blogTO's Derek Flack shares links and images of the plans for Mirvish Village in five years' time.

With the doors to Honest Ed's officially closed for good, it's time to turn our attention to the future of Mirvish Village. We now have a much better of idea of what it'll look like that thanks to the most recent planning documents filed by site ( Read more... )

blogTO's Amy Grief looks at the speculation in Koreatown as to what will happen to this Bloor West neighbourhood after Honest Ed's and Mirvish Village are gone.

Mirvish Village is vacant and Honest Ed's had its big goodbye party this past weekend. The end is nigh for the southwest corner of Bloor and Bathurst as the wrecking ball slowly swoops in ( Read more... )

The Globe and Mail's Alex Bozikovic really quite likes the proposed redevelopment of the area of Honest Ed's and Mirvish Village.

Mirvish Village is dead. Long live Mirvish Village. In the area near Honest Ed’s this week, workers had put up fences around a string of Victorian houses on Markham Street, preparing to gut them, while creatives ( Read more... )

NOW Toronto's Susan G. Cole reports on An Honest Farewell, this weekend's ongoing festivities surrounding the closing of Honest Ed's. I really do like this urban initiative, and I have been and will be taking part in it: I went to the community market in the old Bad Boys space just now, and tomorrow morning I will be doing the art maze. (Photos, ( Read more... )

In another article, the Toronto Star's Laura Beeston suggests that a Toronto museum of local neon signs is a viable idea. My attention is piqued, at least.

Mark Garner has a neon dream ( Read more... )

The Toronto Star's Laura Beeston describes a fantastic-sounding farewell weekend of parties and celebrations at Honest Ed's. I must get in on this, somehow.

A group of volunteers had a mission when they got keys to the city’s most famous bargain department store in the first week of February ( Read more... )

• blogTO looks at deserted Mirvish Village.
• Crooked Timber reenages with the Rachel Carson and DDT myth.
• The Crux looks at the Mandela Effect, exploring false memories.
• Dangerous Minds makes the case for the musical genius of Bobbie Gentry.
• From the Heart of Europe's Nicholas Whyte recounts his visit to Albania's bunker museum.

Edward Keenan's column in the Toronto Star about the impulse behind the preservation of the Honest Ed's sign reminds me of what others have called "façadism". On the whole, I think I prefer this impulse: If we can salvage something, why not?

There are good and bad examples, just as there are beautiful and hideous buildings of every vintage, but, ( Read more... )

The relocation of the iconic Honest Ed's sign downtown from the Annex to the Ed Mirvish Theatre was shared by, among others, the Toronto Star's Laura Beeston.

A portion of the Honest Ed’s sign will be saved and relocated when the former site of the iconic Toronto discount store is demolished in the spring, Mirvish Productions announced Wednesday ( Read more... )

CBC News' Kate McGillivray reports on how the latest plans for the Honest Ed's site will retain something, at least, of the old character of Mirvish Village.

Revisions to the plan for the site of iconic department store Honest Ed's will see more heritage buildings saved and feature a larger public park, according to the city's planning website ( Read more... )