Comments on: Toronto http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/ Fri, 29 May 2009 03:24:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: mikeb http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-240 mikeb Fri, 27 Apr 2007 15:28:34 +0000 http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-240 That's great. I haven't thought of that place for a long while. As a kid who went to school at Bedford Park, there were a couple of places in the neighbourhood to buy candy, hockey cards etc. When your friends asked where you were going, if it was that store you'd say "I'm going to the Toronto Star!" That’s great. I haven’t thought of that place for a long while.

As a kid who went to school at Bedford Park, there were a couple of places in the neighbourhood to buy candy, hockey cards etc. When your friends asked where you were going, if it was that store you’d say “I’m going to the Toronto Star!”

]]> By: Tanja http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-239 Tanja Tue, 24 Apr 2007 13:28:47 +0000 http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-239 Thanks Steve... i'll make note. I've been down to Gerrard & Coxwell to shoot the area for Spacing Magazine and was blown away by some of the buildings and shops... it was such a trip back 30 years. Will definitely be heading back there this spring/summer. Thanks Steve… i’ll make note.

I’ve been down to Gerrard & Coxwell to shoot the area for Spacing Magazine and was blown away by some of the buildings and shops… it was such a trip back 30 years. Will definitely be heading back there this spring/summer.

]]> By: Steve M http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-238 Steve M Tue, 24 Apr 2007 11:51:52 +0000 http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/#comment-238 You should check out the shops on Logan Avenue between Riverdale Avenue and Withrow. There three convenience stores, a laundromat and a coffee shop (there used to be a sign shop but that was converted into a lofty space). There are also a number of homes that used to be things like, insurance brokers, cobblers, ice house, pharmacy, etc. but they have all be converted into homes. At one time, that stretch of Logan used to be a shopping district. There are also any number of old signs on Gerrard between Broadview and Coxwell (Chinatown East all the way to Little India). Gerrard, on that stretch, is the street that time forgot. You should check out the shops on Logan Avenue between Riverdale Avenue and Withrow. There three convenience stores, a laundromat and a coffee shop (there used to be a sign shop but that was converted into a lofty space). There are also a number of homes that used to be things like, insurance brokers, cobblers, ice house, pharmacy, etc. but they have all be converted into homes. At one time, that stretch of Logan used to be a shopping district.

There are also any number of old signs on Gerrard between Broadview and Coxwell (Chinatown East all the way to Little India). Gerrard, on that stretch, is the street that time forgot.

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