Photography Drive, Closed.

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 […]

299 Queen Street Begins a New Era?

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 […]

St Lawrence Market in a Moment of Stillness

Today’s rich sepia capture of Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market was submitted by Nesha, who visits the area often.
St. Lawrence Market has been an intrinsic part of Toronto culture since the early 1800’s. A market is only one small part of its history though. This building and area has been everything from a […]

Flash Back - Kensington Market

Today’s photo taken over the weekend in Toronto’s Kensington Market. One of Toronto’s most vibrant communities, Kensington is a historical wonderland in every way. From centurian townhomes to the retro chic thrift stores that inhabit so many of them, it’s always an interesting place to explore.
More on Kensington:
- blogTO Neighbourhood Watch feature: pt […]

A Constructed Image of Toronto at Contact Photography Fest

blogTO is a media sponsor of this year’s Contact Photography Festival and will also be curating the exhibit, A Constructed Image of Toronto featuring large scale photographs from all over this great city, as taken by the talented photobloggers and photographers of Toronto.
My recent capture of the El Mocambo will be featured in the show.
Opening […]

Toronto Star, Convenience Store Sponsor c. 1978

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 […]