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At Yonge And Dundas, It’s All The Same Thing

By Jonathan Goldsbie

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“This advertising space and/or building for lease”
Photo of the west side of Yonge, at Gould, by Jonathan Goldsbie.

Comments

  • antiboy

    Oh the American Apparel ad that made me think the building was a stripclub is finally gone!

  • j0hnnyb

    Do you think that arcade is a last non-Dave-and-Busters video arcade in the city?

  • quest

    Thanks! I didn’t know that space was available!
    (If you’re so against advertising, why advertise for the advertising company?)

  • shuaz

    That’s a shame, I spent the better part of my high school years playing street fighter there. I like the typeface on the sign though, I wonder how long it will stay like that.

  • torontothegreat

    it is all the same on yonge/dundas. The rent has to be paid… WHAT AN EPIPHANY!
    A concept I don’t think Mr. Goldsbie is accustomed to dealing with…
    @antiboy: judging from the picture, the building is not gone… :P

  • x_the_x

    apparently, activism is now achieved by deliberately misreading signs.

  • Jamie Bradburn

    Somebody needs to bring back the “Yonge Street is Fun Street” sign that used to adorn one of these buildings back in the 80s.

  • Marc Lostracco

    This makes me remember the awesomely unsophisticated Pizza UFO at Yonge and Gould, with their $1 paper plate of tomato-pasta slop and frequently homeless clientele.

  • reetdoontoon

    that arcade used to have a quick-draw 6 gun game w/a 6′ ceramic cowboy as well as an awesome bb machine gun shooting gallery w/ water feature at the back. good times.

  • AdamSchwabe

    The award for mis-use of ‘and/or’ goes to…

  • reetdoontoon

    me/myself!

  • burnstoemerge

    The American Apparel ad isn’t gone, it’s just a few metres to the right of that picture. I still have to look at that girl’s ass every day on my way home from classes at Ryerson.