By Claude Saravia Chad Mutchler was watching from a friend’s roof that cold Feb. 20 when a fire ripped through the Queen West neighbourhood just before dawn. It took 150 firefighters in 30 trucks to extinguish the six- alarm inferno that destroyed a section of Queen Street West, between Bathurst Street and Portland Avenue in […]
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Progress stalls: two years later, little done for fire-ravaged Queen West strip
February 19th, 2010 · 3 Comments
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February Gleanings
February 11th, 2010 · Comments Off on February Gleanings
Filthy dirty homemade fun It’s probably a fair bet that St. Valentine, whosoever that borderline-apocryphal personality might be, probably didn’t think of his life’s work as culminating in an excuse for greeting card makers and confectioners to have a one-day sales bonanza. And yet, here we are. But probably even further still from his mind […]
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Bloor grand tour
February 3rd, 2010 · 1 Comment
Cinema has worn many hats over the century, online doc shows By Matt James The Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.), like a lot of centarians, has shrunk with age. Back in 1941 when it was known as the Midtown, it could seat 1,125 people. You could catch a flick for 35 cents, and if […]