Reader Cy Goldsbie sent us the above photos, taken at St. Clair West station, along with the following note: These aren't the greatest pictures, but I think they're clear enough. The hand-written sign is one of two on the same wall just above the duct tape sign. I think I've discovered a new font that even Joe Clark doesn't know about. Of the font mixture of which he spoke, 'Duct-Tape' was never mentioned. As......

As I waited in line for Last Call At The Gladstone Hotel Saturday afternoon, bartenders from the Gladstone Hotel were behind me. "It makes us look bad, I hear," they were saying. "Like, not us personally, but the hotel. Real bad." If you are a recent transplant to Toronto, or just barely over the drinking age, then you probably had no idea that the Gladstone was once a cockroach infested, drug-addled, festering slum that was......

Remember Jean Chrétien? We haven't heard much about the former prime minister in some time (dude's been off the map ever since Paul Martin forced him off it). Well, Mizalaina of the Toronto LiveJournal community spotted Chrétien earlier today in downtown Toronto, and has one hell of a story to go along with it: So an hour ago I'm walking north along York St. I hear a crash ahead of me and see a......

According to a tip we got, Tattoo, the King Street sidewalk artist, is back at it and doing another piece. The destruction of his work in March by city staff sparked tons of blog posts and mainstream media coverage. Here's a quote from the tipster's e-mail: As I was walking along King Street this evening, I made a point to look for the scuff marks that used to be Tattoo's "Heaven and Hell" etching.......

Canadian Music Week at Lee’s Palace featured smells of raw sewage and stolen equipment. On two separate nights of CMW, Brian Borcherdt from Holy Fuck and Brian Poirier from the FemBots were shocked to find that their gear had vanished. Perhaps the thieving hoodlum(s) created the sewage disaster as a distraction ploy. Please contact the Brians if you have their items or know where their belongings are located. If your name is Brian, Torontoist would......

According to a reliable source, the Winchester will be closing its doors for good. Caroline of Eye blog fame writes about the unfortunate event: I heard rumours that the Winchester, founded in 1888 and better known as the Winnie, might be closing soon, something about a coffee chain. As I walked up Parliament I was hoping the rumours were just that, but a long stare through the windows pretty much sealed the deal. A bar......