Danforth East Community Association and Greco

pizza parlour: In a ceremony that drew a crowd of neighbourhood-boosting locals, DECA presented Greco with a trophy and awarded him a free makeover for his pizza parlour, according to Toronto Star. Being honoured by his community was wonderful feeling, Greco says, but just five days later it was a whole different ballgame. Greco family has been slinging dough at the restaurant since 1976, and last month the Danforth East Community Association crowned it the neighbourhood favourite hidden gem. In the early morning of May 19, the front window of his business was smashed — collateral damage in an incident where a man fatally shot outside a hookah lounge two doors down. Even as it undergoes a community-driven revitalization, the area has been plagued by a shocking number of murders over the past two years. The hidden gem ceremony and the murder of 21-year-old Abdiweli Mohamed Yusuf sum up conflicting forces at work in the Danforth East neighbourhood. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.