Oh dude... I'm sooooo sorry! I called Daniel as soon as I heard. I'm totally dumb struck. That was the last block of old Queen W. The final nail in the coffin.

And I cannot imagine what Mr. Duke will go through when he sees the store he's worked almost all of his 80 or so years. I was just in there on the weekend chatting with Derek and Gary. Brutal.

Oh and speaking of the 1904 fire, this is my absolute FAVOURITE and cannot stop watching since I found it - ironically - just a few weeks ago: http://www.toronto.ca/fire/news/100/index.htm