Congrats Sam! Your nominations come as no surprise :-).
Posted by Zishaan at March 22, 2005 12:36 AMhu, great colors. seems to be some hippie compound in there :) nice photo, really...
Posted by jetblack at March 22, 2005 06:19 AMBack in the day this was the Spadina Hotel. A venue I have performed at numerous times with my old band "hangin' tree". Looks like the new age hippies have over-run the place now though!!
How many different colours of paint are there on the facade?
Posted by qoJ at March 22, 2005 07:53 AMi live deep in the American Southwest / your pictures of Toronto are so enticing in their contrast to the wildscape that surrounds me / i really must come to visit !
Posted by katherine at March 22, 2005 08:15 AMLovely saturations - very nice, Sam.
Posted by Abe at March 22, 2005 08:28 AMPhot très coloré et chargée...il y a beaucoup à découvrir....dans quelle ville est ce village global??
Bonne journée
lady
It's hard to miss a building that vibrant!
Nicely captured.
pretty colors contrast nicely with the other rectangular elements of this photo. the buildings, windows, framing, newspaper boxes, etc. geometrically somewhat "mathmatical"(i made that up. kill me. :)), but perfect with all these colors.
Posted by patrick at March 22, 2005 12:22 PMNice :)
Posted by Julia at March 22, 2005 01:16 PMvivid
Posted by kandicook at March 22, 2005 01:44 PMYou might think that the CN Tower is kind of a theme in your work, but what I love is the impromtu chorus of newspaper boxes that often show up in your shots. That is actually a very Toronto thing as few other cities in Canada have such a diversity of street boxes. I think of them as little witnesses, shuffling into view just before you take the shot, admiring the subject from a closer vatage point.
Posted by Chris Corrigan at March 22, 2005 04:10 PMIt's sure full of hippies there. I had a friend come over from Europe and she stayed there, she loved it. Met all sorts of weirdo's, but she didn't think them weird.
Posted by eliane at March 22, 2005 05:59 PMI walked by this corner everyday. Too bad I didn't bump into u. I guess it's the time of the day, but I would like it better if it's less yellowish.
Posted by Boreo at March 22, 2005 10:36 PMVery vivid colours. Diverse. ;)
Posted by Raffi at March 22, 2005 10:54 PMNice photo. I saw that place many times before. Definitely one of the more interesting buildings in Toronto. I don't think I would ever stay in that place though.
Little witnesses??? I agree about the newspaper boxes being interesting and the personification of them is kind of cute, but I also think someones been dosing a bit heavily on the caffine at work purhaps... (just kidding)
Posted by scott at March 22, 2005 11:41 PMLOL...maybe...but LOOK at them...The CN Tower stands over all this work looking down and these little guys are everywhere looking up.
But anyway...time for another espresso!
Posted by Chris Corrigan at March 23, 2005 06:11 AMAlmost six years ago I used to stay in the Global Village while visiting Toronto. Your picture has been a nice reminder of the great time(s)I had then.
Regards from Stuttgart, Germany
Stephan
I stayed there once, about three years ago...it had mice then, but other than that, it was a fun place to stay - the only backpackers I've ever come across with a bar!
Posted by sharron at March 23, 2005 08:01 AMI voted to you!
I hope you will winner
Hey! i stayed there in the summer of '03. :D not too shabby. ;)
Posted by LaurenM at March 26, 2005 08:20 AM