I know what it looks like when you come from Away, but when you grew up with it, it's just a nostalgic reminder of an earlier day and a different way of doing things. Also, I think about Ed's flamboyance, and think about what I remember of grey constipated presbyterian Toronto of the 50s and 60s when Eaton's and Simpson's put curtains over their store windows on Sundays so people wouldn't god forbid look in at non-Lord's Day displays, and say Go Ed. (They turned the lights off on 9/11. Nothing says mourning like a darkened Honest Ed's facade.)
Eventually they'll tear it down and put up something tall and faceless and bland, and Bloor and Bathurst will be as dull as Bloor and Spadina, Bloor and Yonge, and *god knows* Bloor and Bay. There's a place for hoke, and fortunately we still have it downtown.
Oh, I'm not in favor of tearing it down or any such thing. I appreciate that it IS a landmark (like the Sam the Record man logo, which I do miss).
I was just thinking about wiring from the 50s and 60s, and how many times it must have been patched and wrapped and so on, and that - on a purely infrastructure level - it might be a nightmare inside the walls. The shudder was not about considering it ugly. It is what it is. ^_^
Ahh, sorry. I thought you meant the hokey English signs (Honest Ed's a criminal-- his prices are a steal!) in between the flashing lights.
I have a feeling the Fire Marshal is all over Honest Ed's facade, myself. So that part should be safe at least. The interior-- no, I'm not thinking about it.
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Can't say I'd be surprised if it is ruled electrical fire. The wiring in that place has got to be a hodgepodge nightmare. And those signs... *shudder*
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Eventually they'll tear it down and put up something tall and faceless and bland, and Bloor and Bathurst will be as dull as Bloor and Spadina, Bloor and Yonge, and *god knows* Bloor and Bay. There's a place for hoke, and fortunately we still have it downtown.
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I was just thinking about wiring from the 50s and 60s, and how many times it must have been patched and wrapped and so on, and that - on a purely infrastructure level - it might be a nightmare inside the walls. The shudder was not about considering it ugly. It is what it is. ^_^
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I have a feeling the Fire Marshal is all over Honest Ed's facade, myself. So that part should be safe at least. The interior-- no, I'm not thinking about it.