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- The Toronto Star looks at how buildings destined for demolition for condos are, in the interim, enjoying some innovative alternative uses.
- CBC Toronto takes a look at the efforts of photographer Jon Simo, owner of Neon Demon Studios, to preserve and promote neon signs. (I went to the pop-up museum this weekend; photos to come.)
- Toronto Life shares old photos of the Drake Hotel predating its transformation into a west-end hub.
- blogTO lists the best, and the worst, Pizza Pizza locations in Toronto.
- blogTO shares photos of Let's Survive Together, the Yayoi Kusama Infinity Mirror room bought by the AGO for its permanent collection.
[BLOG] Some Wednesday links
Feb. 1st, 2017 11:07 am- At Apostrophen, 'Nathan Smith writes about the status of his various writing projects.
- Beyond the Beyond's Bruce Sterling links to an article examining pieces of software that have shaped modern music.
- blogTO notes the expansion of the Drake Hotel to a new Junction site. Clearly the Drake is becoming a brand.
- Citizen Science Salon looks at how Internet users can help fight illegal fishing in the Pacific.
- Crooked Timber asks readers for new Doctor Who candidates.
- The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper finding that the presence of Proxima Centauri would not have inhibited planetary formation around Alpha Centauri A and B.
- The LRB Blog notes the growing fear among Muslims in the diaspora.
- The Map Room Blog shares a reimagined map of the Paris metro.
- The Volokh Conspiracy and Towleroad have very different opinions on the nomination of Neil Gorusch to the US Supreme Court.
- Transit Toronto reports on the reopening of the TTC parking lot at Yorkdale.
- Whatever's John Sclazi responds to the past two weeks of Trump-related chaos, and is not impressed.
- Window on Eurasia notes that the Russian Orthodox Church carries itself as an embattled minority because it is one, and looks at the future of Russian federalism in regards to Tatarstan.
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[BLOG] Some Saturday links
Dec. 10th, 2016 01:28 pm- Apostrophen's 'Nathan Smith writes about Christmas cards and memory.
- blogTO notes the impending expansion of the Drake Hotel.
- The Broadside Blog describes a documentary, The Eagle Huntress, about a Mongolian teenage girl who becomes a hunter using eagles, that sounds spectacular.
- Crooked Timber asks readers to help a teenager who has been arrested by the LAPD.
- Dangerous Minds notes some weird monsters from Japanese folklore.
- The Dragon's Tales suggests that the Hellas basin hides the remnants of its ocean.
- Lawyers, Guns and Money notes the finding that Russia was trying to get Trump elected.
- The Volokh Conspiracy considers the issue of hate speech and immigration.
- Window on Eurasia quotes a former Ukrainian president who argues Russia does not want to restore the Soviet Union so much as it wants to dominate others.
- The Yorkshire Ranter notes how the Daily Telegraph is recommending its readers use tax shelters.
- Arnold Zwicky looks at the language of side-eye and stink-eye.
West Queen West, the neighbourhood where I lived after first moving to Toronto stretching along Queen Street West from Bathurst almost to Dufferin, has been rated by Vogue magazine as the second-trendiest neighbourhood in the world. See The Globe and Mail's summary.
Does this mean I'm cool, too?
“Toronto is currently enjoying newfound prominence – and desirability – amongst globe-trotting tastemakers,” Vogue’s Nick Remsen writes on the magazine’s website.
“Queen Street West is a verifiable artery of indie patisseries, homegrown labels, and hidden-from-view galleries – hallmarks of hipness, if ever they existed,” he said, highlighting the publication’s September issue.
“It’s also the home of the Museum of Contemporary Canadian art, well-established ‘art’ hotels The Drake and the Gladstone, and the charming Bicyclette, a local clothing boutique and lifestyle brand whose owners love ‘glitter, DIY projects, treasure hunts and details,” it adds.
“Soho House Toronto is nearby, as is Grafitti Alley a block where street art is both 100-per-cent legal and lauded.”
[. . .]
The "West Queen West" area has its own website, and describes the two-kilometre region as the "creative heart" of the city, boasting more than 300 galleries, shops, eateries and other businesses.
Does this mean I'm cool, too?
I rather liked Ken Lum's 2000 mixed-media work, displayed inside the Drake Hotel; as part of its permanent collection. Whimsy is nice.
[PHOTO] The Drake Hotel
May. 20th, 2009 09:01 amThe Drake Hotel (1150 Queen Street West is a boutique hotel of note located just down the street from my first residence in Toronto and a couple of blocks east of Dufferin Street. Once a flophouse, five years ago the Drake was reopened as one of the places to go in Toronto, as a centre for art and music and high culture and rooftop patio parties featuring the likes of Woody Harrelson. Me, I remember the place mainly for the coffee-and-scone breakfast that I bought up there from a friendly dreadlocked woman before I took the streetcar to work.
[URBAN NOTE] The Drake
Mar. 6th, 2006 11:59 pmI'm a bit embarrassed that I hadn't been to the Drake Hotel's über-trendy lounge before tonight. Now that I have, I have to say that there's not all that much to it on a non-weekend night, apart from trendy-looking people getting drunk too early and old nature and anthropoligy films projected against an inflatable white cube.
