Late Winter Toronto Film Shooters Photo Walk

 The Late Winter Toronto Film Shooter's Photo Walk was a replay of an earlier outing pre Covid on a super miserable winter's day during a snow storm. This time around the weather was much more comfortable for walking up "The Longest Street in the World."

Yonge St. Between Queen St. and Bloor is changing rapidly. I remember first came to Toronto in Spring 1980 with mom, dad and Alex we stayed at the Chelsea Hotel near Gerrard and the first image of Yonge St. was The Sam The Record Man sign, now the location of the TMU Student Centre. Echos of the past are still there for now, but the Yonge St. of the future, for good or ill, is asserting itself. 


Camera: Nikon FM2/T, Nikkor Ais lenses. 

Film: Ilford HP5 400, Ilfotec HC 1+31. 



Yonge and Temperance Mar 2023 Walk around Solution Bay at Adelaide Bell Canada Arch Crossing Temperance_ Parking Garage Off Sheppard St Victory Building on Richmond Contractor Parked on the Sidewalk Hudson Bay Corner Mar 2023 Hudson Bay South Entrance 2023 Richmond and Yonge Corner Queen and Yonge Corner Before Construction Chaos Wintergarden Theatre Former Bank Building on Yonge Yonge Street On the East Side South of Dundas Ed Mirvish Theatre Dundas Square Mar 2023 Winners Corner Mar 2023 Former Sam's Location Mar 2023 TMU Street Food Pop Up Mar 2023 Pumpcrete Truck Mar 2023 Walton St. Mar 2023 Yonge St. Canyon Mar 2023 Arch off McGill St. Mar 2023 College Park Light Mar 2023 Walking Up to College St. Mar 2023

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