Torontovibe
Senior Member
What about the "Sam The Record Man" sign? Where does it fit into all of this? I want to see that iconic sign back on Yonge Street. We need to keep those things that give Yonge Street some character.
What about the "Sam The Record Man" sign? Where does it fit into all of this? I want to see that iconic sign back on Yonge Street. We need to keep those things that give Yonge Street some character.
I don't know about that. To me the Sam's sign seems destined to be one of those things that "seemed like a big deal at the time."
FromBut now neighbours are ganging up to oppose the project, mainly because, with its entrance on Gould instead of Yonge, the university centre ignores the storied retail character that gives Yonge Street its reputation.
From“This structure is so completely incompatible with its surroundings,†writes Jane Beecroft of the Community History Project, in comments collected with Ryerson’s rezoning application. “The proposal may be very trendy, avant-garde, 21st century, but it does not ‘address the city’ as Christopher Hume suggests, but rather blows a raspberry at Yonge Street.â€
This is a pic of the rendering taken from the application sign on site. Notice the 'Sam the Record Man' sign near the bottom of the pic.
Whoops! That looks like the wrong sign!
No doubt it's a sop to the nostalgists, but I agree with the other posters that it's time to move on from Sam's. Any commemoration on that building would look just ridiculous (and I say that as someone who wasted countless hours within Sam's grungy confines in the 70s and 80s.)