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| - if youve seen one dollar store youve seen them all. this would hold true for all the dollar stores in toronto. why? because theyve got babkes in terms of character. well scroll back a half a century and enter Ed Mirvish.
Ed Mirvish was a toronto icon and an icon in terms of torontos theatre community. for better or for worse, he obviously loved the performing arts so much so, that he managed to build and save large theatres within the city in which we now enjoy blockbuster musicals and the occasional straight play. He also was a very generous man, as stated above and below my review, with his doling out of turkeys and such. so, lets just say, that a man like this doesnt go unnoticed both locally by rich or poor alike.
the products youll find in the store will not break YOUR pocketbook perhaps, but as a neighbourhood store it has a billion - not useless - things (are pots, plates, food, hardware, clothes, furniture, appliances - the same stuff, albeit, basic models, that you can find in the bay - useless?).
the answer is a resounding no - regardless of anyone's opinion. surely there are a whole bunch of cheesy things to match the cheesy sign, but more useful items, necessary items that are made affordable for most of the families, students and general folk living in the city.
ed mirvish was easily ahead of his time concerning his culture, his generation, and as an entrepreneur in the city in which he lived.
of its kind, it is the best and unparalleled in its historic and local cultural value.
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