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  1. LordWanker

    Maria by Callas

    A long overdue bio-pic on the legendary Maria Callas:
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    Sidewalk Lab's OldTO

    Imagine the City of Toronto Archives' photo collection being mapped.... https://oldtoronto.sidewalklabs.com/# Approximately 30000+ photos have been incorporated with plans to include other media sources in the future.
  3. LordWanker

    Would you purchase a house/condo that has a stigma associated with it?

    A current example would be the dwelling of the recently deceased Shermans . Not only do you have a suspicious death, there are questions about the quality of the workmanship too. If the deceased owners were able to recoupe $2 million in damages from the trade groups ( from the original build...
  4. LordWanker

    The Green Line

    Source The path will start just north of Dupont and begins at Spadina to Landsdowne. Someone already indicated a strong candidate for a second green path, namely the hydro corridor from Willowridge ( Eglinton/Martingrove) to almost Dundas.
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    Old New York City

    Concept: Using a map to see how New York City was like, that is mapping historical photos from the NYPL Link
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    Important public message........( mildly NSFW)

    http://youtu.be/oGgByLLQwSw
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    TCHC and Their Cabbagetown Heritage Home Quandary

    From http://www.thestar.com/business/article/1224009--cabbagetown-heritage-homes-disintegrating-and-activists-blame-tchc It is really hard to say what will become of this situation. While understanding the need to "properly" maintain these historical buildings with appropriate era...
  8. LordWanker

    The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World

    The title is self explanatory.... http://flavorwire.com/254434/the-20-most-beautiful-bookstores-in-the-world
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    National Jukebox is now online

    Link: http://www.loc.gov/jukebox/ Seeing how there are visual threads about the past, how about something to act as the soundtrack? The tracks are circa 1901 through 1925: 10,000 ready-to-audit recordings made by the Victor Talking Machine Company. Have fun....
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    Music Videos Featuring Toronto

    Hate to post and run but http://torontoist.com/2011/01/toronto_music_videos.php has some great ( and not so great) videos shot during the 1980s with various places in Toronto being the backdrop. There are some more gems in the Comments section, especially those from accozzaglia . Enjoy!
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    A neat experiment in photography

    Take one Wollensak 35mm F5.0 Cine-Velostigmat hand cranked cinema camera lens ( circa 1908) modify the mount to fit a Canon 5D like so: and you get this: All of the shots are raw and unmodified. More info here http://www.cinema5d.com/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=20638&st=0&sk=t&sd=a
  12. LordWanker

    Guédelon Castle: New Medieval Chateau Rises in France

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86p1N-Jm-AQ&feature=player_embedded To all those constantly whining about the pseudo-chateaux being erected around Toronto, this is how it should be done, something that has not been attempted for hundreds of years is slowly appearing – a full scale medieval...
  13. LordWanker

    Switzerland circa 1960

    Source: http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/cushman/index.jsp Insurance Building Reuss river Somewhere in Lucern Reuss riverbank Tower Old Chapel bridge Lucern grey building Pilatus, above Lake of Lucerne Bern Clock Tower Berne, Switzerl'd above the Aare Wengen from Cog...
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    G.U.F.F. - A funky vintage furniture store

    http://guffonline.blogspot.com/ - not much to say except check-it out.
  15. LordWanker

    26-gigapixel photograph of Paris

    France, not Hilton. 354159 x 75570 pixels. Browse and enjoy. http://www.paris-26-gigapixels.com/index-fr.html
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    Cash or Ticket Paying Etiquette

    When faced with a lineup at the TTC booth and all you want is to pay your fare, what would you do?

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