Talk:Boyle Street, Edmonton
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The article mentions a citation needed for social agencies in the Boyle Street area. While I don't have source material yet, a couple of the agencies in the neighborhood are the Salvation Army and the Bissel Centre.
Also, as another item of interest, there is one of these Chinese arch type structures at 102 Avenue and 97 Street that is on the Boyle Street side of the intersection.
66.48.175.20 05:02, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I did a little digging in city demographic resources for ethnic origin of people in the Boyle Street area. According to the 2001 federal census, people of Chinese ethnic origin are the largest identifiable group in Boyle Street.
I removed the reference to a large number of Italians living in Boyle street because the 2001 Federal Census indicates ten residents of Italian origin. This is not a significant percentage of the roughly 6,000 people who call Boyle Street home.
The federal census also indicates only 5.4% of the residents are aboriginal, mostly North American Indian. This isn't significantly different from the proportion of Alberta population as a whole. It's crossed my mind that a lot of aboriginals may be homeless and may not be counted in the census, so I've left the statement about aboriginals alone for now. But this statement needs some support.
66.48.175.20 05:37, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
I have corrected a couple of the external links, as well as adding a new external link.
I have changed the Aboriginal statement that was left in place. This area of town wasn't created as a ghetto, and any homeless and poor, including Aboriginals, that call this area home do so for the reason that there are support services available in the area, rents were cheap, and the general neglect of the area.
Mtbest 23:19, 5 July 2007 (MDT)
I've taken out the two sentences that were tagged as unsource back in February. That was seven months ago. If someone can come up with some good, verifiable, sources on the number of social agencies and homeless people in the area, we can put something back in.
As to calling the area neglected, there is a certain amount of redevelopment going on in the neighbourhood, particularly south of Jasper Avenue. When I take a look at what proportion of the residences in the neighbouthood were built when, and compare it with my own neighbourhood, in many ways Boyle Street is younger than my neighbourhood. Admittedly, though, many of the newer residences in Boyle Street are apartments.
While the neighbourhood has a long way to go, it does have a certain amount of historical charm.
66.48.175.79 05:22, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
I don't know when St. Barbara's was constructed, so if someone knows that detail it would be cool. Next time I'm in the Boyle Street area, if I remember my camera, I'll see if I can get a picture or two of some of the other distinctive buildings in the neighborhood.
The City publishes a nice collection of data sheets for various neighborhoods in the city, including Boyle Street. These data sheets contain a wealth of data with most of it drawn from federal and municipal censuses. I've tapped these extensively for some of the changes I've made.
Johntwrl 03:59, 14 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Name
So who is the Mr or Mrs. Boyle that the area is named after anyway? Kevlar67 03:55, 27 March 2007 (UTC)
The person was a lawyer named John Robert Boyle. Anyway, Kevlare, you got me doing a little digging, and I discovered there is a Wikipedia article for an Edmonton Lawyer named John Robert Boyle who was born in Sykeston, Ontario in 1870 or 1871. An article that appeared in Real Estate Weekly mentions the John Robert Boyle, who Boyle Street is named after, was also born in Sykerston in at the same time. So I've added a link from the Boyle Street article to the John Robert Boyle.
Johntwrl 05:27, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Homelessness Counts
The section of this article talks about the large number of homeless in the Boyle Street area. I did a little digging, and the Edmonton Homelessness Count Committee does an annual count in October of each year. Their 2002 count (the most recent available on the City of Edmonton web site) indicates over 1,500 homelessness in Edmonton. The report does give a list of agencies that provide shelter for the homeless and the capacity of each, but without knowing where these centres are physically located, it's hard to pin the numbers down to a city neighbourhood. The Edmonton Community Plan on Homelessness 2000-2003 does say homeless tend to be attracted to the inner city, which would include Boyle Street. However, to firm up the material in our Wikipedia article, I'd like something a bit firmer. I'm a stats guy and I love numbers. So if someone can find a document that gives a number of homeless actually in Boyle Street, that would be great.
Johntwrl 06:34, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
