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	Ed Mirvish
		Ed Mirvish was born on July 24th, 1914 in Colonial Beach, Virginia and moved with his family from Washington, DC to Toronto, Ontario in 1924.
		Ed Mirvish also owns several theatres, including the Royal Alexandre theatre, the Princess of Wales theatre and the Old Vic theatre in London, England.
		Mirvish was made a Member of the Order of Canada for his contributions to Toronto and the Canadian Nation.
	www.academyofachievement.org /honorees/ed_mirvish.htm (191 words)

	Honest Ed's - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		From its prominent location at the corner of Bloor and Bathurst Streets in the middle of Mirvish Village, its glitzy exterior (the light displays are spectacular after dark) belies its very humble interior, with uneven, creaky floors and simple displays of low-priced merchandise, ranging from vacuum cleaners to winter coats to soup.
		Mirvish gained fame for his marketing stunts, including loss leader specials and free turkey giveaways near certain holidays.
		Mirvish does not own the Canon Theatre, but it is responsible for day-to-day business operations.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Honest_Ed's (367 words)

	Celebrating a local hero and the best of the city
		It was Ed Mirvish's birthday party yesterday, an annual celebration held on the west side of Honest Ed's at Bloor and Bathurst streets.
		But yesterday, Russell Lazar, Ed's long-time assistant, said that despite the odds, Ed seems to be on the road to recovery.
		It was then it dawned on me that this is what Ed Mirvish is all about, the best of Toronto, whether it's rallying around a devastated family like the Jones, giving away thousands of Christmas turkeys or throwing a free party for anyone who might like to come.
	ca.geocities.com /dunnsharon@rogers.com/post/mirvish.html (825 words)

	City of Toronto: City Proclamations
		Ed Mirvish has been the recipient of hundreds of awards and honours that acknowledge his tremendous contribution and service to the theatre and performing arts, culture, humanitarian and charitable causes.
		Ed Mirvish is well-known and much-loved for his generosity, and holds a special place in the hearts of the people of Toronto, especially the less fortunate individuals and families who benefit from his kindness.
		I, Mayor David Miller, on behalf of Toronto City Council, do hereby proclaim July 25, 2004 as "Ed Mirvish Day" to celebrate the 90th birthday of a truly remarkable and compassionate man who is admired and respected by everyone privileged to know him.
	www.toronto.ca /proclamations/2004/proclamation_edmirvishday2004.htm (183 words)

	Robert Fulford's column on Ed Mirvish, Toronto town planner
		The news that Ed's Warehouse will close in September means that the most imaginative town planner of his Toronto generation is finally beginning to contract his astonishing empire.
		Ed Mirvish, who celebrates his 86th birthday on Monday, did more to humanize and animate Toronto than any other entrepreneur of his time.
		Now the Ed's Warehouse building will be developed by others (though still owned by the family), and the two major theatres will remain, monuments to one of the great citizens of the century.
	www.robertfulford.com /EdMirvish.html (855 words)

	CUI - Lifetime Achievement Award 2004
		Ed Mirvish is the first winner of the Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award.
		Ed and Anne have been married 63 years and on July 24, 2004 he will celebrate another special milestone, his 90th birthday in Mirvish Village on Markham Street - a collection of boutiques, book stores, artist studios and restaurants which he and his family also founded.
		Among Ed's numerous honors are The Retail Council of Canada's Distinguished Retailer of the Year Award, the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, the Order of the Commander of the British Empire and induction into the Canadian Business Hall of Fame - to name a few.
	www.canurb.com /awards/lifetimeachievement2004.php (480 words)

	.: Marketing Hall of Legends :.
		Ed Mirvish, the man known to millions of Torontonians as ‘Honest Ed,’ got an early start in business, and now, at 91 years of age, he’s never looked back.
		Ed Mirvish has received hundreds of awards, including honorary doctorates from six Canadian universities, in recognition of his contribution to cultural and humanitarian causes.
		Ed and David were jointly honoured in 1998 with a special Olivier Award in England for their 15-year contribution to London theatre, and were also named ‘Tourism Persons of the Year’ by Toronto Tourism.
	www.marketinghalloflegends.ca /visionaries_mirvish.php (839 words)

	Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration: Ontario Medal of Distinction Awarded to "Honest Ed" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ed Mirvish is the second person to receive this award.
		The award is a medallion encasing a piece of amethyst with the provincial coat of arms and the inscription "Bestowed upon those individuals who have shown exceptional friendship to the Province of Ontario," emblazoned on the reverse.
		"Ed Mirvish can count among his many remarkable accomplishments the fact that he has managed to maintain the good will and respect of virtually everyone he has ever met," said Jackson.
	www.citizenship.gov.on.ca /english/about/n220701.htm (265 words)

	The Amazing Mr. Mirvish
		Mirvish's personality and style are displayed everywhere, from the store's Las Vegas-glitzy signs high over Bathurst and Bloor streets to huge photos of him smiling from the sidewalk windows.
		Mirvish, the splashy storekeeper, thought it was a bargain at $215,000 and agreed to keep it open as a theater at least five years.
		Mirvish's mother, Anna, worked as a clerk at Honest Ed's until shortly before her death in 1971 at age 83.
	www.fredericksburg.com /News/FLS/2004/112004/11272004/1559232/printer_friendly (3400 words)

