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A lot of the buildings [in Toronto] around Yonge and Bloor is the architectural equivalent of Kipper Ties and 8 collar points. It's ghastly and no amount of street-level retail glitz can lift it.

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William Gibson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: March 17
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William Ford Gibson
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