Toronto Photo Walks

I’ve been sick for the past few days so I’ve only just started reading about the proposed by-law changes regarding charging user fees and insurance fees of all groups (commercial and non-commercial groups) of 8 or more people using City of Toronto parks, i.e. this effects us! Bill posted the info on our Flickr group discussion forum @ http://www.flickr.com/groups/torontophotowalks/discuss/72157623502904212/

I was surprised to find out (from some of the people at the High Park walk) that there are still people using LiveJournal – I’ve had an LJ account since mid-2001 but it seems to have gone quiet over the past few months, mostly as people move to Facebook/Twitter. Anyway, due to public demand, there is now a TOPW LiveJournal community @ tophotowalks.

I received an email that might be of interest … especially the part about a discount code!

To the Members of Toronto Photo Walks:

On the heels of Henry’s 100th Anniversary in business, we at Henry’s Toronto Flagship location would like to make an effort to reach out to our local camera clubs and affiliates in hopes of building upon our existing relationships and to create new relationships within the community. Our flagship store has undergone a few changes recently, the most current project in place will be to move our state-of-the-art School of Imaging classroom from our Outlet Centre into our main retail store. What this means for the community is that Henry’s Toronto will now have a room available to host a number of events in addition to our courses. We are excited to tell you that we have a number of ideas brewing including the addition of a digital gallery in that space. We are interested in hosting photo competitions, mini lectures, and a number of other events to help us promote and inspire an ongoing passion for photography, and your input in this regard is most welcome. We hope to keep in contact with you to provide updates regarding this development and more.

In addition to this, we’d like to remind you that Henry’s does have special pricing in place for club members who are interested in choosing Henry’s for their imaging needs. When your members make a purchase at Henry’s Toronto Superstore, please mention account # 17594 to the sales associate to receive your discount.

Henry’s would like to congratulate you on being an exciting and new camera club in Toronto and we look forward to maintaining a great relationship with your organization. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us at any time.

Sincerely,

Chris Atkinson & Tara van Leerdam
Henry’s Toronto Management Team
Henry’s Photo-Video-Digital
Canadian owned and operated since 1909
119 Church Street, Toronto ON M5C 2G5
T: 416.868.0872
F: 416.868.9777
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So who’ll be first to test out the code?

High Park was the clear winner of the poll to pick the location for this photo walk; I’ve walked it a couple of times but don’t know the area very well so Adam Shalaby helped me plan the route.

Date: Saturday 20th February 2010
Meet: 10:00am – east end (near the exit) of High Park subway station. [We tried to find somewhere warm!]
Route: Head south into High Park, then follow Spring Road around the east side of the park; take Deer Pen Road west then north.
Lunch: The Grenadier Restaurant.
Afternoon: Following the edge of Grenadier Pond, head south until we hit The Queensway. Take the footpath to the west, then turn north up Ellis Ave. Cut through Rennie Park to Rennie Terrace, then east on Morningside Ave which becomes Ellis Park Road. After winding around the top of Grenadier Pond, we’ll eventually hit Bloor St W and head west to the pub. (*)
Post-walk bar: The Swan & Firkin, 2205 Bloor Street West (between Kennedy Ave and Runnymede Rd).

(*)For purists who object that this route is outside of High Park, I have an alternate route that loops around the south end of the park, up Spring Road, along Centre Road then up Colborne Lodge Road and finally meets up with Bloor. I think the Rennie Park route might be more interesting though, but as always we can adjust the route depending on what people want to see, as well as the weather etc.

If you can’t make the morning, join us for lunch; if you can’t make it until after lunch, we’ll still be walking in the afternoon! (I’ll share my cell phone number with those who sign up on the website post, Facebook event or Flickr thread.)