adHominem
Senior Member
I believe it wraps around the corner and fronts onto Bloor as well as the square.
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I believe it wraps around the corner and fronts onto Bloor as well as the square.
vatche
Senior Member
It does.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I still mourn for The Irish Shop, which used to be there.
marsh
Active Member
Does the glass extension mean that the patio around the Church will be lost? That would be a shame. Its such a lovely little square.
On another note, I find the Christmas decorations along Bloor a little underwhelming.
I remember going to New York City near Christmas one year and walking along 5th avenue and all the store windows were elaborately decorated. The street was so beautiful and it was so much fun to check out the windows.
I wish the Bloor Street merchants could get there act together and do something similar.
On another note, I find the Christmas decorations along Bloor a little underwhelming.
I remember going to New York City near Christmas one year and walking along 5th avenue and all the store windows were elaborately decorated. The street was so beautiful and it was so much fun to check out the windows.
I wish the Bloor Street merchants could get there act together and do something similar.
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gabe
Guest
I find in general all Christmas decorations downtown underwhelming, especially the Eaton Centre. Of course now a days they're called "holiday decorations" 
japrologue
Active Member
I dun think they would have 2m glass extension on the west side. From what i c on the pic, those black pillars have been there since revitalization
taal
Senior Member
hmm I'm suprised about the Eaton center comment. Did you see the giant reindeer they have (some are 3+ floors tall!) ... I have never seen anything like that in New York ...
It seems the Eaton center did a much better job this year then most.
Bloor street it self is OK I agree, though the lighting features across the strip (by the BIA) in the planters are nice at night, during the day they're a bit plain as there's nothing really else other then the lights.
It seems the Eaton center did a much better job this year then most.
Bloor street it self is OK I agree, though the lighting features across the strip (by the BIA) in the planters are nice at night, during the day they're a bit plain as there's nothing really else other then the lights.
ardwold1
Active Member
Sermoneta Gloves has opened, and by the looks of it Fogal is set to very soon. And it seems as though the rumours are true- Porsche Design is set to open on Bloor in the very near future. Still waiting for announcements for the other vacant spots! Does anyone know what the deal is with the supposed Brooks Brothers Collegiate space at St. George?
ACT7
Active Member
There was a Brooks Brothers magazine in the Globe the other day, and they specified that 262 Bloor Street was opening in Spring 2012. That's the latest information I saw.
ACT7
Active Member
So here's the deal with Victorinox...it's technically a pop-up store right now, and they will be closing in January, BUT they are re-opening in April with their flagship in the same location - three floors of everything they carry. It's got to be one of their biggest stores, certainly in N.A.
Also, there are two luxury retail spots availabe at the new Four Seasons - the rumour I heard was that this is where Breitling is going as well as possibly H. Stern.
Also, there are two luxury retail spots availabe at the new Four Seasons - the rumour I heard was that this is where Breitling is going as well as possibly H. Stern.
marsh
Active Member
Sermoneta and Fogal shops have opened up. Look nice and its great to see the space being used, but I have to wonder how they will do in this economy.
Nil-in-TO
New Member
Sermoneta
I purchased several pairs of Sermoneta gloves in Rome about 5 years ago. Their gloves are simply gorgeous. One of the pairs I bought were these two color driving gloves with orange stitching that screamed sexy. I'm glad to see they opened in Toronto, after New York and Chicago. I am also curious as to how they will do. That particular location on Bloor is not great.
I purchased several pairs of Sermoneta gloves in Rome about 5 years ago. Their gloves are simply gorgeous. One of the pairs I bought were these two color driving gloves with orange stitching that screamed sexy. I'm glad to see they opened in Toronto, after New York and Chicago. I am also curious as to how they will do. That particular location on Bloor is not great.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I dropped by the m0851 store ( which opened about a month ago, I believe ) in Bayview Village today, and they claim that their new store on Avenue Road will open next Thursday.
marsh
Active Member
From the Star today:
Accessity accessories boutique is closing shop at 136 Cumberland St. after 32 years.
“Whoopi bought 16 hats one year,” recalls owner Oriella Stillo.
Celebrities from Halle Berry to Carol Burnett shopped at Accessity for yummy costume jewellery, Italian gloves and scarves, hosiery, statement belts and bits and pieces of clothing.
Shania Twain bought Avindy, a jewellery line featuring semi-precious stones. Keanu Reeves bought gifts for his mother and sister.
“Who didn’t shop here?” asks Stillo. “Marcello Mastroianni did. So did everyone from Heather Locklear to Jennifer Love Hewitt, who came in every second day when she was here shooting.” Barbara Amiel Black buys all of her tights at the shop, she adds.
The deal breaker was renewing the lease. Stillo would be locked in for another decade.
“He is a wonderful landlord. It has nothing to do with him,” Stillo says. “I asked myself if I still wanted to do this for another 10 years.”
The retail landscape has changed enormously over three decades, says Stillo. “This area 30 years ago was made up of independent stores. The chains came in and took over Bloor St.”
The shuttering of small, independent retailers like Accessity is bad news for the young Canadian designers Stillo nurtured. Her shop was the first to carry Toronto jewellery designer Rita D, for example.
