John FitzGerald's photos

The Buy & Sell was a junk shop on St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto. I have posted two photos of its front window before (shown in the PiPs at top left), but have never named the store. It was a remarkable place, crammed full of items of every type. A review of it I once read recommended taking a pair of gloves and a hard hat when you visited. The B & S also provided some great deals to compensate for problems like having to climb over the stock. Now I find that it closed after I left Toronto, and these three photographs are my tribute to it.

I like the full-screen version of this. Not saying you have to.

Toronto, April 2013.

Toronto, 2016.

Ode to April 16, 2025 Venetian blinds Election signs My eyes are fine!

This is part of an album which, for no reason I can specify, I believe was inspired by Mondria(a)n's Broadway Boogie-Woogie . www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1347818

Another typical Toronto house style. The street unfortunately seems to have been too narrow for me to get all the windows in. But John Berger says you can evaluate a photo by how much it leaves out that is already contained within it, so I plead the Berger rule. More houses: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1341942

These colours seemed like a good idea at the time. Maybe they are. But I'll leave that question up to you. I apologize for any discomfort you may experience. You might enjoy clicking on the full screen version and touring the details. Just a suggestion. This was taken on Spadina Avenue in Toronto in April 2016,