{"id":1540,"date":"2007-02-16T18:56:59","date_gmt":"2007-02-16T22:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2013-01-21T13:04:53","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T18:04:53","slug":"a-northern-flight-up-bathurst-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/02\/16\/a-northern-flight-up-bathurst-street\/","title":{"rendered":"A northern flight up Bathurst Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/25\/35746731_bbc6657442.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nSpacing&#8217;s associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote the lead City article in this week&#8217;s <em>Eye Weekly<\/em> about the <a href=\"http:\/\/eyeweekly.com\/eye\/issue\/issue_02.15.07\/city\/news.php\">life and times of Bathurst Street<\/a>. Shawn&#8217;s bi-weekly Stroll column has now morphed into a once-a-month feature in a similar style as his previous columns, but longer now. As usual, he paints a colourful picture of Toronto&#8217;s intriguing history.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>At first glance, Bathurst is not a pretty street. They don&#8217;t sell postcards featuring it, but it&#8217;s a street that means a great deal to Toronto. Particularly so for the Jewish community, which has roughly followed it while migrating around the city over the years. Its delights are often subtle and best experienced on foot, but Bathurst&#8217;s extreme length should be explored in manageable chunks, getting to know a bit at a time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read the <a href=\"http:\/\/eyeweekly.com\/eye\/issue\/issue_02.15.07\/city\/news.php\">full article<\/a> and check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eyeweekly.com\/eye\/issue\/issue_02.15.07\/city\/news_2.php\">photo slideshow<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spacing&#8217;s associate editor Shawn Micallef wrote the lead City article in this week&#8217;s Eye Weekly about the life and times of Bathurst Street. Shawn&#8217;s bi-weekly Stroll column has now morphed into a once-a-month feature in a similar style as his previous columns, but longer now. 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