February 26, 2008

Fire

Photo by arcticlamb

In other news, a big chunk of my old block in Toronto burned down recently. No one was hurt, and it wasn't the whole street, thank goodness, but it's still very sad--old Queen and Bathurst was a wild, varied, neighbourhoody place, and I hope it gets back on its feet soon. Here's to everyone who lost their home or business! Good luck.

3 comments:

  1. shame to hear about your stomping grounds. Glad nobody was hurt. And GREAT photos from London, Mr. Sung. I'm inspired.. but i'm also too poor to buy a camera. :P I cruel dichotomy of the art student's life!

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  2. Hey Nick!

    We'd posted on this too. You chose a powerful image.

    Did you actually live in one of the destroyed buildings? Man, the block looks like a war zone now. Really devestated. It hits you in the gut.

    I can't get over the number of very dramatic shots of the fire and the aftermath posted on Flickr. So many gorgeous, terrible pictures. I also heard that a photographer who lived over one of the stores for the past 20 years lost all his equipment and negatives. The Queen car is still being diverted, a week later.

    It wasn't my block but I spent my 'twenties' living in that Spadina Queen Bathurst area and then around Kensington market, so it feels like hole my old stomping grounds.

    Cheers to you from Toronto. It's a cold one today. ~Arna

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  3. Yea...that was pretty crazy...I could smell the smoke soon as I stepped off the train all the way from Union. The ice from the hose was crazy too...froze almost instantly, as you can see from the pics. It was a sad event, but the ice made it eerily beautiful.

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