Attending the Come Up To My Room exhibition at the Gladstone Hotel this weekend, I came upon the work of Covello Reesor.
This furniture designing duo presented an exhibit called, The Common Chair, featuring the chair you see above.
Their inspiration? The furniture traditions established by early Ontario pioneers and craftspeople. To re-create this timeless “common […]

Filed under: local tradition on February 25th, 2007 | No Comments »

Sad news starts this week as Toronto’s Revue Cinema suffered a heartbreaking loss in the early hours of Monday morning, when its marquee buckled under the weight of age and, most likely, snow.
Roncesvalles residents awoke to find the massive overhang face down on the ground, blocking the entire western sidewalk.
By the end of […]

Filed under: Toronto, the disappearing city on February 20th, 2007 | No Comments »

Thanks to everyone who came out to the Circa exhibit and book launch on Saturday night! It was an absolutely incredible night.
Various snapshots of the evening from Paul, Steph, Rannie & Ryan are up on Flickr. If you’ve got any photos uploaded, tag them “CIRCAbooklaunch”.
All 10 images in the exhibit will […]

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Tonight is the big book launch/exhibit opening/birthday party and, as promised, book orders are now being taken online.
I’m selling/shipping these myself right now to ensure honest shipping rates, so you can order directly via the website with Paypal or contact me at copies [at] urbanretrospect [dot] com for offline orders.
Of course, those in the Greater […]

Filed under: annoucements, circa on February 17th, 2007 | No Comments »

For Valentine’s Day, I received a copy of the City of Toronto Archives calendar, “Toronto After Dark”. This is a great little desktop calendar filled with night snapshots of Toronto from years past.
Right now, February is a hilarious flash photo of a 1943 snowblower in action while some guy on the sidelines […]

Filed under: similar interest on February 14th, 2007 | No Comments »

For those curious to see some images from Circa, here are a couple links of interest:
Images from the book, on Flickr: photos from the book and 1st exhibit.
Circa gallery, on Flickr –> a growing archive of photos from Toronto and other international locations that tie into the Circa theme. They capture the historic, both […]

Filed under: circa on February 1st, 2007 | No Comments »