Saturday, May 21, 2011

Uptown

Balmuto runs a single block: south from Bloor, just west of Yonge. If you’ve lived here long enough, you might remember the queues from the Varsity in the early days of the Toronto Film Festival and the Uptown Backstage across the street; but by December 8, 2003, TIFF had moved downtown, and there wasn’t much left but the shell of the old Uptown when Priestly Demolition brought a wall crashing down on the Yorkville English Academy killing Mejia Solis, a 27-year-old accountant from Costa Rica.
     It’s all condos now, but who’d want to live on such a short, sad street?
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6 comments:

  1. The Clever PupMay 25, 2011 at 9:41 AM

    There was such a choice circa 1986 when I lived at Wellesley and Jarvis. All gone.

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  2. Roy SchulzeDecember 6, 2011 at 6:40 PM

    Posted to ABC Wednesday.

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  3. Roger GreenDecember 6, 2011 at 9:46 PM

    Wow, I ws on Yonge this summer, and quite possibly Bloor, but I didn't come across this. Some day...
    ROG, ABC Wednesday team

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  4. Chubskulit RoseDecember 7, 2011 at 12:04 PM

    Nice color!

    U is for Umbrella, please come and see. Thanks!

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  5. BerowneDecember 7, 2011 at 3:28 PM

    Toronto, always a great town for a Yankee to visit...

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  6. UnknownDecember 9, 2011 at 10:37 AM

    Great photo of Uptown!
    HelenMac
    ABC TEam

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