Entries from Torontoist tagged with 'samsniderman'
July 4, 2007
Ontario Environment Minister Laurel Broten will not build a two-storey garage for their home after all. Not that Torontoist doesn't think that the garage was a bad idea, because we do, but one of her neighbours is trying to get the court to make her pay him back the $10,000 he spent preparing for the municipal board hearing. Isn't that kind of excessive? Dude, you got what you wanted. Torontoist does not see where in......
Continue Reading "No Garage For Environment Minister, Ryerson Wants Sam's, And It Was A Bad Day For Dalton McGuinty"July 3, 2007
Sam Sniderman (aka. The Record Man) wants the Sam's building to be sold to Ryerson University. Unfortunately, this does not comply with the conspiracy to turn every store on Yonge Street into a discount shoe outlet or nail salon. Sorry. Toronto couldn't handle a dirty bomb. According to a federal study, "the explosion of a small dirty bomb near the CN Tower would spew radioactivity over four square kilometres, resulting in mass anxiety, a......
Continue Reading "Dropping A Dirty Bomb, I Love The Smell Of Serial Arson In The Morning, Summer School In The City"June 29, 2007
Photo by David Sherret from Flickr. Torontoist has already devoted a great deal of time and space to Sam The Record Man and its closure tomorrow evening. We petitioned you to “Save Our Sams,” covered the auction and heritage designation of the sign and building, and as many of the comments in response to the posts have indicated, our readership is very polarized on the amount of attention we—and the media as a whole—are......
Continue Reading "Goodbye, Sam The Record Man"