[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: D-Day, pot shops, YouTube, Toronto Dance Theatre, Crossways
- Jamie Bradburn looks at how, 75 years ago, the media of Toronto responded to D-Day.
- Illegal marijuana shops in Toronto are being literally closed to the public, by the city putting large concrete blocks in their front doorways. blogTO reports.
- YouTube shutting down its space for creators in Toronto is not good news for aspiring local video stars. blogTO reports.
- Christopher House, long-time director of the Toronto Dance Theatre, is leaving his position. NOW Toronto reports.
- Amy Carlberg writes at blogTO about how the Crossways, the giant brutalist apartment towers at Dundas and Bloor, are becoming trendy, with a line of merchandise and the hashtag #crosswayswednesdays on Instagram.
Written by Randy McDonald
June 9, 2019 at 5:30 pm
Posted in Assorted, Economics, History, Popular Culture, Toronto, Urban Note
Tagged with architecture, bloor street west, d-day, dundas street west, fashion, history, journalism, mairjuana, mass media, second world history, shopping, social networking, the crossways, theatre, toronto, toronto dance theatre, Urban Note, youtube