It is a sad day Jenney and I'll be watching the local news to see how the auction went.
I guess I started going to Sam's in the late 60's/early 70's..For a kid from the suburbs taking the bus and subway to Yonge St. was quite daring back then! For some summers the city even closed Yonge St. to vehicles! It was awesome. So many things to see and all the people walking around listening to street musicians and partying. It was certainly a very different atmosphere than now. I bought only some of my albums at Sam's but did spend a lot of time just walking around inside. There was a Sam's at a plaza near where we lived. One of the last Sam's around closed just a few years ago in a mall near where I live now.
For the last several years when I've had a room facing south down Yonge at the Delta for the Massey shows I loved to look out and see the signs just a block or so away..The city has changed so much from when I was a kid but it really has changed in the last 20 years. Sadly I don't think some of the changes have been for the good.
I'll be in Toronto this weekend but not sure if I'll make it over before Sams closes.
Maybe it's better that way.
If I do get over I'll snap some pics..
Maybe someone from EMP will buy the Lightfoot stuff for him while he's out of town.
I think the last thing I bought at Sam's was the new Ron Sexsmith CD a while back.
check
www.torontosun.com and
www.thestar.com and
www.citynews.ca for coverage.
[ June 27, 2007, 06:29: Message edited by: charlene ]