John FitzGerald's photos

1930. Sproatt and Rolph

A Fringe Festival production being staged in the alley that ran through Honest Ed's department store in Toronto. The name of the production is a bit crude but if you're feeling crudity-proof click the pic to enlarge it and have a look at the sign on the platform. For some history of Honest Ed's, click the picture in the PiP at upper left. I don't know why they removed the spinning red-and-yellow globes; they were cool.

A trade card uploaded for the Vintage Photos Theme Park's weekly theme "Stores (interiors or exteriors)". Tulip was copyrighted in 1904. The 2 Macs were at this corner from 1892 to 1923, when the store moved to Mackenzie Avenue. I probably found this at the St. Lawrence Market Collectibles Show in Toronto but I'm not certain. The sign at the top of the store says "The Busy Store On The Busy Corner". A history of the Busy Corner: www.historynerd.ca/2016/07/05/the-busiest-corner-on-the-busiest-street

On the left is Royal Bank Plaza North (1976, WZMH Architects) and on the right is Maritime Life Tower (1985, Bregman + Hamann Architects).

I prefer the bigger versions. Click the pic or type Z to find out if you agree with me. Or don't look at the big versions. It's a free country. We'll all be just as happy afterwards whatever you decide. Trust me.

Another tribute to Andy Warhol.

Taken in 2012, when people roamed free. I recommend clicking the pic for a bigger view. More faces: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1284722?with=50834996

Another one influenced by Robert Adams, I think. ---- Marko Novosel and Steve Bucknell have suggested William Eggleston and Ed Ruscha as other possible influences, and I agree they may have played a role here. I certainly learned a lot about composition from them.

St. Clair & Yonge, Toronto

Uploaded for this week's "Curly" theme at Vintage Photos Theme Park. I don't really know what the theme covers but there's one way to find out, eh? Anyway, we have some curly hair here, and some curly-hair holders. I believe this comes from a 1948 copy of Holiday magazine. Unfortunately it and some other old publications went missing during my last two moves and I haven't come across it yet, so I can't verify that. No idea what Scoldy implies. Let me know if you know. ==== Thanks to Keith Burton for sending me a link through which I was able to find that today's successor to this brand is the Amelia brand. Scoldy Lox was also registered as a trademark in 1945, so the 1948 edition of Holiday is looking more likely as the source.

The north side of Dundas Square in Toronto on June 20, 2013.

The building on the left is the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (Kenneth R. Cooper, 1969) on Bloor Street West in Toronto. On the right is The Address condominiums (Angelo Kolenc, 1985) on Prince Arthur Avenue.

I thought a trumpet would be appropriate for celebrating the news about Andy Rodker: www.ipernity.com/group/2659054/discuss/196460?lc=0#comments An earlier photo of the same instrument is in the PiP at top left.