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Church-Wellesley Village

JasonParis said:
More popular in Europe, but Toronto has had a few over the years. Basically, you pay a cover, cruise, and don't have to go through the same process one would at a bathhouse - towel/shower, locker/room, etc.
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As posted earlier today in the Then and Now photo thread when discussing the Dominion supermarkets It's mainly about the meat.
 
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JasonParis said:
More popular in Europe, but Toronto has had a few over the years. Basically, you pay a cover, cruise, and don't have to go through the same process one would at a bathhouse - towel/shower, locker/room, etc.
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I wish there were a straight version of a cruise box! 👉👌😈
 
re: Glad Day:

www.torontotoday.ca

Glad Day Lit secures Queen West event space

The non-profit arm of Glad Day Bookshop, the world's oldest queer book store, said the move is not a 'long-term solution' but will offer stability as bookshop could close in June
www.torontotoday.ca www.torontotoday.ca

Bit of an odd move. And honestly - we know bookselling in the age of Amazon is not great - but frankly the management under the new ownership sucked. Their offering felt more like a lit-project than something more encyclopediac (and unabashedly sexual at times).

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The City is looking for residents of Church-Wellesley to participate in a Community Advisory Committee for a new park at 15 Wellesley Street East.
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AlvinofDiaspar said:
Perhaps they should fix Barbara Hall Park and the streetscape around it first. They couldn't even honour the history at that locale.

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In fairness to the City there is money for Barbara Hall Park..........though not enough........and they don't have a complete understanding of how to address the issues, yet...........

But.........they are getting closer.

IF you look over at the 2 Cawthra thread.........they've picked up my idea to add the road Right-of-Way to the park......

I'm encouraged...........
 
Anybody know what's going on with The Croissant Tree at Church & Charles? I haven't been paying close attention, but they've been closed for at least a week (probably more) with a sign on the door saying closed for emergency.

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AlvinofDiaspar said:
Perhaps they should fix Barbara Hall Park and the streetscape around it first. They couldn't even honour the history at that locale.
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Can we please add some on-foot policing, healthcare support and municipal cleanup to the Church–Wellesley area? Yesterday I invited a friend from out of town to dine at the Artful Dodger at Isabella and Yonge, and then walked them to Sherbourne Stn before walking home. Here's my route:

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And it was an absolute circus of lawlessness, human despair and litter. My friend was asking me, why do you live here? In George Hislop Park I saw at least a dozen people openly shooting up and smoking crack pipes, including three bent over zombies that looked right out of Michael Jackson's Thriller. How can this open drug use be allowed, where are the cops? Of course this always falls back onto the argument, what do we want the police to do, if we arrest them, where do they go? But the solution can't be that the police just abandon an area. Build the hospitals, rehab/supports, courts and prisons necessary to remove this scourge from the area. And addicted persons aside, can we have the litter cleaned up? Those who live in the Church–Wellesley area deserve to have the same quality of life as anywhere else in this city.
 

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AlvinofDiaspar said:
re: Glad Day:

www.torontotoday.ca

Glad Day Lit secures Queen West event space

The non-profit arm of Glad Day Bookshop, the world's oldest queer book store, said the move is not a 'long-term solution' but will offer stability as bookshop could close in June
www.torontotoday.ca www.torontotoday.ca

Bit of an odd move. And honestly - we know bookselling in the age of Amazon is not great - but frankly the management under the new ownership sucked. Their offering felt more like a lit-project than something more encyclopediac (and unabashedly sexual at times).

AoD
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I will just say, I know Michael Erickson and I can't imagine another person who would have poured more of his heart and soul into the vain struggle to keep Glad Day afloat for the last decade. Bookstores are just an impossible proposition in a high rent area like Church Street. Michael told me that the vast majority of Glad Day's sales used to be pornography, and when that went away, the store (even since it was on Yonge) has basically been on life support. The margins on most books are thin, and if books get too damaged in the store to return you have to just keep a damaged book around or sell it at a discount. And the sexy books get stolen. The last time I went in, the books were mostly just damaged copies - clearly stuff they couldn't return but they also were having so few sales they couldn't bring in new books. It's a negative feedback loop. And the event space part was supposed to help support the bookstore part, but it, too, has struggled in the last few years due to lockdowns and inflation.

I say this as a gay male reader and writer - I think we also have to admit that gay/queer books just don't have a readership that is wide enough to support a bookstore that only sells those books, particularly in the age of Instagram, TikTok and OnlyFans.

I think Glad Day is basically done and that Michael needs to just accept this. It's sad, but I don't see a clear path forward for viability.
 
Hi: It’s been a long time since I lived here and wondering what this event space is as it is new. Thanks!

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rdaner said:
Hi: It’s been a long time since I lived here and wondering what this event space is as it is new. Thanks!
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The old coach house was demolished for a condominium that is now standing. The Wellspring foundation that operated there and give the laneway its name moved elsewhere. I don't think there is an event centre in this location.
 
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