Toronto Photo Walks

The Old Mill area was the winner of the poll

Date: Saturday 26th June 2010.

Meet: 10:00am at the SW corner of Old Mill subway station, at the junction of Bloor West and Old Mill Trail.

Route (morning): E on Bloor, N on Riverside Dr, W on Catherine St to loop back over the Humber; along Old Mill Road, across Bloor and through Park Lawn cemetery. Exit on the west side of the cemetery; W on Meadowvale Drive, N on Grenview Blvd, then turn E on Bloor to Gabby’s.

Lunch: Gabby’s, 2899 Bloor Street W.

Route (afternoon): E on Bloor; S on Prince Edward Drive; E on Glenaden Ave; through Humber Marshes Park; S on Humber Valley Rd, Riverwood Pkwy then Stephen Drive; through South Humber Park; under the Queensway, Gardiner & Lake Shore, all the way down to the lake. Time permitting, across the bridge and a short wander on the E side of the Humber. Back across the bridge; W along the path beside the lake; cut through to the Queensway by following the streetcar tracks under the Gardiner, and W on Queensway to our post-walk spot.

Post-walk: Rocco’s Plum Tomato, 164 The Queensway.

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:OM”

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If you’d like to help with the organisation of some photo walks, drop me a line. Send me your email address, cell phone number and a guide to which part(s) of Toronto you know well enough to organise a walk.

What does it take to organise a walk? There’s obviously the route but also arranging the lunch and post-walk stops. There’s usually 3 or 4 days between closing the poll (which determines the area for the next walk) and posting the details. (more…)

Queens Quay / Music Garden / Harbourfront easily won the poll (19 votes – 2nd place was Colonel Samuel Smith Park with 5 votes). I’m sure Georgette’s post about the World Naked Bike Ride helped

The forecast looks like we could be in for another wet/stormy walk – how do we keep picking those days?

Date: Saturday 12th June 2010.

Meet: 10:30am at Union Station, at the main (Front Street) entrance. I would say next to the “Monument to Multiculturalism” statue but it’s been removed.

Route: W on Front then S on Simcoe … G20 fences permitting! First stop is the Roundhouse and Steamwhistle Brewery – the brewery opens at 11am. Continue S on Simcoe to Harbourfront Centre. We’ll be generally heading W on Queens Quay, taking detours down each of the spits, before turning down Eireann Quay. There’s the ferry for the Island Airport (chance to shoot the skyline) and the Irish immigrants’ memorial. Then we’ll head up Bathurst, through Fort York, up Strachan and W on E Liberty Street.
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Lunch: Shoeless Joe’s (To Be Confirmed)

Post-walk: Brazen Head Irish Pub (To Be Confirmed)

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It’s scheduled for July 24th, and I’ve had a Flickr group just waiting for the announcement

The good news is it coincides with the TOPW schedule, so now we just need to come up with a location worthy of an annual event!