toronTO @chrisbateman
Toronto writer with bylines @citylab, @globeandmail, @spacing, @tvo, and others. Doer of plaques for @heritagetoronto. Opinions: own. chrisbateman.ca Toronto, Ontario Joined December 2007-
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Drum roll, please.... OUR 20th ANNIVERSARY PARTY! spacing.ca/toronto/2023/1… #TOpoli #ONpoli #toronto
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.@heritagetoronto unveiled a plaque for Charlie Chong Farm, one of the first veg farms in the city that supplied restos and Chinatowns, despite having to operate during Canada's Head Tax and Chinese Exclusion Act. I spoke with the grandson on the legacy. thestar.com/news/gta/2023/…
Housing idea! Let’s resurrect this speculative concept for apartments built right into the Scarborough Bluffs
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Cautious Optimism Needed Today By W. E. Maybee Weekly Building Reporter, May 2, 1931
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The Capitalist Corporate Mind Machine, proceeds to the Toronto Rape Crisis Centre, March 5th-10th, 8pm 1991. TPL, Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection
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Crazy David for Mayor 1971. TPL, Alan and Thomas Suddon Collection, TPL
In 1960 a shopping mall was planned for the same site over the Davisville yard. First iteration was designed by Peter Dickinson. It wasn't a popular idea with the neighbours then...
In 1960 a shopping mall was planned for the same site over the Davisville yard. First iteration was designed by Peter Dickinson. It wasn't a popular idea with the neighbours then... https://t.co/Oi8en4bPrR
Is there a name for the dreadful vibey art style in this Labbatt Blue ad from the 70s? Also weirdly missing from this Toronto scene is the CN Tower, which very much existed at the time, though maybe unfinished (First Canadian Place in the middle was built at about the same time)
Some lovely 1970s futurism in this classic Toronto sign, now sadly gone (along with the ability to open windows on the streetcar)
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