Death of a City Block
The fire on Queen Street
destroyed six businesses,
left 30 people without homes
and caused $10 million in
damage. What else was lost?
Published: May 2008
Don Gillmor
Articles on torontolife.com written by Don Gillmor.
The Blockbuster Imperative
Thirteen years ago,
Fugitive Pieces became
a runaway best-seller.
Can a similarly lyrical novel find success today—in
the ADD era of digital books, news feeds and YouTube clips? Anne Michaels is about to
find out
Published: March 2009
Full of Crap
The number of self-storage facilities in Toronto has doubled in the past decade, thanks to our insatiable need for more stuff. It’s a booming industry, one that thrives on consumption, condo-mania and calamity
Published: December 2008
The Longest Mall
The expropriation of scuzzy arcades and dollar stores to make way for Toronto’s version of Times Square was just the beginning. A wave of chain stores and luxury condos is engulfing Yonge Street, from Queen to Boor. Will the strip be saved or destroyed?
Published: February 2008
Killer Tomatoes
The Scarborough Curse
How did boring, white-bread Scarberia become Scarlem—a mess of street gangs, firebombings and stabbings? Portrait of Toronto’s unluckiest suburb
Published: December 2007
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