Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Love your streetcar shots, and this one is no exception. Classic urban photography. Paul On Feb 28, 2010, at 11:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Pretty cool shot Frank. I like this one. Lighting is cool and very gritty. -- Best regards, Bruce Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:42:12 PM, you wrote: ft> Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). ft> http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html ft> Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. ft> cheers, ft> frank ft> -- ft> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Really nice, Frank. Love the lines of the track and the street lights left of frame. Composition of all the elements is excellent. Cheers, Christine - Original Message - From: "frank theriault" To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:42 PM Subject: PESO - Spadina Cars Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
frank theriault wrote: >Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). > >http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Frank, if you ever put together a book of your night-time urban photography I'll buy a copy without hesitation. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Nice perspective shot, Frank. Snow looks to be on it's way out. Jack --- On Sun, 2/28/10, frank theriault wrote: > From: frank theriault > Subject: PESO - Spadina Cars > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" > Date: Sunday, February 28, 2010, 8:42 PM > Taken on Friday night, when we still > had some snow (much of it melted today). > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri > Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
And the driver is awake and at the wheel. Good catch. (local TTC humour) DAVE On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 11:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Frank, Lovely shot and lots of nostalgia for me. (Chicago grew along the horse car/street car lines like Milwaukee Avenue.) Regards, Bob S On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: > Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html > > Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
On Mar 1, 2010, at 10:44 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: Frank, Lovely shot and lots of nostalgia for me. (Chicago grew along the horse car/street car lines like Milwaukee Avenue.) Regards, Bob S When I was a wee one, there was a street car line down the median strip of the South Side's Stony Island Avenue . The cars were electric and were charged by overhead wires. They had open doors at either end, and you could hop on the moving car if you were a bit late. We used to ride a street car up to Jackson Park for picnics. The last street car line I remember on the South Side was on Cottage Grove. By 1960 or so, they had all been replaced with buses. I think they lasted a bit longer on the North Side of town. Paul On Sun, Feb 28, 2010 at 10:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:04 AM, P N Stenquist wrote: > When I was a wee one, there was a street car line down the median strip of > the South Side's Stony Island Avenue . The cars were electric and were > charged by overhead wires. They had open doors at either end, and you could > hop on the moving car if you were a bit late. We used to ride a street car > up to Jackson Park for picnics. The last street car line I remember on the > South Side was on Cottage Grove. By 1960 or so, they had all been replaced > with buses. I think they lasted a bit longer on the North Side of town. > Paul I have a ~very~ vague memory of riding on Montreal's trams (as they called them there) when I was a kid. A quick google indicates they were removed in 1959 when I was three years old, which explains the shadowy memory. Toronto was one of the few cities who didn't rip up their street level light rail tracks (here we call them streetcars) in the 50s and 60s. I remember Toronto being derided somewhat for keeping these "anachronisms" while other major cities converted to a "modern" all-diesel bus surface transit system. Torontonians have always loved their streetcars, however, affectionately dubbing them "Red Rockets". Rights of way have been upgraded over the years, so in some areas they share the streets with other traffic, and in others (like Spadina Avenue that you see in this PESO) they have a dedicated right of way. With our fossil fuel woes, Toronto looks pretty good in that it's already got a fleet of electric vehicles and infrastructure in place. Our current rolling stock is old (1970s vintage) and getting difficult to repair; in 2011 or 2012 we'll start taking delivery of brand new Bombardier 'cars. I know they'll be fast, comfortable and roomy (with a very low floor for better accessibility), but I'll miss the ones we have now just a bit. They've never been sold to any other city (that I know of) so they're unique to Toronto - and pretty handsome in my eyes! Thanks for all the nice comments. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
On 2/28/2010 11:42 PM, frank theriault wrote: Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Hope you enjoy. Comments always welcome. cheers, frank Another terrific moody shot, frank. Nicely captured. -- Christian http://404mohawknotfound.blogspot.com http://birdofthemoment.blogspot.