Kent, Darrell Steven
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- Toronto
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- ON
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- Canada
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- Canada / US
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- Real estate sales
- Gentrification: Cabbagetown was gentrified by affluent professionals, beginning in the 1970s. Many residents restored small Victorian row houses and became community activists. Darrell Kent, a resident and local businessman, is recognized by the community as having been the driving force behind the restoration of many of the area’s beautiful and unique Victorian houses. As Kent was a gay real estate agent, gay men and some lesbians made up the earliest gentrifying groups of Cabbagetown. They are still a significant part of the population today, and the area is considered queer friendly. -- Wikipedia on Cabbagetown
- Related Material
- Darrell Kent Real Estate
- Darrell Kent Centre for Culture and Arts Funds
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