Urban decoder
March 2004
What’s the story behind 471–473 Bloor Street West? It used to be a restaurant but has been boarded up and rotting away for at least 15 years. Is it a tax write-off? An eccentric landlord? A family feud? —Carolyn Dodds, Seaton Village
Posted on March 1, 2004
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- Categories: Architecture
An older friend told me that in the 1930s they would burn ships in the harbour off Sunnyside. Is it true? If so, why? —Michael Draper, Roncesvalles
Posted on March 1, 2004
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- Categories: History
Lately, the overhead electronic signs on the DVP have displayed such singsongy messages as “Check your gauges, control your rages,” and “Why fool with fate? Don’t tailgate.” What poetic soul produced these highway epistles? —J. Kelly O’Connor, Agincourt
Posted on March 1, 2004
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- Categories: Roads
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