Department Store and Discount Store

ed: Vince Talotta / Toronto Star By Michelle McQuigge The Canadian Press Tues., May 23, 2017 Theatregoers in Toronto will soon come face to face with a piece of local history that once represented a new beginning for generations of newcomers to the city, according to Toronto Star. The glitzy, illuminated sign that once graced the front of the iconic Honest Ed's department store was being dismantled Tuesday, months after the store itself sold its last bargain-priced item. The sign will have a new home over an entrance to the Ed Mirvish Theatre. The sign will be refurbished and find a new home over an entrance to the Ed Mirvish Theatre, named for the man who founded the discount store on his way to becoming one of the city's leading impresarios. Although the sign was installed in 1984, more than 30 years after Mirvish first opened the store known for its rock-bottom prices and occasional giveaways, it became a prominent and beloved landmark to residents and visitors alike. Read more Honest Ed's famous sign gives its final farewell Keenan Article Continued Below Honest Ed's sign to be removed today Honest Ed's signs no longer so cheap cheap cheap, as resale value goes up up up Honest Ed's signs Wanted react-empty 161 Here's how Toronto said farewell to Honest Ed'sThe brightly-hued sign, measuring 9.14 metres tall by 18.28 metres wide and comprised of nearly a dozen smaller placards, featured 23,000 bulbs loudly displaying the words Honest Ed's. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.