The name would later be changed to Dundas Square to reflect the street's new name - this portion of the street lives on in the southern edge of today's Yonge Dundas Square. Dundas and Bond St. near what is now Yonge-Dundas Square. Photo via Toronto Archives. To ease passage for cars ...
The only place where you might encounter a pickpocket is The Eaton Centre, a sprawling downtown mall along Yonge Street. Exercise caution in crowded situations, and you'll fare well. But should you ever need assistance from police or emergency vehicles, call 911. Population: Toronto is the ...
While working in his family’s leather business, Northbound Leather owner George Giaouris saw an opportunity to support queer and kink-friendly customers who had a profound connection with leather. Over the last 30 years, George turned the business into
The images show iconic Toronto locations like Queen Street West, Yonge Street, Cherry Street, the CNE and Gerrard Street East. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Avard Woolaver (@avardwoolaver) Woolaver also captured long-gone venues like alt-dance spot Nuts & Bolts. View this post...
We were staying at the Westin Castle, and we chose to stroll 6 blocks up Yonge Street to get a non hotel breakfast close to the group pick up point at 77 Yonge. We were dropped off back at our hotel though. Others on the bus had been collected from their hote...
Anshuman:To talk about, sort of, the parties and the, um, nightlife scene: Northbound is also involved in various leather-related events. Could you talk me through your thinking around that? George:When we had a shop on Yonge Street in the ’70s, word got out that this place will mak...
I’ve long been fascinated by what I call “normative density”–the quantity of normative claims made within a given public space. Public transit is a common location for high normative density. The picture* above–taken in a subway in Philadelphia–is a good example. In addition to the st...
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“All summer long there’s festival after festival and [sometimes] there’s two or three on the same weekend,” says Dixon. “This town can handle a lot of festivals. In Toronto, any night of the year, there’s 50 or 60 clubs or venues. So I don’t think that’s a maj...
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