	Toronto's super-salesmen: Mel Lastman and Ed Mirvish
		For example, Mirvish once won a lot of attention (and protests from the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) for a "pink elephant sale" in which he painted an actual elephant pink (quickly washing him down after it was explained that elephants keep cool through the pores of their skin).
		Ed's Theatre Museum, located in the theatre district, is a "museum of the absurd, unusual and the ridiculous," Mirvish said.
		In Mirvish's personal collection are giant cardboard "cakes" celebrating his 80th and 85th anniversary, correspondence from the late Princess Diana, various honors and medals, and an early 20th century Sephradic Torah and case.
	www.jewishsightseeing.com /canada/ontario/toronto/19990820-toronto_salesmen.htm (3440 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Ed and son David have since produced countless theatrical productions in Toronto, many at their own theatres, the Royal Alexandra Theatre and the Princess of Wales Theatre.
		Ed is also known for establishing Honest Ed’s Warehouse, a cherished Toronto retail landmark.
		The Mirvishs’ wedding was officiated by the late Rabbi Arthur A. Feldman and took place at the original Temple Anshe Sholom building on Hughson Street.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=278 (907 words)

	CTV Toronto - 'Honest Ed' Mirvish celebrating 92nd birthday - CTV News, Shows and Sports -- Canadian Television
		Ed Mirvish, best known as "Honest Ed," is holding a street party outside his world-famous bargain store on the corner of Bloor and Bathurst streets on Sunday.
		Mirvish is also well-known and well-liked by show business personalities, and he was crucial in expanding Toronto's entertainment scene.
		Mirvish and his son David operate Mirvish Productions, which stages major touring theatre productions around the world.
	toronto.ctv.ca /servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20060723/honest_eds_060723/20060723?hub=TorontoHome (486 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Understanding Immigrants Who Recognize a Bargain
		On days when the specials are staples, a dozen eggs for 5 cents and a quart of milk for 25 cents, the line stretches down the block.
		At 10 a.m., people from around the world push through the turnstile into the empire built by Ed Mirvish, a Canadian immigrant by way of Washington who came to Toronto as a boy, then made it big and became a hero.
		Mirvish, 89, a businessman without a secretary who has answered his own fan mail, met the queen and dined with stars, created this bargain store before there was a Wal-Mart.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A33660-2003Nov12?language=printer (910 words)

	Playbill Features: Toronto's Ed Mirvish Discusses Sale of Old Vic
		This summer, the era that saw Ed Mirvish invested by the Queen as a Commander of the British Empire for his rescue work on the Old Vic (1989) came to an end with a single announcement.
		Mirvish says he is prepared to wait for his price, though he would like to sell it "today", preferably to someone who will appreciate its history.
		Mirvish asserted that the season will run as planned and that the buyers will have the option to close at the end of December.
	www.playbill.com /features/article/64569.html (1168 words)

	Royal Alexandra Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ed Mirvish and his son David Mirvish, added a second theatre to the family interests in 1982, when they purchased and restored London, England's historic Old Vic.
		Ed Mirvish retired from active participation in the theatres in 1987, handing the business to his son.
		In 1993, David Mirvish added a third theatre to the empire, building the Princess of Wales Theatre a block to the west of the Royal Alexandra.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Royal_Alexandra_Theatre (1334 words)

	Eye Weekly - Backstage - Performance on page - 12.25.97
		Ed is a genuinely funny guy, but also a formidable businessman.
		His hastily arranged rescue of London's landmark Old Vic Theatre in 1982, and the subsequent appointment of Jonathan Miller as artistic director, were the marks of a seasoned cultural philanthropist.
		The list of folks Ed has had occasion to quote is pretty much a who's who of senior thesps from both sides of the Atlantic.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_12.25.97/theatre/backstage.php (813 words)

	Cultural commitments - David and Ed Mirvish open the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Canada - includes related ...
		But for all the senior Mirvish's local fame, David says, "It was not an onerous burden being in my father's shadow." And while business scrutiny may have been a touch harsher for the young man, business opportunities granted by his familial situation were equally rosy.
		In 1963, Ed Mirvish purchased The Royal Alexandra Theatre; a turn-of-the-century matron located in Toronto's downtown core.
		Going to work, for Mirvish, involves everything from attending auditions and rehearsals, to reviewing marketing proposals for the shows he selects for his theatres.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1319/is_n1_v28/ai_14027496 (948 words)

	Honest Ed's - Ed Mirvish (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The person behind "Honest Ed's" is Honest Ed himself (as he is known to the public) or Ed Mirvish what his real name is. Ed Mirvish is a very charismatic person who loves the media and the public attention his fame guarantees him.
		Ed Mirvish was born on July 24th, 1914 and came from Washington D.C.to Toronto in 1924.
		A small selection of this articles are for example a triplet contest in the 1960's or his annual christmas giveaway, where he gives away dollar notes, 1000 turkeys or similar to the poor for free.
	stud.fh-rhein-sieg.de /summerschool/2000/projects/honesteds/index2.html (466 words)

