A Neighbourhood Wander

 

Another wander with a one camera and one lens, in this case the Canon F-1n from the late 1970s and a chrome nose FD mount 35 F2 lens from the early 1970s. The film choice was Eastman Double X, can't remember who spooled this roll up, sadly got scratches on the emulsion, I cloned them out the best I could in Lightroom. 

I had know idea when I shot this roll how much change is coming to Yonge and Davisville. The only business left between Davisville and Millwood is going to be Circles and Squares Bakery and Cafe on the Northeast corner of Yonge and Davisville, the rest of the block, going to be flattened soon for a condo re-development. But, wait a sec, the condo market is pretty much dead as doornail in Toronto, is this a project of high rise dog crates left over from pre pandemic times, or is a developer content to torch dump truck loads of money? 

Sorry to go on tangent but what's the business case for a condo development to break ground between Millwood and Davisville? Look my question is who is going to be living here, where are they going to be working?  Look, AI is chewing through white collar jobs, so, who is actually going to be able to afford to buy one of these units? Then again mid project, it could become market rate luxury apartment rentals, again the same question is going to be asked. Also demographics medium to long term are going to fall off a cliff in the coming years, and that's world wide. 

Meanwhile a neighbourhood loses two green grocers, a neighbourhood bar/community hub and a few other small businesses, on the second floor, apartments. There's an interview on TVO's Studio Two with former Toronto Star Architecture Critic Christopher Hume  that sums up what's going on in Toronto. We have the most active construction cranes in North America. I have this sinking feeling that Southern Ontario, not just Toronto is being overbuilt without the supporting infrastructure catching up. 

Circling back to photography, I'm documenting my environment, because it is changing, big picture be damned, including a global recession. 

Camera: Canon F-1n, FD 35 F2 lens (Chrome Nose). 

Film: Eastman Double X, Ilfotec HC 1+49. 




Morning at Mount Pleasant and Broadway July 2025 West Side of Mount Pleasant and Future Development Opportunity July 2025 Mount Pleasant Station Sill Not Open July 2025 Mabel's Fables Sec Unit July 2025 Yonge and Davisville July 2025 Yonge and Davisville Circles and Squares Bakery July 2025 Yonge and Davisville FruitsBasket Kramer's Fresh Buy Market July 2025 Manor Road Apartment Entrance July 2025 Manor Road Cookie Shop July 2025 Manor Road Syrian Cuisine July 2025 Manor Road Houses July 2025 1975 Porsche 911 Targa July 2025 Church of the Transfiguration_ Crossing Manor July 2025 Curved Driveway July 2025 Shortcut to Broadway from Erskine July 2025 The Continental July 2025 North Toronto Apartments July 2025 North Toronto Secondary Entrance July 2025 Northern Secondary Centre Tower July 2025 Mount Pleasant and Roehampton July 2025 Future Project On Hold July 2025 Roehampton Curved Building July 2025 Redpath Sidewalk Art July 2025 Redpath Sidewalk Art Two July 2025

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