Toronto Photo Walks

Apologies for the late posting of the plan; thanks to Jeff for working it out while I was away.

Date: Saturday 16th April 2011.
Meet: 10:00am at the Tim Hortons just east of Keele subway station (1728 Bloor Street West). [map]
Route: East on Bloor; south on Dundas; follow it SE to Howard Park Ave; W, across Roncesvalles; N on Indian Road; E on Boustead Ave; S on Roncesvalles until we reach our lunch stop.
Lunch: Gate 403 (Confirmed.)
Afternoon: All the way down Roncesvalles to Queen; east on Queen to Cowan Ave; south to King; east to Dufferin; north to Queen; west to our post-walk refreshment stop.
Post-walk: Cadillac Lounge (Confirmed.)
Hashtag: please use “TOPW:RP”

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event]

Starting the New Year off with more of a bar crawl than a photo walk…

Date: Saturday 1st January 2011.
Meet: 11:30am at Sunnyside Pavillion. [map]
Route: The Polar Bear Dip is at noon, then we’ll head over to the Cadillac Lounge for lunch followed by a short stroll over to The Gladstone and (if livers are willing) on to The Drake.
Hashtag: please use “TOPW:HD”

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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”

[Flickr thread] [Facebook event] [LiveJournal info]

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.)

Thanks for all the suggestions of places to go – looks like we’ve got ideas for a good few months to come!

I’ve just created a Facebook event for the next photo walk:

Where: The Junction (meet at Rebas Cafe & Gallery, 3289 Dundas Street West)
When: Sunday, December 13th, 2pm onwards – we’ll be in the pub when it’s dark

I have drafted a route but obviously we can tweak it as the group wants. Google Maps say it’s a 3.4km (2.1 miles), which is the same as the Yorkville photo walk, and that took us about 4 hours!