Torontoist photographer John Beebe is exploring the city’s most interesting laundromats, one by one by one. Tune back in every other week for another clean, dry, freshly-pressed edition. Nothing like a little pop art to make doing laundry less of a chore. Torontoist found graphic entertainment at the Laundry Lounge (527 Yonge Street) as we [...]

Recent renovations at the ROM and OCAD have been subject to much discussion, but there’s more to Toronto than contemporary architecture. Though often overlooked, there are a variety of interesting historical buildings to be found around town. This concludes a series of three posts exploring some of these hidden treasures. The William Reynolds Block has [...]

Well, it sure is classier than the Scotiabank. For one thing, the AMC Yonge & Dundas 24, opening today, isn’t called the “Scotiabank.” And its interior design scheme (seen above) is premised on the role that movies play in the popular imagination, rather than the role that you play in Taco Bell’s quarterly profits. And [...]

Today’s ad proves that hair dye has been available for purchase at Yonge and Carlton for over a century, even if going to “Armand’s” sounds classier than a quick run to Shoppers Drug Mart. The 1 Carlton Street address shifted north in 1931 due to a street reconfiguration that directly connected Carlton with College Street. [...]

Photos (top, and bottom) by wvs from the Torontoist Flickr Pool. The whole wide internet is getting crushes on it, so it’s about time we wrote about Posterchild’s brand new Bloor Street project: a portal! Posterchild—who, full disclosure, publishes Vandalist here every Friday—likes video games: his Super Mario question blocks from 2005 (which are pretty [...]

Every weekday morning, bright and early, we feature a photo (or two) from a photographer in the Torontoist Flickr Pool. It’s our way of giving the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention that they deserve. jesus BY VTOGRAPHY

The Hudson’s Bay Company, the storied Canadian retailer built on the flayed and eviscerated corpses of a million fur-bearing mammals, is looking to make amends. The display window of the Yonge and Bloor store is currently offering passersby a few suggestions on how to make their lives greener. Notably absent from the eco recos is [...]

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