At Queen St W., we turned east, past Bathurst, past Spadina and ending the walk after meeting Reg Hartt over by where the Bamboo Club used to be, back in the day.

It seems that much of that stretch of Queen West has changed a lot since I last spent any kind of time there. During the 80s and 90s I lived on Ossington Avenue and on Niagara Street. Queen West seems to have become more upscale. I didn’t recognize many of the businesses.

We were surprised at all the magic mushroom shops that have opened up on the north side of Queen St. When did that happen?

Once we passed Spadina I could hear the sound of somebody stapling papers up to street poles. This turned out to be none other than film presenter Reg Hartt. He and his street posters have been around this part of the city as long as I can remember. Mr. Hartt left us with some advice.