Photography Drive is a west end street that leads to the old Kodak plant. It closed in 2005, but had been in operation since 1913. The plant itself sat on a big piece of property off Black Creek Drive & Eglinton.
I grew up seeing it by night, on my way home from […]
Filed under: Toronto, the disappearing city on July 12th, 2007 | No Comments »
There’s a great little article on blogTO today about the history of 299 Queen Street West, now known as the home to CHUM Ltd in Toronto.
This is the headquarters for MuchMusic (Canada’s music station), CityTV (a popular local Toronto channel), as well as a long list of CHUM’s specialty channels. It’s a […]
Filed under: Toronto, the disappearing city on June 18th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Nowadays it’s all about Nestle and chocolate bars, but once upon a time it was Coca-Cola and the Toronto Star that were too happy to slap their logo up on the city’s corner stores.
This shop, in particular, has been closed for a few years it seems… not sure why or what is happening with it […]
Filed under: Toronto, the disappearing city on April 24th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
For years I passed this mural for “Valentino’s”. It had outlived it’s namesake, but still remained lively and odd, sparking a now usual discussion about the looks on the faces of the characters.
The mural depicts a masked Zorro-like horseman and a woman (helpless prisoner?) at a flagpost. He appears to be […]
Filed under: Toronto, the disappearing city on March 30th, 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 »