http://www.urbanretrospect.com Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:56:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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, ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/07/12/photography_drive_kodak/ 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 ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/06/18/299-queen-street/ 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 ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/05/24/st_lawrence_mkt/ 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: - ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/05/22/flashback_kensington/ 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 ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/05/01/contact2007/ 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 ... http://www.urbanretrospect.com/2007/04/24/toronto_star_convenience/