Archive for February, 2008

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

Preloved Perseveres!

Less than a week after a tenacious fire tore through Queen West, Preloved is back in business. As of tomorrow a temporary store will open at 24 Ryerson Ave, in the basement suite, to showcase the spring styles that fortunately survived the blaze. Opening hours are Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 12-6pm.
Recently I [...]

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Queen Street Fire Photos

Queen St Fire Originally uploaded by taxing
Flickr might be the top place to dig up photos of the six-alarm scorcher that tore though several historic Queen West buildings this morning.
The photo here by taxing is one of the best I’ve found from the early [...]

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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

Six-Alarm Fire Still Burning on Queen West

A fire that broke out this morning at 5AM continues to burn on Queen Street West at Portland between Spadina and Bathurst. All residents were evacuated and no one was injured but damage to this historic stretch has spead to at least 15 businessess including Duke’s Cycle, Suspect Video, a headshop and pizza place. [...]

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Thursday, February 7th, 2008

A Night at Caren’s with Gondry

gondry Originally uploaded by 416style
I messed up previously laid plans when I was offered preview passes to Mos Def and Jack Black’s new flick Be Kind Rewind. The clincher was the Q&A with director Michel Gondry. Gondry’s well-known in film for directing The Eternal [...]

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