Videoflicks

Video rental biz still thrives on Avenue

Videoflicks at 1701 Avenue Rd. — calling itself the “oldest video store in Canada” — proudly boasts a membership of 28,000 and is still going strong.

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The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.