{"id":4101,"date":"2009-03-11T14:12:14","date_gmt":"2009-03-11T19:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/2009\/03\/11\/sam-the-record-man-exposed\/"},"modified":"2009-03-11T14:15:53","modified_gmt":"2009-03-11T19:15:53","slug":"sam-the-record-man-exposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2009\/03\/11\/sam-the-record-man-exposed\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam the Record Man exposed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3556\/3346623645_c36fbd165f.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Walking by the old Sam the Record Man location on Yonge Street on the weekend I noticed the the double record\u00a0 sign facade has been finally taken down (the neon has been removed for a while) revealing the original building below. It was such a cavernous store, and so thoroughly\u00a0 renovated and re-renovated (in a particularly unrenovated-looking style inside), it was a surprise to see hiding underneath is a fairly standard <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/01\/15\/second-empire-look-up\/\">Second Empire<\/a> building, quite common along Yonge Street. The front windows have been bricked up and the dormers on the left have been sheered off and covered with sheet metal. It&#8217;s quite rough, but compelling. A brief vision of old Yonge Street half-preserved, half-decayed.\u00a0 Compare with the Sam&#8217;s we knew better, below.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1131\/606608660_41bf346d68.jpg?v=0\" height=\"333\" width=\"500\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Bottom photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ocad123\/\">ocad123<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walking by the old Sam the Record Man location on Yonge Street on the weekend I noticed the the double record\u00a0 sign facade has been finally taken down (the neon has been removed for a while) revealing the original building below. 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