>> ^pumkinandstorm:

I used to take this subway to Yonge and Bloor every day. MADNESS. I drive downtown now. promote


Thanks for the promote, I'm outfitting my bike with a rack to make the commute in style now

I used to take this subway to Yonge and Bloor every day. MADNESS. I drive downtown now. *promote

>> ^Sarzy:

Pretty sure that's Toronto. canada


Sure is - along Bloor between Spadina & Bathurst

Helluva story. Here's the whole thing from Wiki:

The Christie Pits riot occurred on 16 August 1933 at the Christie Pits (Willowvale Park) playground in Toronto, Canada. The riot can only be understood in the context of the anti-semitism, Swastika clubs and parades and resentment of "foreigners" in Toronto, and the rise of Hitler and the Nazis in Germany in 1933.[1]

The riot, which lasted six hours, broke out after a quarter-final baseball game at Christie Pits Park between two local clubs, Harbord Playground, predominantly Jewish, and St. Peter's, a baseball team sponsored by a church at Bathurst and Bloor.[2]

The riot occurred soon after Adolf Hitler took power in Germany and in the midst of the Great Depression. The Toronto papers, including the Telegram and the Toronto Star, as well as the Yiddish journal, Der Yiddisher Zhurnal, reported on how Jews were being dismissed as lawyers, professors, teachers, etc. in Germany, as well as incidents of violence against them. Thus to Jews the swastika represented degradation and physical violence against Jews, and was inflammatory.[3]

At that time, the Jewish community in Toronto was predominantly poor and working class. They were also the subject of discrimination and were excluded from summer resorts outside of the city. Jewish families and youths in particular would therefore cool off during the hot summer months by staying in town and going to the predominantly Anglo Beaches area in order to swim. This resulted in complaints and resentment from some local residents. Some of the locals formed "Swastika Clubs", which openly displayed the Nazi symbol to express their displeasure and make Jews feel unwanted.[4] The leaders of the Swastika Club initially insisted that the swastika had nothing to do with Hitler. They said they merely wanted to keep the Beach clean. After a meeting with Jewish leaders backed by City officials, the Swastika club agreed to drop its symbol and its name. At that point, several of the members joined the Swastika Association of Canada that was much more open about its links to Hitler.[5]

The night of the riot was the second game between Harbord and St. Peter's. Two nights earlier, at the first game of the series, a swastika had been displayed. Police were warned that there could be trouble at the second game, but those warnings were ignored. After the final out of the second game, Pit Gang members displayed a blanket with a large swastika painted on it. A number of Jewish boys and young men who had heard about the previous Swastika incident rushed the Swastika sign to destroy it, supporters of both sides (including Italians who supported the Jews) from the surrounding area joined in, and a fight started.[6]

The Toronto Daily Star described the event the next day:
“ While groups of Jewish and Gentile youths wielded fists and clubs in a series of violent scraps for possession of a white flag bearing a swastika symbol at Willowvale Park last night, a crowd of more than 10,000 citizens, excited by cries of ‘Heil Hitler’ became suddenly a disorderly mob and surged wildly about the park and surrounding streets, trying to gain a view of the actual combatants, which soon developed in violence and intensity of racial feeling into one of the worst free-for-alls ever seen in the city.

Scores were injured, many requiring medical and hospital attention... Heads were opened, eyes blackened and bodies thumped and battered as literally dozens of persons, young or old, many of them non-combatant spectators, were injured more or less seriously by a variety of ugly weapons in the hands of wild-eyed and irresponsible young hoodlums, both Jewish and Gentile".[7]
”

No one was killed in the riots. There was criticism of the police for not being ready to intervene, as they had been during previous potential problems in the Beach area.[8] After the riot, Mayor Stewart warned against displaying the swastika and there were no further riots.[9]

The riot revealed the xenophobic attitudes toward Jews and other non-Anglo immigrants among Anglo Canadians. Jews represented the largest minority in Toronto in 1933 and were thus a target of xenophobic residents.

In August 2008, a Heritage Toronto plaque was presented to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the riot.

Making a film is as good of an excuse to get some street meat as any.

I enjoyed picking out the locations: Yonge/Bloor, Yonge/Shuter, Bay/Queen, Union Station to name a few... I may just have to cruise over to my guy in front of Sick Kids & grab one now!

>> ^Bruti79:
Actually, this needs a Canada tag. This tattoo shop is at Bathurst and Bloor in Toronto, I live down the street from it.


Thanks, before you mentioned it, I couldn't figure out any tags that would apply to this video...
most tattoos would fall under "art", but this tat doesn't qualify as art (IMHO).

Actually, this needs a Canada tag. This tattoo shop is at Bathurst and Bloor in Toronto, I live down the street from it.

I've not spent much time north of Yonge & Finch, but a few pauses revealed...

