Yonge St. Midtown.

 

Who said Nortth of Bloor St. was boring? Yonge St. between Eglington and Davisville is an ineteresting stretch of street thats is evolving rapidly beyond recognition. Aside from the endless Metrolinx Cross Town LRT construction, the relentless redevelopment of streetscapes from mostly low rise buildings into condos is never ending. Even Canada Square where the TVO studios and Canadian Tire head office are located are going to be torn down and replaced with, you guessed it, a mixed use development with condos. I'm not against condo development, but from first hand experience, even during the now times, subway ridership is pretty busy. 

The sad thing is, most of the low rise buildings will be eventually replaced but the neighbourhood charm will be lost forever. 

Oh, you noticed something, I shot these on my latest fleet addition, the Nikon F3/T, they came in two flavours, champagne which was only made for a few short years in the 1980s when I think Duran Duran's Hungry Like the Wolf was on the charts which my brother Alex owns an example and in black, which mine was made later, into the early 1990s I think. Aside from the T on the front at first glance you can't tell the differnce between a the F3/T and a regular F3HP. The differences are subtle with the paint finish, the titanium models are not as smooth. 


Camera: Nikon F3/T, Nikkor Ais lenses. 

Film: Ilford HP5 400, HC110 B. 



Near the Duke of Kent II Duke of Kent_ Walking Past the Crane Crossing Eglngton_ Fifty One Bus Crossing Eglngton Two TVO Studios Canada Square Canadian Tire Headquarters Canada Square Yonge St. Traffic by Canada Square Ordering from the Takeout Window_ Line One Subwy Line_ Line One Subway Going South Two Bridge to Manor Road West Crossing Over to the East Side of Yonge St Jaguar on the East Side of Yonge St Zoning Variance Sign on the Front Lawn Wallace Pub Looking at Yonge and Davisville Former Starbucks at the Corner of Davisville Looking Dopwn LIne One At Davisville

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