leo Groarke.

      Includes bibliographical references and index.

       ISBN 978-1-55488-459-9

      1. Urban renewal--Ontario--Brantford--History. 2. Central business districts--Ontario--Brantford--History. 3. Wilfrid Laurier University-History. 4. Central business districts--Conservation and restoration-- Ontario--Brantford. 5. Brantford (Ont.)--History. I. Title.

      FC3099.B743G76 2009 971.3’47 C2009-902998-7

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      Front Cover: (Top) The Brantford Carnegie Library, 1906. Courtesy of the Brant Museum and Archives, cat. no. 200727032. (Bottom) The Brantford Carnegie Library, the first building of the Brantford campus of Laurier University, 2006. Photo by Darragh Christie. Courtesy of the author. Back Cover (Top) The Brantford Bicycle Club, 1897. Courtesy of Brant Museum and Archives, cat. no.ch 937101. (Bottom) The former Wilkes House. Courtesy of JG Group of Companies.

      Project Editor: Jane Gibson

       Text design by Erin Mallory

       Copyedited by Allison Hirst

       Printed and bound in Canada by Transcontinental

      Care has been taken to trace the ownership of copyright material used in this book. The author and the publisher welcome any information enabling them to rectify any references or credits in subsequent editions.

      J. Kirk Howard, President

      We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books and the Government of Canada through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit Program and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

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      This book is dedicated to the people of Brantford and Brant County — past, present, and future. I want, in particular, to acknowledge those whose commitment to Brantford’s downtown did not waver in the midst of its most troubled times. It is easy to believe in something in the good times; it takes faith and courage to remain committed in the bad.

      | CONTENTS |

       Foreword by William Humber,Seneca College

       9 The Liberal Arts

       10 A Grand Opening

       11 The Wow and the Ow Factor

       12 The Trouble with Brantford

       13 Two Challenges

       14 Taking Up Residence

       15 The Mohawk Connection

       16 Courting Nipissing

       17 Working with Vicano

       18 Building Community

       19 The Odeon

       20 A Change of Status

       21 Finding a Middle Way

       22 The Wilkes House

       23 A Temple and a Clubhouse

       24 The Wilkes House Reborn

       25 The BPL — A Brantford Icon

       26 A University Precinct

       27 A New Square

       28 The Brantford Centre

       29 Silly Season

       30 A PostBrant Fordian Community

       31 A Future Like the Past

       Epilogue

       Appendix A ~ Proposal to Wilfrid LaurierUniversity: Executive Summary

       Appendix B ~ Agreement Between theCity of Brantford and Wilfrid LaurierUniversity, Articles I and XV

       Appendix C ~ Proclamation by the Brantford Town Crier on the Commencement of the Laurier Brantford Campus Campaign

       Appendix D ~ Expositor Editorial on the Official Opening of the Brantford Campus, October 2, 1999

       Notes

       Bibliography