Spadina and Dundas looking South

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 20 August 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Sakamoto/Schreiber - Toronto 1977-2007 series starts here.

Note: Sadly, we've come to the end of the series. This last photo is one Sakamoto-san photographed from his photo album. The negative is gone, but I think it looks poetic and makes a fitting close.

One more piece of business: if anyone from Toronto sees this page, I've been trying to find the location of this house. Any ideas?

And I want to close it out by giving the largest and warmest possible thank you to Mr. Masashige Sakamoto who has been a true inspiration and wonderfully supportive every step of the way. 本当にどうもありがとうございます。

Top image copyright Shige Sakamoto - 坂本政恵

High-res here (my image) and here (1977 image). The entire 1977 series can be viewed in context starting here.

[Spadina & Dundas, Toronto]

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Comments (12)

Helen from Melbourne, Australia

Well congratulations Damon. What a feat! Thanks for sharing all that hard work with us. I am sure Sakamoto san is very moved by what you have done. I am.

20 Aug 2007 12:24pm

Juanra from Madrid, Spain

Es increible como cambian las cosas, muy buena.

20 Aug 2007 5:07pm

Henri Rabagny from Paris, France

I've just discover your project. It's a great idea and is very well made. Congratulations!

20 Aug 2007 10:15pm

William from San Jose, United States

That is a really cool series, i enjoyed that!

21 Aug 2007 4:21am

Shige Sakamoto from Yokohama, Japan

I was so impressed by your big project that will involve a lot of effort such as patience ,photography technique and riding around the city to find the same scene.
I have to say thank you,Schreiber san, for working closely together as though we lived nextdoor neighbor .
It was very enjoyable and exciting , thank you again.

21 Aug 2007 8:54am

Nick Passantino from Bronx, United States

no more head in parking. great work on this shot as well as the rest of the series.

21 Aug 2007 11:28am

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I enjoyed this big project a lot and I can imagine how much work it was – and fun too. Thanks for the (time) journey into a foreign city.

21 Aug 2007 4:31pm

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

I really enjoyed this project, congratulations to both of you, excellent execution Damon, really impressed!

22 Aug 2007 4:14pm

Amy from Toronto, Canada

I think the house you asked about might be in Wychwood Park...the private community south of St. Clair and West of Bathurst...there are a couple of house there with those high peaks and big front lawns... who knows... Spectacular results wth the project. WOW!

29 Nov 2007 4:48pm

@Amy: wow, thanks, Amy! I appreciate the hint and your kind words. I walked through Wychwood Park a couple times last summer, but then again, I wasn't really looking for the house in question at the time. When I get a chance, I'll take a careful look again. Thanks! One thing that leads me to a little doubt though, is that I have a suspicion that the house photo was taken through a tour-bus window, and I just can't imagine tour buses driving through Wychwood Park.

Aaron Schmidt from Auckland, New Zealand

Congrats Damon ... an unprecedented project with impressive results.

15 Jan 2008 12:30am

@Aaron Schmidt: Thanks, Aaron!

Justin from Canada

Wow. I've always wanted to do a project just like this. These photographs are all so fantastic. I have a paper to write, but I procrastinated for almost two hours looking through your images in awe.

19 Mar 2008 8:39am

Keung from Toronto, Canada

That house could be located in Forrest Hill, on Spadina. There are houses that look like that around there.

31 Aug 2009 11:59pm

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