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The Blast Radius

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Rosedale played a role in creating the supermodel

September 21, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Elmer Olsen, fashion, Judy Welch, Monika Schnarre, The Blast Radius

“We have this expression, Christy [Turlington] and I: We don’t wake up for less than $10,000 a day.” Those iconic words, spoken by Canadian supermodel Linda Evangelista, were a cornerstone of pop culture and were shared to Vogue writer Jonathan Van Meter.

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Hilary Davidson
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Film noir at the bar: beyond the words

June 4, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Blast Radius, Noir at the Bar, The Blast Radius

A few weeks ago I attended a unique event: Noir at the Bar Toronto.

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Music, poetry and conviviality found at midtown record shop

May 6, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Bert Myers, The Blast Radius, Vortex Records

Bert Myers says he would sell me Captain Beefheart’s Safe As Milk, if he had a copy at his Yonge and Eglinton shop, Vortex Records.

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Is comic book phobia a midtown affliction?

April 4, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker comic books, FanExpo, Paradise Comics, The Blast Radius

I never pass up an opportunity to visit comic book conventions in this city.

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It’s time we cranked up the amps

January 25, 2014October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Blast Radius, Eglinton Park, rock, The Blast Radius

Check one, two. Hello, midtown!

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A certain type of reader

December 5, 2013October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Fiction, Genre, literature, The Blast Radius

Though English class was one of my strongest subjects in high school, I always loathed being forced to read dry, uncreative prose.

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Bunnies have life after Playboy

November 25, 2013March 11, 2020 Brian Baker Anissa Holmes, Playboy, The Blast Radius

Playboy is more than just skin deep.

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Horror in midtown unveiled

October 25, 2013October 16, 2019 Brian Baker Black Museum, Brian Baker, column, Paul Corupe, The Blast Radius

When you think horror, you might think of a machete-wielding madman from Camp Crystal Lake, not an aberration of the norm in sleepy midtown Toronto.

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Streeter News, Views and Things To Do are selected from neighbourhoods across Toronto. For local news only, see our community pages:

• The Beach
• Cabbagetown
• Don Mills
• East Danforth
• East York
• Forest Hill
• Leaside
• Leslieville
• North Toronto
• Parkview-O’Connor
• Riverdale
• Upper Beaches
• Woodbine

We are adding more communities and more features daily. Check back for news, views and things to do in your neighbourhood.

That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
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From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

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

Queen and Waverley 1903
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Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
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When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
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Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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