The Elane Plaza
By
James Bredin

Was it a sign of the times when the Elane Plaza disappeared?
The pool hall, the bingo hall, the dance hall, all went as some leered.
The quiet Scarborough hubub suburb was defaced and replaced,
By so called condominiums and our memories were displaced.

The connection to all those times was completely wiped off the map,
The great people and places and shops were all gone in one mishap,
Replaced by townhouse condominiums in every square inch,
An no one complained so it was a development cinch.

The overhead walkway to the bingo hall also disappeared,
They knocked it all down and nobody really thought it was weird,
The old stories, we all shared in Frank Drea's political place,
We all felt like we belonged in this great Canadian race.
Mar 15th, 2010