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[frandroid]

New Condo owners are killing College Street.

While I've lived on Clinton, really close to the heart of it, and not really enjoying the scene (or should I say, the "be-seen"), I didn't call the cops trying to shut the bars down. I moved elsewhere.

Last year, I think it was gordonzola that was posting an article about new condo owners moving into the Castro district in SF and complaining about some sex shop... like hello, gay district, if you don't like the gay, don't move in the gay. Same with College.

I also understand that there are a lot of people from outside the area that come there to have fun, but so what? These people knew the deal when they bought their units.

I was going to talk about gentrification, but I'm not even sure this is what this is... Maybe it's regentrification? I mean it's long been gentrified, but this is different. I guess eventually all this will be pushed to Queen West, unless the "Bohemian Embassadors" manage to close down the Drake and the Gladstone, or something.

Anyway, did I mention that even though I've live all but 2 weeks out of my 7 years in Toronto within walking distance of it, that I've loved the Cloak and Dagger when I went to it? It's on College but not in the aforementioned area, it's closer to Kensington market... Nice tiny Irish bar. Tons of good beers on tap, like 24 or something. I'm open to go there with anyone.

I need a Toronto icon. Does anyone have ideas?

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[culpster.livejournal.com]

Cobs, lest we forget, has also put one in Kensington immediately opposite My Market Bakery who has been there for years. Of course ten years ago I was pissed that My Market drove out what was then my favourite bakery, which was where My Market is now whereas My Market was where Cobs is now. Confusing! Anyway Cobs makes good bread, but who needs a whole-grain Blockbuster?

[frandroid.livejournal.com]

I need a whole-grain blockbuster because there's nowhere else in the neighbourhood where I can buy decent wholegrain bread. Even Dominion's, were I inclined to pay their prices, has shitty wholegrain loaves. I *could* go further than near walking distance, like go to My Market Bakery, but in my case, it wouldn't be a neighbourhood bakery anymore, would it? :]

I was pretty appalled when I saw Cobs right by My Market, though.