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:45 PM, frank theriault wrote: > On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:04 AM, P N Stenquist > wrote: > >> When I was a wee one, there was a street car line down the median strip of >> the South Side's Stony Island Avenue . The cars were electric and were >> charged by overhead wires. They had open doors at either end, and you could >> hop on the moving car if you were a bit late. We used to ride a street car >> up to Jackson Park for picnics. The last street car line I remember on the >> South Side was on Cottage Grove. By 1960 or so, they had all been replaced >> with buses. I think they lasted a bit longer on the North Side of town. >> Paul > > I have a ~very~ vague memory of riding on Montreal's trams (as they > called them there) when I was a kid. A quick google indicates they > were removed in 1959 when I was three years old, which explains the > shadowy memory. > > Toronto was one of the few cities who didn't rip up their street level > light rail tracks (here we call them streetcars) in the 50s and 60s. > I remember Toronto being derided somewhat for keeping these > "anachronisms" while other major cities converted to a "modern" > all-diesel bus surface transit system. > > Torontonians have always loved their streetcars, however, > affectionately dubbing them "Red Rockets". Rights of way have been > upgraded over the years, so in some areas they share the streets with > other traffic, and in others (like Spadina Avenue that you see in this > PESO) they have a dedicated right of way. > > With our fossil fuel woes, Toronto looks pretty good in that it's > already got a fleet of electric vehicles and infrastructure in place. > > Our current rolling stock is old (1970s vintage) and getting difficult > to repair; in 2011 or 2012 we'll start taking delivery of brand new > Bombardier 'cars. I know they'll be fast, comfortable and roomy (with > a very low floor for better accessibility), but I'll miss the ones we > have now just a bit. They've never been sold to any other city (that > I know of) so they're unique to Toronto - and pretty handsome in my > eyes! > > Thanks for all the nice comments. > > cheers, > frank > I remember the Toronto streetcars from the summer I spent working there off and on. Heck, I should remember them, I almost smacked one the first day i was driving around town. But they really add a nice ambience to the city. Energy concerns aside, they're a plus. Given the need to reduce fossil fuel use, they're a huge asset.. Paul > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
Nice mood On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 4:48 PM, paul stenquist wrote: > > On Mar 1, 2010, at 6:45 PM, frank theriault wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 11:04 AM, P N Stenquist >> wrote: >> >>> When I was a wee one, there was a street car line down the median strip of >>> the South Side's Stony Island Avenue . The cars were electric and were >>> charged by overhead wires. They had open doors at either end, and you could >>> hop on the moving car if you were a bit late. We used to ride a street car >>> up to Jackson Park for picnics. The last street car line I remember on the >>> South Side was on Cottage Grove. By 1960 or so, they had all been replaced >>> with buses. I think they lasted a bit longer on the North Side of town. >>> Paul >> >> I have a ~very~ vague memory of riding on Montreal's trams (as they >> called them there) when I was a kid. A quick google indicates they >> were removed in 1959 when I was three years old, which explains the >> shadowy memory. >> >> Toronto was one of the few cities who didn't rip up their street level >> light rail tracks (here we call them streetcars) in the 50s and 60s. >> I remember Toronto being derided somewhat for keeping these >> "anachronisms" while other major cities converted to a "modern" >> all-diesel bus surface transit system. >> >> Torontonians have always loved their streetcars, however, >> affectionately dubbing them "Red Rockets". Rights of way have been >> upgraded over the years, so in some areas they share the streets with >> other traffic, and in others (like Spadina Avenue that you see in this >> PESO) they have a dedicated right of way. >> >> With our fossil fuel woes, Toronto looks pretty good in that it's >> already got a fleet of electric vehicles and infrastructure in place. >> >> Our current rolling stock is old (1970s vintage) and getting difficult >> to repair; in 2011 or 2012 we'll start taking delivery of brand new >> Bombardier 'cars. I know they'll be fast, comfortable and roomy (with >> a very low floor for better accessibility), but I'll miss the ones we >> have now just a bit. They've never been sold to any other city (that >> I know of) so they're unique to Toronto - and pretty handsome in my >> eyes! >> >> Thanks for all the nice comments. >> >> cheers, >> frank >> > > I remember the Toronto streetcars from the summer I spent working there off > and on. Heck, I should remember them, I almost smacked one the first day i > was driving around town. But they really add a nice ambience to the city. > Energy concerns aside, they're a plus. Given the need to reduce fossil fuel > use, they're a huge asset.. > Paul >> -- >> "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> PDML@pdml.net >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
Re: PESO - Spadina Cars
2010/3/1 frank theriault : > Taken on Friday night, when we still had some snow (much of it melted today). > > http://knarf-underground.blogspot.com/2010/02/spadina-cars.html Frank, I was holding that back but I genuinely hate you sometimes for constantly bringing back up in me how much I want to to go back to Toronto with those unignorable shots of yours. I was so happy there and yet too young and foolish to grab that opportunity and stay =( I guess you'll have to find me a job there to repair that damage... Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 6:45 AM, eckinator wrote: > Frank, I was holding that back but I genuinely hate you sometimes for > constantly bringing back up in me how much I want to to go back to > Toronto with those unignorable shots of yours. I was so happy there > and yet too young and foolish to grab that opportunity and stay =( > > I guess you'll have to find me a job there to repair that damage... I could probably get you a job as a bike messenger... ;-) Thanks for your kind words, and thank to everyone else who commented. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
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2010/3/4 frank theriault : > > I could probably get you a job as a bike messenger... > ;-) Careful, I used to do that! (kidding, now is not the right time but perhaps in a few years) Cheers Ecke -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