	Archival Tree for David Mirvish, Lithuania & Kiev
		Ed (Yehudah) "Honest Ed" MIRVISH (24/7/1914-) 12 :.
		Lorraine MIRVISH (10/10/1923-) : Jennie MIRVISH 6 : + Louis HERMAN 9 :.
		Another book (not read): Mirvish, Ed, "How to Build an Empire on an Orange Crate, or 121 Lessons I never learned at School", Toronto, Key Porter Books (1993).
	www.esra.org.il /mirvis/us-david.htm (360 words)

	Honest Ed Turns 92 \| CFRB 1010 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Honest Ed Mirvish turned 92 this weekend, and he celebrated in style, inviting all of Toronto to his annual birthday bash.
		A smiling Ed Mirvish rolled up in a wheel chair to thank Torontonians for taking part in the celebration.
		His son, David Mirvish, says Ed is one of a kind, a true ambassador to the city of Toronto.
	www.cfrb.com /node/386852 (338 words)

	mirvish.com \| our theatres
		The Princess of Wales Theatre is a new, 2000-seat playhouse built by the father and son producing team of David and Ed Mirvish, who also own and operate Toronto's historic Royal Alexandra Theatre.
		Veneers, sliced in the field on order for this project, were shipped to Toronto and fitted together by expert woodworkers to emphasize a signature swirl in the grain - nicknamed "the Mirvish Swirl".
		There is also a private suite, the Mirvish Suite, on the basement level of the theatre, beside the Princess Lounge, available for special occasions.
	www.mirvish.com /OurTheatres/Princess.html (646 words)

	Stella and the Princess of Wales - the new Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, features the designs of Frank ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		However, the project was soon enlarged by producer David Mirvish (son of "Honest Ed" Mirvish, Toronto discount store operator, restaurateur, theater producer and owner of Toronto's Old Alexandra Theatre and London's Old Vic).
		Illusionism is enhanced by the fact that the shadows cast by one paper on another in Stella's collage were faithfully recorded (too faithfully, the artist had hinted) by the painting team.
		Stella inserted a photographic portrait of the team's coordinators, his chief studio assistant in New York, and himself with David Mirvish (both of them wearing hard hats and smiling broadly during the theater's construction), into the energetic and expansive outdoor mural on the building's back wall.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1248/is_n7_v82/ai_15570354 (967 words)

	Mirvish, Ed, How I Became an Overnight Success in Seventy-Five Years
		In preparing my notes to introduce Ed Mirvish, I faced comparison with the accolades which accompany Royal Orders, business citations and journalistic profiles in the nation's news magazines.
		Mirvish, but in the meantime, I would like to touch on some of his achievements.
		Ed Mirvish has made a landmark contribution to the arts in Great Britain and his rank of Commander of the British Empire acknowledges that gigantic achievement.
	www.empireclubfoundation.com /details.asp?SpeechID=1409&FT=yes (3697 words)

	Honest Ed's
		The story of Honest Ed's is the story of one man, Edwin Mirvish.
		Almost legendary are his birthday parties in the Mirvish Village (the official name of the Markham Street) with free food, gifts and entertainment.
		Honest Ed's is a store of oddities: It has the world's largest electric sign (over 22,000 flashing lights) and since 1988 it's an official Ontario tourist attraction.
	www.webkunst.org /toronto/inhalte/honesteds/index.html (677 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		If Ed Mirvish has any doubts or regrets about a life in sales, they aren’t obvious.
		Much of the company’s recent expansion can be traced to David Mirvish, an international art dealer, who joined his father’s business and expanded operations into the arena of theatre production.
		When asked what message he can impart after more than a half-century in sales, the elder Mirvish says he doesn’t have time to teach in a formal way.
	www.cpsa.com /HallofFame/ed_mirvish_bio_print.asp (265 words)

	CafeTrip.com (Canada) - Toronto Honest Eds Emporium Pictures, Information, Wallpaper & Pics
		The “Ed” in Honest Ed’s is Ed Mirvish, a local businessman (born 1914) who moved from The States and started a small store in 1948.
		There is huge flashing sign out the front that is one of the few signs left that is comprised of small light bulbs and not some cheaper light-emitter like and LED or a video board.
		He is so prominent in the area that they named it Mirvish Village, and it is quite and attractive location.
	www.cafetrip.com /feature/toronto/honestedsemporium (282 words)

	Amazon.com: "Honest Ed": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Across the street is Honest Ed's, an immense and eccentric discount department store with uneven flooring and everything on sale, from clothes pegs to TV sets.
		MIRVISH VILLAGE One of the city's most illustrious characters is Honest Ed Mirvish, who started his career in the 1950s with a no-frills department store at the corner of Markham and Bloor...
		Ed Mirvish's career started with the opening of Honest Ed's (see Shopping, pages 66-68) in the 1940s, but he entered the theatrical business with the acquisition in 1962 of the...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Honest-Ed (512 words)

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