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• Jerrold commented on Toronto's Queen St W burns
  blogTO readers have been sending us photos all day, and there's a lot of conspiracy talk going on in the comments. Rumours are abounding that there was a meth lab involved, and other theories that put big box developers in the spotlight. Such a shame that this block was lost....
• prom77 commented on Toronto's Queen St W burns
  This is tragic. I only visit TO occasionally, but this neighbourhood represents everything good about that town. Please God, I hope landowners don't use this fire as an excuse to gentrify (not sure that's the right word in this context) the area with big box stores and other eyesore crap. I suspect Torontonians will need to fight to let Queen Street keep its character....
• plousia commented on Toronto's Queen St W burns
  Went running down that way tonight. Place still crawling with firetrucks, police vehicles, firefighters, policemen, emergency services, etc. Would have made an amazing photoshoot, had I my camera and tripod with me. Looks like BlogTO readers got some great shots though. Maybe will meander down there tomorrow, if I have the time....
• bobsyeruncle commented on Toronto's Queen St W burns
  Oh, man that sucks. Sure, Suspect Video has 2 locations, but the Queen St. store had a better selection -- more 1-of-a-kind videos....
• davedelaney commented on Toronto's Queen St W burns
  I great up in Suspect. It's truly tragic. I would love to see a park built in place of the now 14 buildings destroyed! 14 people! Of course, it'll end up being condos and another Gap store. Sigh. I blogged about how important Suspect was to me: http://blog.davemadethat.com/2008/02/20/a-piece-of-my-history-is-destroyed/ Thanks for posting this story BoingBoing. Dave...