Urban decoder

March 2005

How do people living on the Toronto Islands get their utilities—electricity, sewage, Internet and so forth? —Martin Levi, Forest Hill

Posted on March 1, 2005

On a recent trip to Indigo on Bloor, I noticed that they keep certain “rebel” authors—Jack Kerouac, Vladimir Nabokov—behind the counter of the help desk. Is there a plan afoot to protect young readers from crazy beatniks and other literary nonconformists? —Tom Maclaughlin, Summerhill

Posted on March 1, 2005