“Who else is going to mentor the young talent?,” she demands. “The face of retail these days is really, really high end or really, really low end. Target is coming; Marshalls is here. The indie retailers are disappearing. ” .
And chain stores don’t offer the same the personalized service either, says Stillo.
“I will talk to people, make them an espresso. I remember what they bought and tell them, ‘No, you don’t need that.’ That kind of service is gone.”
Regular client Janice Kussner, chic in red coat and a Christopher Kon handbag she purchased at Accessity, has been shopping there since 1986.
“Accessity is an outstanding retailer and merchandiser,” she says. “You come here and it feels like home – I’ve come in just to say hello. I never felt any pressure to buy. ”
Stillo is mulling over her future. “I’ll do something; I can’t sit still. I’ll take the summer off for the first time in my life. I have been working since I was 15.”
Stillo stresses she is not bankrupt. “I operated with integrity and I am closing with integrity. All suppliers will be paid. I have a clean slate and a good reputation. If I decide to do something again, it will be an asset.”
Acccessity is having a going-out-of-business sale with items reduced from 30 to 70 per cent off.
“I have the lease until April,” Stillo says. “If I sell out earlier, I will leave earlier. The landlord is so accommodating.”
But over at UPC, the edgy, New-York-meets-Queen-West boutique at 128 ½ Cumberland St. – closing at the end of January – the landlord isn’t so compliant.
“It is the end of the lease,” explains co-owner Maha Zeibak, who opened five years ago with partner Anat Lowe. “We signed the lease when the economy was at its height. Eight months later, the recession hit and the landlord wouldn’t budge to reflect the times.”
Canadian lines like Chloe Comme Parris, Travis Taddeo, Paris Li and Heidi Ackerman will have to find another home.
UPC is on sale at 30 per cent off, with 50 off starting Boxing Day.
“The experience has been incredible,” Zeibak says. “We are both leaving feeling good about what we have accomplished. We will be back. We will do something in Toronto – something exciting, different and creative.”
Accessity accessories boutique is closing shop at 136 Cumberland St. after 32 years.
“Whoopi bought 16 hats one year,” recalls owner Oriella Stillo.
Celebrities from Halle Berry to Carol Burnett shopped at Accessity for yummy costume jewellery, Italian gloves and scarves, hosiery, statement belts and bits and pieces of clothing.
Shania Twain bought Avindy, a jewellery line featuring semi-precious stones. Keanu Reeves bought gifts for his mother and sister.
“Who didn’t shop here?” asks Stillo. “Marcello Mastroianni did. So did everyone from Heather Locklear to Jennifer Love Hewitt, who came in every second day when she was here shooting.” Barbara Amiel Black buys all of her tights at the shop, she adds.
The deal breaker was renewing the lease. Stillo would be locked in for another decade.
“He is a wonderful landlord. It has nothing to do with him,” Stillo says. “I asked myself if I still wanted to do this for another 10 years.”
The retail landscape has changed enormously over three decades, says Stillo. “This area 30 years ago was made up of independent stores. The chains came in and took over Bloor St.”
The shuttering of small, independent retailers like Accessity is bad news for the young Canadian designers Stillo nurtured. Her shop was the first to carry Toronto jewellery designer Rita D, for example.
“Who else is going to mentor the young talent?,” she demands. “The face of retail these days is really, really high end or really, really low end. Target is coming; Marshalls is here. The indie retailers are disappearing. ” .
And chain stores don’t offer the same the personalized service either, says Stillo.
“I will talk to people, make them an espresso. I remember what they bought and tell them, ‘No, you don’t need that.’ That kind of service is gone.”
Regular client Janice Kussner, chic in red coat and a Christopher Kon handbag she purchased at Accessity, has been shopping there since 1986.
“Accessity is an outstanding retailer and merchandiser,” she says. “You come here and it feels like home – I’ve come in just to say hello. I never felt any pressure to buy. ”
Stillo is mulling over her future. “I’ll do something; I can’t sit still. I’ll take the summer off for the first time in my life. I have been working since I was 15.”
Stillo stresses she is not bankrupt. “I operated with integrity and I am closing with integrity. All suppliers will be paid. I have a clean slate and a good reputation. If I decide to do something again, it will be an asset.”
Acccessity is having a going-out-of-business sale with items reduced from 30 to 70 per cent off.
“I have the lease until April,” Stillo says. “If I sell out earlier, I will leave earlier. The landlord is so accommodating.”
But over at UPC, the edgy, New-York-meets-Queen-West boutique at 128 ½ Cumberland St. – closing at the end of January – the landlord isn’t so compliant.
“It is the end of the lease,” explains co-owner Maha Zeibak, who opened five years ago with partner Anat Lowe. “We signed the lease when the economy was at its height. Eight months later, the recession hit and the landlord wouldn’t budge to reflect the times.”
Canadian lines like Chloe Comme Parris, Travis Taddeo, Paris Li and Heidi Ackerman will have to find another home.
UPC is on sale at 30 per cent off, with 50 off starting Boxing Day.
“The experience has been incredible,” Zeibak says. “We are both leaving feeling good about what we have accomplished. We will be back. We will do something in Toronto – something exciting, different and creative.”
japrologue
Active Member
LV at Bloor on Dec 17
