love the textures in the buildings, great photo and good luck in the bloggies.
Posted by Victor at January 31, 2006 03:39 AMgreat composition and idea.
Now that thing stands out BRIGHT! Very nice, as always. I like the green door being close by too.
Posted by Nate at January 31, 2006 07:46 AMA rock thrower's dream! :o)
Depsite it's somewhat run down appearance, I like this area of Toronto. Lots to see and photograph
Nice work.
Posted by D MacIntyre at January 31, 2006 09:11 AMIs this the Daily Bread Foodbank building?
Posted by ZuggZugg at January 31, 2006 09:57 AMI love teh buildings. Colours and archeteture.
Posted by elizabeth at January 31, 2006 10:23 AMGreat photo!
This is another building that's just waiting to get cleaned up and turned into condos or an office. Great stuff!
Posted by A.S. at January 31, 2006 10:42 AMCould be fab if restored.
Posted by Gloria at January 31, 2006 11:26 AMThis building is actually going to be a new Loblaws (grocery store) soon.
Posted by Jeremy at January 31, 2006 11:46 AMThat's the old Loblaw building, and art deco wonder if you ask me.
There are grand plans to restore it and put in a grocery store. (surprise surprise).
Posted by Michael at January 31, 2006 12:29 PMan awesomely great composition with a beautiful yellow bin there :)
wow..
It (the hydrant) just doesnt realise how much it brightens up that small area.
Posted by Phil at January 31, 2006 03:11 PMI think this building was a Loblaws warehouse once upon a time, and indeed the Daily Bread Food Bank lived there until a couple of years ago. I wish they would restore it to something more interesting than a store. Wouldn't it be nice to restore a building just for the sake of the beauty of it? Alas, no one can afford to do so.......
Anyway, I've always loved this building, even in its dilapidatedness. Thanks for taking a nice photo of it, Sam!
Posted by Kathy at January 31, 2006 05:20 PMI love this photo. It brought back memories of when I was a little girl and my grandmother would take me downtown (Cleveland) to the west side market.
Posted by Micki in Virginia at January 31, 2006 10:01 PMyellow hydrant makes it?
Posted by michael at January 31, 2006 11:47 PMA grocery store? What a shame...I see it as a set of loft apartments, but I don't know the building or the neighborhood so who am I to say?! I do love the little fire hydrant sitting all alone waiting to be noticed!
Posted by Eric at Paris Daily Photo at February 1, 2006 12:26 AMActually I'm glad to hear it will be made into a supermarket. At least the building will be made available to the public to view inside and out, rather than another million-bucks-a-shot loft complex. Toronto has enough of them already.
Posted by D MacIntyre at February 1, 2006 08:37 AMGreat Composition!!! The Yellow hydrant in an almost B&W background looks awesome. Nice Idea Sam!!!
Posted by Deepak at February 2, 2006 11:24 AMAhhh this reminds me of my days going to work. I'd pass this twice a day. Good shot.
Posted by Raffi at February 2, 2006 07:44 PMI like the stark nature of this shot - nice urban shot.
Posted by Abe at February 4, 2006 05:07 PMIn the late 80s I lived up the street from this place. Someone told me that as a result of Loblaw's refusal to sell the site, the Gardner Expressway was elevated. This of course raises other issues.
Any info appreciated
Posted by Peter at February 8, 2006 07:33 PM