NY Centre (near my HS Alma Mater)
401 Underpass
Hoggs Hollow
Belly Buster Submarine (my picture may still be up on the wall...)
Sporting Life
Rose & Crown
Summerhill LCBO
Yonge & Bloor (future/never home of 2 Bloor E)
College Park
Dundas Square
Lake

>> ^furrycloud:
Crazy tornado, eh?


Yeah we normally get some pretty nasty weather all around in Ontario, but this has been the big one so far. Had a few small tornados down by London, Aylmer, and Windsor earlier in the year with next to no damage but this one kicked up some serious stuff from Windsor all the way through to Owen Sound.

EC's damage report from AWCN11 CWTO 210959, more incoming still:
TIME(LCL) LOCATION EVENT DESCRIPTION
1:00 PM SARNIA TREES UPROOTED. DEBRIS ON LAKESHORE RD .
4:15 PM TOWNSHIP OF ROOF RIPPED OF THE CENTRE OF HOME DURHAM HARDWARE BUILDING. LARGE TREES DOWN. SIDING, EAVES TORN FROM THE SIDES OF HOMES OPPOSITE IN DIRECTION OF THE STORM. TRAILER OVERTURNED.
4:40 PM THORNBURY/ TORNADO SIGHTINGS, TREES AND CRAIGLEITH POWER LINES DOWN.
5:10 PM MARKDALE MANY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN.
5:39 PM LONDON TREES DOWN, HIGH WINDS.
6:15 PM 401 WEST OF PEA SIZED HAIL. MILTON
6:15 PM VAUGHAN TORNADO SIGHTED NEAR VAUGHAN MILLS SHOPPING CENTRE.
6:17 PM NEWMARKET CARS FLIPPED OVER.DAVIS DR/HWY 48
6:30 PM DAVIS DR/MCCOWAN HOUSE DAMAGED.
6:30 PM ARNSTEIN/ SWATH OF TREES DOWN IN WOODS SW OF NORTH BEHIND HOME. BAY
6:45 PM MAPLE FUNNEL CLOUD OBSERVED. N OF MAJOR MACKENZIE
6:50 PM WOODBRIDGE MANY HOUSES DAMAGED, CARS FLIPPED,TREES DOWN EVERYWHERE.
6:57 PM NORTH BAY/ WATERSPOUT SIGHTING. MOVED OVER LAND. LAKE NIPPISSING
7:15 PM NORTH BAY FUNNEL CLOUD TO THE NW.
7:16 PM GRAVENHURST TREES UPROOTED. DEBRIS.
7:20 PM EAST GWILLIMBURY BARN DESTROYED.
7:22 PM WATERDOWN 30 MM RAIN.
7:44 PM STOUFFVILLE FUNNEL CLOUD SIGHTED.
7:44 PM ORILLIA TREES UPROOTED. FLOODING ON SIDEROADS.

Adding in unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds in downtown Toronto(Young & Bloor), Woodstock, Aylmer, and St. Thomas. Yeah hell of a storm.

WCN11 CWTO 220023 @ 2000 08/21/09 EC DAMAGE REVIEW
TORNADO LOCATION/PATH DAMAGE OVERVIEW
TORNADO 1 5 KM SW OF DURHAM TO MARKDALE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (ROUGHLY 20 KM) (SIGNIFICANT HOUSE + TRAILER DAMAGE, TREES DOWN, ETC)
TORNADO 2 FROM S OF THORNBURY TO THE SE F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) OF THORNBURY (PATH LENGTH (DETAILS UNKOWN AT UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME) THIS TIME)
TORNADO 3 WOODBRIDGE/VAUGHAN F2 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (SEVERAL KM LONG (HUNDREDS OF HOMES + 50 METRES WIDE) DAMAGED, TREES DOWN, CARS FLIPPED, ETC)
TORNADO 4 NEWMARKET AREA F1 TORNADO DAMAGE (CONFIRMED) (HOCKEY ARENA ALMOST DEMOLISHED)
TORNADO 5 POWASSAN TO NORTH BAY (PATH WATERSPOUT/TORNADO (PROBABLE) LENGTH UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME) SIGHTINGS (DAMAGE DETAILS UNCERTAIN AT THIS TIME)
TORNADO 6 MILTON F1 DAMAGE (POSSIBLE) (SOME ROOF DAMAGE, ETC)

THIS SUMMARY WILL BE UPDATED WITH THE RECEIPT OF NEW UPDATED INFORMATION. NOT OFFICIAL.

*bloor

you haven't seen ugly until you've seen Toronto's OCAD (Ontario College of Art & Design). The Crystal's actually quite nice & looks great at night when all lit up for promotional events.
You can even see a dinosaur skeleton peeking out through one of the windows as you walk past on Bloor street.