Housing isn't the only thing that is costly in the centre of the universe these days. The city that looked like a pretty good deal back in the era of the 65-cent dollar is getting rather expensive, and we're not just talking sports tickets.

The Cumberland Four - the former home of an Alliance and Cineplex brand movie house - will be "extensively redeveloped" from its existing cinema configuration so it can host a sprawling Nespresso coffee equipment store and cafe, according to Jordan Karp, the real estate agent that brokered the move.

The theatre closed Sunday after the landlord served Cineplex notice on their lease.

Under the still-secret designs, the existing concrete wall facing Cumberland Street (shown above) will be torn down and replaced by a 45-foot, all-glass facade. Inside, the theatre will be completely gutted and redesigned to provide a better layout for retail and hospitality. The work will start in June and take just over a year once the necessary approval process is complete.

The Templar Hotel is Toronto's secret boutique hotel. Have you heard? It's been around for a year and a half yet still isn't "officially" open. The owners have generally shied away from any media and haven't responded to any of our inquiries other to say they're not ready to talk about it.

Anyone who has spent some time in the Club District will likely have seen the building. It's a modern, 8-story structure on Adelaide, just west of Peter St. But good luck trying to spot anyone going in or out of the building - unless, that is, you happened to be nearby during one of their many private parties.

Before the TTC outsourced its garbage collection, several converted cars had the unglamorous but essential job of prowling the Yonge-University-Spadina and Bloor-Danforth lines for platform garbage at the end of each day. The fact the garbage trains stopped only for a brief moment while workers tossed bags of garbage inside meant sightings were generally rare and limited to late night subway riders. Nevertheless, the Tokyo Rose won enough affection among Commission staff to be given a nickname, the only TTC vehicle to be bestowed such an honor.

Named after the collective title given to second world war Japanese propaganda broadcasters, Tokyo Rose was purchased from Nippon Sharyo - the Japanese rolling stock company working with Sumitomo Corporation to build the new diesel airport rail link trains - along with a flatcar and a crane vehicle in late 1960s.

It's time to head a little north for a dose of Toronto history. Given the manner in which the city developed up from Lake Ontario, it's understandable that there aren't as many historical photos of areas above Bloor Street, but that's not to say that they escape documentation altogether. A place like Yonge and Eglinton, for example, is actually quite well represented in our municipal archive.

Most of the photos below date back to the middle of the 20th century or later, but the few that I've been able to rustle up that pre-date the 1950s paint a picture of sleepy intersection with a small core of comercial properties. Even when the subway arrives in 1954, there's yet to be much in the way of density. Fast forward to the mid-1960s and the character of the intersection and surrounding area has, however, changed dramatically.

The photos of the week collect each of the editor-selected photos of the day into one post for a contest to be decided by our readers. Sponsored by Posterjack, the photographer whose image receives the most votes will be awarded with a voucher code for a 24"x36" poster print of their work.

All the rules and fine-print can be found in the original announcement post on the blogTO Flickr page. One thing to add, however, is that the voting period ends at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, after which the winner will be contacted with the good news.