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 »
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 […]
Filed under: Toronto on May 24th, 2007 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: Toronto on May 22nd, 2007 | No Comments »
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 […]
Filed under: annoucements, Toronto on May 1st, 2007 | No Comments »
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 »