Toronto Photo Walks

Date: Saturday 7th August 2010.

Meet: 10:00am outside the Starbucks at Richmond and Spadina.

Route: Westbound on Graffiti Alley, then continue west on Queen West.

Lunch: The Dog’s Bollocks.

Post-walk: The Gladstone Hotel.

Hashtag: please use TOPW:GA

If anyone is interested, I’m setting myself a word challenge – I’ve got an iPhone app that gives me list of 10 words and I need to find shots that reflect those words. No reward other than completing a challenge. Let me know if you want to play too.

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Tomorrow (Saturday) is the last day to submit contest images! If you haven’t already, log in to the Worldwide Photo Walk website, and you’ll see instructions on uploading your best image from the photo walk.

Update: submissions now closed; thanks to those of you who entered a photo.

The 3rd Annual Scott Kelby Worldwide Photo Walk is scheduled for July 24th, which coincides with the TOPW schedule, so I’m leading one of the WWPW groups. I’ve picked the Don Valley brick works as the general area for the walk, but I’ll be adding more details nearer the day.

The WWPW events are capped at 50 people, so please sign up on the official Worldwide Photo Walk site @ http://worldwidephotowalk.com/walk/toronto-on-canada-don-valley-brickworks-todmorden

I could really use some help planning the route, and also on the day (a couple of additional wranglers) – please let me know if you can help!

Date: Saturday 24th July 2010.

Meet: 10:00am at Castle Frank Station

Route (morning): Castle Frank to the Brickworks via the Milkman’s Run; break into a couple of smaller groups for a guided tour of the farmers’ market; explore the paths and ponds just N of the market.

Lunch: Pick something up at the farmers’ market or bring lunch with you!

Route (afternoon): Regroup at 12:30pm; exit the Brickworks, taking Bayview and Pottery Rd to Todmorden Mills. After exploring Todmorden, back along Pottery Rd briefly then N on the path that runs along by the Don River. At Beechwood Drive, cross the DVP and wend our merry way to Broadview & Mortimer.

Post-walk: Whistler’s at Broadview & Mortimer.

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:WWPW”

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event] [LiveJournal info]
[Official WorldWide PhotoWalk page] [Special WWPW Flickr group]

A huge thank you to *manda for really helping with the organisation of this walk – she really is a star

Date: Saturday 10th July 2010.

Meet: 10:00am on Bathurst Street, just outside the subway.

Route (morning): Minor detour down Markham St so I can wish I was inside the Victory Cafe then E on Lennox and S on Borden to Harbord. Head E then N on Spadina and E on Sussex to reach St. George Street. South past Robarts Library, then W on Harbord and S on Spadina, past Knox Presbyterian Church, around Spadina Crescent. Continue down Spadina then E on Baldwin.

Lunch: John’s Italian Caffe, 27 Baldwin St.

Route (afternoon): N on Henry St, W on Cecil St then S on Huron until we reach Dundas. West to Spadina, then N to St. Andrew Street and wind our way through Kensington Market. Emerging at Baldwin & Augusta, head N to Oxford St then W to Lippincott. Weaving our way W on Nassau then S on Bathurst to reach Dundas. W on Dundas all the way to Ossington; N to College; E to Borden St where Amanda kindly pointed out there’s a fire hall Eventually we’ll cross Spadina one final time but we stay on College.

Post-walk: O’Grady’s, 171 College St.

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:LI” – sorry, I forgot LI was Little India – let’s use TOPW:KM (for Kensington Market) instead.

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