Barber Poles - Union Station, Toronto ON
N 43° 38.702 W 079° 22.834
17T E 630609 N 4833722
Located inside Union Station, there has been a barber onsite since 1873. This barber pole is located just off of the main concourse on the street level.
Waymark Code: WM8A9T
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 02/27/2010
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Imagine if you will, arriving in Toronto for an important business meeting only to realize that your hair is unkempt. What can be done when one is disheveled from the train? Fear not weary traveler! From a 2007 article in
Gordon Brand, who owns a trucking business, stopped by the Union Station Barber Shop, perhaps the only vestige of the station’s former grandeur, to get a haircut from Bruno Villanova, a barber here since 1961.
Read more: here at National Post
But if you really want to read more interesting commentary and see video and images, be sure to view Union Station's Hidden Gems, an Article by Alex Skorchid.
The barber shop is just down from the pole, where the three people stand in the default image. As noted in the article, the barber shop was once located closer in what is now the Harvey's.
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