[PHOTO] Thirteen photos taken walking down Yonge Street, Friday evening (#toronto, #yongestreet)

I took a walk Friday evening down Yonge Street Friday evening, starting at a quarter to 7 at the Toronto Reference Library just above Bloor and finishing a couple dozen minutes later at Yonge-Dundas Square. The city was tense, but still alive.

[PHOTO] Yonge-Dundas Square, illuminated

[PHOTO] The C64 Mini, $C 59.99

The nostalgia I felt on seeing this device yesterday felt physical to me.

[PHOTO] “May the way forward be clear.”

Yesterday at Yonge-Dundas Square, just across from its flagship store in the Atrium on Bay, MUJI Canada was sponsoring an event, encouraging passers-by to create an ema bearing their wishes for the future. Why not, I thought?

[PHOTO] Me, mirrored at Muji

The temptation for a selfie was obvious.

[PHOTO] Select fountains of Yonge-Dundas Square

[URBAN NOTE] Seven Toronto links: flooding, weather, towers, plants

• Rising water levels on the eastern beaches of Toronto are a growing concern. The Toronto Star reports.
• Earlier this month, a poster at r/toronto shared photos of Toronto Islands flooding, here.
• The City of Toronto is warning of flood risks near the Lake Ontario shoreline. CBC reports.
• blogTO notes the unusually cold weather this May.
• Urban Toronto looks at the Grenadier Square tower near High Park.
• Toronto Life shares photos of the Tokyo Smokes cannabis shop, in the old HMV at Yonge and Dundas.
• James Burt at Spacing identifies some invasive plants in the Toronto area.

[PHOTO] Looking south, Yonge-Dundas Square, amid grey clouds at evening

[PHOTO] East amid the fountains, Yonge-Dundas Square

[URBAN NOTE] Five Toronto links: HMV dispensary, U of T suicide, GoT, real estate, Scarborough

• r/toronto notes, via blogTO, that the old HMV at Yonge and Dundas is set to become a cannabis dispensary.
• The University of Toronto is being criticized by students for its handling of recent suicides and its mental health policies generally. CBC reports.
• blogTO notes that the Ralph Thornton Community Centre in Riverside will be throwing a Game of Thrones-themed festival in May.
• New changes to the regulation of secondary suites may make things easier in the Toronto rental market. CBC reports.
• Urban Toronto reports on two ambitious plans to densify Scarborough Centre.