Posts Tagged ‘ queen street west ’
shanti baba
Posted on June 1st, 2025 – Comments Off on shanti baba
I’ve been buying my incense (and occasionally other products) from Shanti Baba since TCL started and I still can’t recommend them enough. I even have one of their discontinued and seemingly indestructible shopping bags to prove it.
portland pause
Posted on May 31st, 2025 – Comments Off on portland pause Filed under: Dispatches, Patrick Bay, Pictures
Old Empire
Posted on May 8th, 2025 – Comments Off on Old EmpireI remember walking by Empire Office Equipment many years ago when its Queen West storefront displayed quaint and dusty office hardware that had been stacked there, seemingly, for convenience rather than for display. The grimy windows and murky interior made it hard to see inside but it appeared to be packed with nicotine-infused business furniture and apparatus that weren’t modern even at that time.
The place didn’t ever look open to casual foot traffic or, for that matter, ever actually open at all. Posted business hours were nowhere to be found and given the stuff perennially piled up against the front door it now seems appropriate that all that remains today is found in an alley at the back.
ATM
Posted on June 25th, 2023 – Comments Off on ATM
A secure and trustworthy ATM in front of Scarlett on Queen West
Chris Hume’s Worstest Buildings #5: “If it were the back of a warehouse…”
Posted on May 18th, 2011 – Comments Off on Chris Hume’s Worstest Buildings #5: “If it were the back of a warehouse…”Ugh … Humie’s kinda right about this one, his fifth pick for Toronto’s Worst Buildings: the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts. The fairly new structure (built in 2006), is an unsightly grey box sitting across the street from the relatively ornate and welcoming Osgoode Hall; even the documentary about the building of the Four Seasons Centre (Raising Valhalla, 2007), has more appeal than the structure itself.
While I haven’t actually been inside the thing — I’m told that it’s a bit of an engineering / acoustic marvel with the performance hall being isolated from the outer shell with giant damper supports; a building on stilts within a building — the spectacle inside doesn’t nearly match the drab outside. One day soon I’m planning to take advantage of the $12 standing-room-only admission, but I can assure you it won’t be because I’m drawn in by the architecture.
Did I mention “ugh” already?
Zombieology 102
Posted on October 26th, 2010 – Comments Off on Zombieology 102…continued from previous part.
I’ve been trying to understand the appeal of zombieism — it does, after all, seem to be gaining in popularity. Is it simply a fad? Once the flakes start to fall will they just slow down and freeze, or will they have enough brains to wear parkas?
Zombieology 101
Posted on October 24th, 2010 – Comments Off on Zombieology 101Heavens! Has it been a year already?
Yup, season’s fully turning now; a fantastic, cold, autumn fog is rolling over the evening city as I write this; leaves are half-shorn and fully gilded; sun’s setting at around 6, to me the most obvious time for evening to start; squirrel’s are getting pudgy; zombies are back on Toronto streets.
Weekend of weekends (part 5)
Posted on July 15th, 2010 – 11 Comments…continued from previous part.
Okay, it’s now been well over two weeks and I’m just about ready to put this puppy to bed.
But before I do, let me round out the G20 weekend for you, dear reader. Let’s start with the Black Bloc, the attention whores of the summit. While I was trying to figure out who they are and where they came from, a few glaringly obvious pieces of evidence jumped out at me with a, “zut alors!”
Weekend of weekends (part 4)
Posted on July 9th, 2010 – 2 Comments…continued from previous part.
One of the most iconic images of the G20 riots a couple of weeks ago was the that of the burning police car. You know the one:
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