Honest Ed's, 2010

Toronto. My favourite moment in Ed's was seeing a group of men in Mao jackets being escorted past a display of backlit Last Suppers. They had clearly been overwhelmed by the range of Ed's stock. The store was opened in 1948 by Ed and Anne Mirvish and closed in 2016. Even when I was a tiny child I thought the store was crowded, so you can imagine how it seemed when I was older.

The PiP at top left shows a longer view of thw same elevation, with some of Ed's typical signs.

Nouchetdu38, Ruebenkraut, Andrew Trundlewagon, oHo and 8 other people have particularly liked this photo

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Stephan Fey ^club

Always good to be honest!

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Stephan Fey ^club

I agree, Stephan. Whether I act honestly is unfortunately another question.

11 months ago.

William Sutherland ^club

Fabulous pair!

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11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to William Sutherland ^club

Thanks, William.

11 months ago.

Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Like the clarity and bright colours.

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Jaap van 't Veen ^club

Thanks, Jaap.

11 months ago.

Annemarie ^club

nice details

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Annemarie ^club

Thanks, Annemarie.

11 months ago.

Keith Burton ^club

A wonderfully colourful sign John..............I bet it once looked even better when I was all lit up in the dark.

I thought the name of the store seemed familiar and when I clicked on the PiP I found I'd seen and commented on it before. It was nice to have another look though :-)

11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Keith Burton ^club

It looked spectacular, Keith. Here's a link to a shot of it at night:
i.pinimg.com/originals/27/40/a2/2740a2e517583d4bf3110be30692f255.jpg

11 months ago.

Keith Burton ^club has replied to John FitzGerald ^club

Thanks for the link John. I was right........it is indeed a fantastic sight!

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Keith Burton ^club

It was quite the place altogether, Keith. When you lined up to pay you saw credit cards from every country in the world.

11 months ago.

Gabi Lombardo ^club

an interestin Detail I saw this great store when I were in Toronto in 2009!!

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Gabi Lombardo ^club

Thanks, Gabi. It's gone now, but not forgotten.

11 months ago.

Gabi Lombardo ^club has replied to John FitzGerald ^club

oh, it's a pity!!

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Gabi Lombardo ^club

Same old story, Gabi. The land had become extremely valuable. And Ed and Anne's son David, who now runs the company, was more interested in the extensive theatrical production side of their business.

11 months ago.

oHo

I looked to the EXIF - and yes, there is a hint of KodaChrome in these pictures :-)
It's a billboard facade (don't know if this term exists)

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to oHo

I haven't checked the editing details myself, Otto (I'm on my phone), but I often use a mild cross-processing effect, which may be partly responsible for the Kodachrome look. I'll check when I'm back on the computer. Billboard facade seems a perfectly legitimate term to me, and an appropriate one here.

11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has added

Well, it's a puzzle. I didn't do any cross-processing, I didn't increase the vibrancy, and white balance was set to auto, which would be daylight, I suppose I could have changed the white balance without it being recorded in the history, though..

11 months ago. Edited 11 months ago.

oHo has replied to John FitzGerald ^club

thanks, John for checking.

Then this filmic look is probably baked in the CCD-sensor... I like the rendering - it's beautiful!

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to oHo

Thank you very much, Otto.

11 months ago.

Ruebenkraut ^club

superbe! i love everything about this picture

11 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to Ruebenkraut ^club

Thank you very much, Rubenkraut.

11 months ago.

James ^club

Great detail shot

7 months ago.

John FitzGerald ^club has replied to James ^club

Thanks, James.

7 months ago.

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