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• Sam Wong says:

  April 24, 2011 at 3:42 pm

  Don’t’ have the background but here’s an example in Toronto: http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=north+york&aq=&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=33.487161,93.076172&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=North+York,+Toronto,+Toronto+Division,+Ontario&ll=43.774634,-79.410188&spn=0.002281,0.005681&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=43.7746,-79.410343&panoid=MlEqs5vPrqB5BMWydUHXDw&cbp=12,344.8,,0,3.23
• Dave Brough says:

  April 24, 2011 at 11:36 pm

  I remember well a David vs Goliath brouhaha between a tailorshop owner against developers that resulted in Toronto’s ‘spike’. At the time it was q
  600 parliament st toronto Ontario
• Dave Brough says:

  April 24, 2011 at 11:41 pm

  I remember well a similar David vs Goliath brouhaha between a tailorshop owner and developers of Canada’s largest highrise that resulted in Toronto’s ‘spike’. It’s still there, albeit a lot purdied-up from when I lived there. Google Streetview “600 Parliament St Toronto Ontario”
• NickChu says:

  April 25, 2011 at 12:09 am

  @ Sam

  Nice find! I wonder if there’s anymore near that area – esp with the new condos going up.

  @ Dave

  Are you referring to Del-Ray cleaners? I presume the cleaners won that case since I don’t see any high-rises nearby!
• Dave Brough says:

  April 25, 2011 at 12:06 pm

  @ NickChu

  Not sure if it’s Del Ray Cleaners or not, Nick. Streetview (600 Parliament St Toronto) should take you to the corner of Parliament and Wellesley. Go north a couple hundred meters and treed-in and looking half presentable on the west side is ‘New World Cleaners’. In the late 60’s I lived two blocks away and ran a youth club and I was sort of in the middle of it. The whole street had been attached row housing, and when the developers tore everything else down, they deliberately left everything hanging out, so to speak – lathing, even plumbing pipes sticking out and for the longest time the place was ‘the bad haircut’. I can’t locate any news stories in my search, but my recollection was that it was owned by a tailor and that there was, in fact, a dry cleaners associated. Googing “St. Jamestown” brings no mention, which is kind of sad, since it really is a great story.
• NickChu says:

  April 25, 2011 at 10:39 pm

  @ Dave Brough

  Did a quick google search. Found this bit of info at Urban Toronto if you want to take a look

  http://urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?5027-Queen-Portland-Lofts-Condos-(Tribute-RioCan-9s-Turner-Fleischer)

  It talks about the many holdouts (i.e. spikes) in Toronto.