Comments on: Yonge & Bloor, Glittering Shithole of Toronto-the-Shabby

By: This. That. No Other. » Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Ass

This. That. No Other. » Don’t Let the Door Hit You on the Ass — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 12:38:28 +0000

[...] wounded my psyche on a daily basis was nonetheless intact. The development of 1 Bloor, of which I have previously written, teetered dangerously in the direction of dissolving and was offered a last-minute reprieve, albeit [...]

By: franchize

franchize — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:53:50 +0000

Holy shit, do you ever have a positive day in your life?…..Every other city the size of this city is perfect, much cleaner, and everyone does a better job than Toronto does….you’ve got it all figured out, so go run for mayor

By: Toronto Up Close: Yonge & Charles | This. That. No Other.

Toronto Up Close: Yonge & Charles | This. That. No Other. — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 01:12:55 +0000

[...] done lately? We haven’t visited Toronto’s Yonge/Bloor district — aka the “Glittering Shithole of Toronto-the-Shabby” — lately. So, hey, let’s [...]

By: Bandit

Bandit — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:19:39 +0000

Ugh. What ever happened to this city? So much promise squandered. All that’s left are the cigarette butts uncovered by the melting snow. Will that condo even be built now that every thing has gone down the tubes or will it remain a barren eyesore for the next decade?

By: Rick

Rick — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 17:37:04 +0000

Every time I try to read this post I am thwarted from proceeding beyond the title by the absolute beauty of the phrase, ‘Glittering shithole.’ Honestly, you could have posted a single photo of a cotton plant after that and I would have been delighted. Somewhere in Bizarro World there’s got to be a plantation near Savannah with this phrase for its name.

(“Howdy Y’all! Welcome to Glittering Shithole!”)

By: Cate

Cate — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 13:26:07 +0000

Oh, god, I work in a building on the Bloor part of the blue fences of the Bloor St. Beautification Project, and it’s hell. I almost get hit by a car every day crossing the street, and a few weeks ago, I had to watch some poor guy trying to make a huge delivery to the next-door restaurant, except he went down the wrong unmarked blue-fence corridor. The sidewalk was so bad that he kept dropping the big wheel of cheese from on top of his cart. (Avoid cheese dishes at the restaurant above the Spotted Dick, BTW.)

I did attend the ceremonial wrecking in the summer and heard the tacky condo PR woman describe the 1 Bloor corner as the “Manhattan of Toronto,” though. I’m half-American, and even I was offended.

By: KnuckleCrack

KnuckleCrack — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 05:37:34 +0000

1) I always thought it was cornered-off and you have enlightened me to: “cordoned-off.”
2) Omg! you’re like sooo over it.
3) eww-a!
4) What’s the deal and why aren’t you running for City Supervisor?

bstewart23: The photos, Eric. It’s the photos that hold me back.

By: Steph

Steph — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:53:34 +0000

Actually, NOW is usually delivered Wednesday nights. Even worse!

bstewart23: Right you are, Steph. Wednesday! Oh, you know, they were probably all busy and stuff and just haven’t gotten around to bringing the bundle in.

By: Glark

Glark — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:43:55 +0000

Yeah, I don’t miss that. I did enjoy that you took the time to add it some fancy snowflake animation to your site but there’s only one flake. It’s very fitting for the author.

bstewart23: Har, Dave.

By: rptrcub

rptrcub — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 22:15:52 +0000

That looks like Frosty the Snowman’s shit up there.