Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'bloor'
July 11, 2008
Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. Artist UnknownIN AN ALLEY BEHIND BLOOR, NEAR ALBANYPHOTO BY BRUISED EGO......
Continue Reading "Vandalist: Both Hands, Now Use Both Hands"May 16, 2008
Once a week, Vandalist features the best street art and graffiti from around Toronto. You should contribute. Artist Unknown.NEAR BLOOR AND OSSINGTONPHOTO BY REK.......
Continue Reading "Vandalist: Seen On The Northern Side Of Korea Town"March 25, 2008
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 much exactly what they sound like) drew imitators and attention worldwide, most notably in Raveena, Ohio, where police called......
Continue Reading "For The Good Of All Of Us"March 3, 2008
A line of high-fiving cyclists paraded along the city's newest bike lane Monday morning. Then, without warning, a gust of wind tangled the whole thing, nearly sending every set of pedals flying. No injuries, though; every cyclist remained mounted. A few bemused, rubbernecking motorists gawked at the intersection, watching one helmeted participant lay an ironically tire-shaped weight to keep the "bike lane" from blowing into traffic. Happily, things held together long enough for TaketheTooker,......
Continue Reading "Taking the Tooker"March 1, 2008
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 "Buy Less Stuff." Photo by Patrick Metzger.......
Continue Reading "Bay Going All Lululemony?"February 23, 2008
Every day this week, Torontoist is exploring the future of repertory cinema in Toronto. We spoke to the theatre managers of four major rep cinemas to hear if rep cinema is dying, what it's like to exist in a YouTube society, and what original programming has them most excited. Today, to conclude our series, we look at the next immediate steps for rep cinema. Photo by Flashfonic. The story of rep cinema in Toronto is......
Continue Reading "Rep Cinema Revival: Bonus Features"February 18, 2008
Every day this week, Torontoist is exploring the future of repertory cinema in Toronto. We spoke to the theatre managers of four major rep cinemas to hear if rep cinema is dying, what it's like to exist in a YouTube society, and what original programming has them most excited. Today, we look at the fall of Festival Cinemas, which sparked fears that rep cinema would disappear from the city. In 2006, the future of repertory......
Continue Reading "Rep Cinema Revival: From The Festival's Flames"January 31, 2008
Toronto has been called a city of neighbourhoods: The Beach, Yorkville, Chinatown, Little Italy, Greektown, The Annex; all have their defining characteristics that make them appealing to locals as well as visitors. And when it comes down to it, most of these areas are well-defined by the intersection of two major streets. Photo by David Urbonas from Flickr. Since the inaugural Yonge & Bloor installment of A City Intersected, Torontoist has made every attempt at......
Continue Reading "A City Intersected: Bay Street & Bloor Street West"