Steve Kupferman

Ask Torontoist features questions posed by you and answered by our elite team of specially trained investigative experts (also known as our staff). Send your questions to ask@torontoist.com. Reader Adam White asks: Do you know why there is such a large area in the middle of the city without a... continue reading on Torontoist

Top: the Edgewater's roof, as it was in 2000. Photo by Kevin Steele. Bottom: the Edgewater last week. Photo by Joel Charlebois/Torontoist. The Edgewater Hotel sign is gone. City officials ordered that the Parkdale landmark be removed on November 3, after nearly three years of working to convince the... continue reading on Torontoist

The usual way for a driver to avoid eggnog-fuelled destruction during the holidays is for them to travel with a designated driver. This is a tried-and-true method of avoiding being the only perp at the station who smells alluringly of nutmeg. If, for whatever reason, it's not a viable... continue reading on Torontoist

Photo of star trails (not meteors), by xbeta, from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. The annual Leonid meteor shower will peak in intensity tonight and tomorrow night. This year's show promises to be an exceptionally spectacular one, by recent standards—but only for those who know how to hide from Toronto's... continue reading on Torontoist

Cory Doctorow wearing his freshly acquired Sunburst Award last night at Lillian H. Smith public library. Photo by Steve Kupferman/Torontoist. Cory Doctorow possesses a strange kind of celebrity. He's famous, but not so famous that you could offhandedly mention him to a stranger on the street and reasonably expect... continue reading on Torontoist