Design Exchange: Scuffed Scrap and Craft Breweries

design exchange: Instagram feeds glowed with arty angles of its Vegas-style neon sign, according to Toronto Star. The Centre for Social Innovation joined local artists, craft breweries and the Design Exchange to rock the funky shell of the old store for a Farewell weekend of installations and parties. Rick Madonik / Toronto Star By Karen von Hahn Fashion Columnist Sat., March 18, 2017 It was interesting, the rush of nostalgia for Honest Ed's as it finally closed its doors for good. Weeks beforehand, people who hadn't been there in years were lined up to buy anything a bent and scuffed scrap of paper advertising Jergen's Lotion for 3.99 so long as it qualified as Honest Edwardiana some examples of which, of course, are already up for resale on eBay and Kijiji . Not only do I have several friends who developed a sort of addiction to Ed's signage and kept going back for more, I, too, found myself visiting the old discounter on more than one occasion to pick over the scraps. In its best years, back when Ed himself was alive and kicking, you were guaranteed to find something truly great amidst the dreck a quality, Italian-made aluminum frying pan; obscure reggae recordings on vinyl; real Hungarian paprika or simple, all-cotton baby onesies are among the treasures I recall bringing home over the years. And while there was something sort of sad about all the hipsters the same types who will end up living in the condo that will replace the store on the site picking over its carcass, I decided not to feel badly about it because I really did love and frequent the store. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.