If These Walls Could Talk

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Illustration by Wendy Treverton

Victoria Street, just west of the Queen카지노 게임 컬렉션™s 카지노게임사이트 campus, is a neighbourhood of mostly gracious pre-war homes, two- and three-storey brick-and-frame structures with steep-pitched roofs and welcoming verandas.

And then there is 238 Victoria.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œIt looks like a red brick box,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Kelsey Goodine (Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션™14), who spent two years in the basement apartment with two roommates. The mid-century triplex 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ 카지노 게임 컬렉션œLet카지노 게임 컬렉션™s call it a Woodstock baby,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Topher Lamm, one of those roommates for the second year 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ is matched by identical red brick boxes on either side.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œYou had to be careful when you were coming home from the bar at night that you didn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t stagger into the wrong triplex,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Goodine.

The accommodations were snug. Lamm (Artsci카지노 게임 컬렉션™14) remembers the living room being 카지노 게임 컬렉션œabout half the length of a Leonard (Dining Hall) table.카지노 게임 컬렉션 Just big enough to accommodate the floral pink couch donated by Goodine카지노 게임 컬렉션™s nana and a battered leather love seat they picked up on the streets of the student ghetto.

Each of the three bedrooms could fit just a single bed and a small dresser/nightstand.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œI built my stuff up vertically,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Lamm. 카지노 게임 컬렉션œI카지노 게임 컬렉션™d have my dresser, and then I카지노 게임 컬렉션™d have my little guitar amp on top of that, and then I카지노 게임 컬렉션™d have my record player on top of that, and then 카지노 게임 컬렉션¦ on top of that would be all my records.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Another roommate who valued his sleeping comfort above all else installed a queen-sized bed that took up the entire room, says Goodine. Everything else he owned was piled on top of the bed.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œIn that place you didn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t have your own space unless you were in your really small bedroom,카지노 게임 컬렉션 she says. And even then, privacy was at a premium, which led to some interesting arrangements, she adds.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œOn more than one occasion, I카지노 게임 컬렉션™d come home and (Topher) would have a visitor just sitting outside his (basement) window 카지노 게임 컬렉션¦ because there was more room outside than inside.카지노 게임 컬렉션

Sometimes, says Lamm, someone entertaining at the apartment would send out 카지노 게임 컬렉션œa frantic text to his roommates saying, 카지노 게임 컬렉션˜Why don카지노 게임 컬렉션™t you stay at campus tonight and I카지노 게임 컬렉션™ll buy you coffee in the morning.카지노 게임 컬렉션™카지노 게임 컬렉션

What the triplex lacked in square footage, it made up for in location. It was central but relatively quiet, unlike some other streets where student housing predominated. The three buildings were filled with students, but the rest of the neighbourhood was mixed, with families and seniors.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œIt was quick to get to your classes; it was quick to get to the bar; it was quick to get to parties or anything else 카지노 게임 컬렉션¦ but you didn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t feel like you were living on Aberdeen Street, where you couldn카지노 게임 컬렉션™t go home and study or go to sleep if you needed to,카지노 게임 컬렉션 says Goodine.

Lamm and Goodine figure they were fated to be roommates after meeting in a history seminar at the end of Frosh Week.

카지노 게임 컬렉션œI was just doodling on my paper to try and stay awake,카지노 게임 컬렉션œ says Goodine. 카지노 게임 컬렉션œI was walking out of class, and there was Topher right beside me making some sort of quip about my drawings and my artistic ability, and I thought, 카지노 게임 컬렉션˜Yup, this is my friend.카지노 게임 컬렉션™카지노 게임 컬렉션

They each tried other off-campus housing 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ Goodine shared an apartment with a colony of ants, and Lamm was so far off campus no one wanted to visit him 카지노 게임 컬렉션“ but they were delighted to be roommates for the last year of their honours programs.

Goodine is a teacher now in Swift Current, Sask., while Lamm practises law in Toronto, but they still connect whenever they can. And when they do, they inevitably get the giggles about that red brick box on Victoria Street.

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