Toronto Photo Walks

Thanks to Vicki for planning this walk.

Date: Saturday April 28th, and again on Sunday 29th.

Meet: 10:00am at the corner of Dundas and River. [map]

**Heads up for people planning how to get there and when to leave: Yonge subway between Bloor and Union will be closed Saturday and Sunday for maintenance.**

Morning route: S on River; E on Labatt; S on Bayview; W on ??; S on River; E on Queen, over the Don River; N on Davies; E on Matilda; morning pickup @ Merchants Of Green Coffee; N on Carroll; E on Dundas; S on Munro, which apparently then turns E; N on Don Mt; E on ?; S on Hamilton; E on Kintyre; S on Grant; W on Queen.

Lunch: Prohibition Gastrohouse, 696 Queen Street East

Afternoon: E on Queen; S on Lewis; E on June Callwood Way; (Google maps says June Callwood Way continues E and goes S – we’re going S); N on Saulter; E on Queen; S on Logan; W on Eastern; N on Broadview; W then N on a path; W on Queen; take stairs down from bridge, S on Lower Don Valley recreation trail, which curves W parallel with the DVP; trail turns N parallel to Cherry St; W on Mill St; N on Parliament; W on Front to Church St.

Post-walk: Flatiron & Firkin, 49 Wellington St at Church St (under the Flatiron building)

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:RDQE”

**If you’re joining us after 10am, call us and we’ll let you know where we are (both days = Vicki, 416-428-6631).

[Flickr thread] [Facebook events: Saturday, Sunday]

Date: Saturday April 14th, and again on Sunday 15th.

Meet: 10:00am at the entrance to Eglinton West subway station. [map]

Morning route: W on Eglinton; N then E on Fairleigh Crescent; E on the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail (which we also did back in October) all the way until it meets Eglinton at Chaplin Crescent; E on Eglinton to Avenue Rd.

Lunch: Queen’s Legs, 286 Eglinton West (just E of Avenue Rd)

Afternoon: E on Eglinton; N through Eglinton Park; W on Roselawn, cutting through Roselawn Cemetery; S on Bathurst; E on Eglinton; continuing SE on the Kay Gardner Beltline Trail until we reach Avenue Rd; N on Avenue; E on Tranmer Ave; N on Duplex; E on Manor Rd; N on Mt Pleasant Rd to Eglinton. (Saturday only: continue E on Eglinton to Petman Ave.)

Post-walk: Saturday = Gabby’s, 383 Eglinton East
Sunday = Granite Brewery, 245 Eglinton East

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:EW”

**If you’re joining us after 10am, call us and we’ll let you know where we are (Saturday = Paul, 647-388-5356; Sunday = Alfred, 416-301-1710).

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event]

Confused by the date? Well, as well as being the next regular Saturday walk, this is also the first of our new regular Sunday walks! The plan is to repeat the Saturday walk the following day, so that people who can’t make our usual biweekly Saturday schedule can also join in.

Those of you who were on the 2010 Worldwide Photo Walk which I led may recognise the route, but there have been changes at the Brickworks and (hopefully) the weather won’t be so wet!

Date: Saturday 31th March 2012, repeated on Sunday 1st April.

Meet: 10:00am at the NE corner of Castle Frank Road and Bloor, which is right across the street from Castle Frank subway station. [map]

Morning route: Follow Castle Frank Road north, then Elm Ave west briefly before turning north on South Drive. To find the Milkman’s Run trail we’ll go past the entrance to Cragleigh gardens then take a right turn and cut back to the head of the trail. Follow the trail downhill to the Beltline Trail, continue east, following the signs for Moore Park Ravine, all the way to Evergreen Brick Works.

Lunch: There’s the Brickworks’ cafe/restaurant, the farmers’ market (Saturday only) or bring your own!

*Note: some of the kilns have been preserved and opened to the public, so you might want to bring your tripod as it’s quite dark in there. (We’re expected, so we shouldn’t have any hassle about shooting / setting up tripods.)

There’s also a free guided tour of the site starting at 1:30pm that lasts about 30mins

Afternoon: Take Bayview Ave NE to Pottery Road, over the railway then turn in to Todmorden Mills. After the Mills we’ll continue up Pottery Road, south on Broadview, then cut SE on Pretoria Ave, S on Ellerbeck St and end up on the Danforth.

Post-walk: Factory Girl

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:BT”

**If you’re joining us after 10am, call us (Saturday = Paul, 647-388-5356; Sunday = Alfred, 416-301-1710) and I’ll let you know where we are.

[Flickr thread] [Facebook events: Saturday, Sunday]

I’ve been maintaining a Google map of all the TOPW routes but it’s become too big & unwieldy so I’ve broken it down by year; this means you can view each year’s map separately or overlay them (just open them one after the other) for the full picture.

You can now find Google maps for the 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 (i.e. current) walks; there’s an index of the walks on the “Walks past, present and future” page.

Date: Saturday 17th March 2012.

Meet: 10:00am at the intersection of Roncesvalles and Dundas West (yes, we’ve met here before) [map]

Morning route: SE on Dundas West; E on College; N on Dufferin; NE across Dufferin Grove Park; N on Havelock; E on Hepbourne; S on Ossington; E on Harbord.

Lunch: Harbord House [confirmed]

Afternoon: Zigzag SW to College; S on Bathurst; E on Nassau; zigzag through Kensington Market; across Spadina; E on D’Arcy; N on McCaul; E on Elm; N on University; E on Gerrard.

Post-walk: Monarchs Pub at the Delta Chelsea [confirmed]

Hashtag: please use “TOPW:DW”

**If you’re joining us after 10am, call me (Paul @ 647-388-5356) and I’ll let you know where we are.

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event]