Archive for category: South Riverdale
- Urban class (2007.02.17)
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I got off my bike and stood in the middle of the sidestreet to line up this shot. “Hey, camera man! Hey, camera man!” I hear (and it’s obviously two words). “What?!” I mutter angrily, taking my shot. “Out of the way,” says the black streetcar driver turning onto the sidestreet. You can fucking well wait.
This superklassy development takes the place of a lonely Stephenson’s Rental building (more on them anon) on a lot with an enormous dropoff in elevation at the rear. You could build a fallout shelter here and a full suite of tæunhæumes. The resulting Ashbridge Commons™ (“in the West Beach”) will be dripping with the kind of refinement and distinction you’d be anticipate next door to a streetcar depot and a block away from a postal sorting plant.
And the red Palatino on green… nice touch. The rest of the type is even worse, with sort of a 1984 LaserWriter Helvetica in use.
- The Deep Throat of Leslieville (2007.01.03)
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In which Toronto Star columnist Joe Fiorito refers to me solely as his ‘source’
- Hip (2006.10.22)
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Not my cup of tea
- The river I sandblast is not the river I aquablast (2006.10.21)
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They’re sandblasting the bridge over the DVP at Queen St. and I am gobsmacked at the science-fiction appearance.
- Superclassy Leslieville street furniture, August 4 (2006.08.08)
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Behold the small megabin (not quite an oxymoron; perverse official name: EcoMupi) in front of the 7-Eleven. Is it really worse than the store’s own sign?
Anyway, this thing was supposed to have been removed by August 5.
- Cam Fella Lane (2006.07.22)
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- Touring the leviathan (2006.07.18)
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Free City of Leslieville update: We got inside a building!
- Greenwood Yard (2006.07.07)
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A topsy-turvy kind of place where you can stand on the sidewalk and gaze down on the roof of this giant building.
- Lahore Tikka Tyvek (2006.07.04)
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Splorpist photo: Does this look like “sari silk” to you?