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Who is Adam The Woo – A Documentary – more Junction than you think

By On April 6, 2014 In 150 Symes Road, 150 Symes Road Symes Road Incinerator, 43 Junction Road, 6 Lloyd Avenue, 61 63 67 Vine Ave, 97 Pelham Avenue, buildings, Heintzman Place, Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Junction Industry, Junction Meatpacking District, Junction Public Space Initiative, Making and Placing, Stockyards Phase one, West Toronto Diamond project, West Toronto Junction Historical Society With Comments Off on Who is Adam The Woo – A Documentary – more Junction than you think Permanent Link to Who is Adam The Woo – A Documentary – more Junction than you thinkPermalink

 

 

This post is about places. Adam the Woo is an urban adventurer who documents his visits disused and abandoned places on a YouTube channel. His efforts to communicate the importance of places in communities and visitations to various disused industrial buildings all have a real connection to the Greater Junction Area. Our area has some very hard-core urban explorers. Some simply visiting out of interest, while others seek the history and value to our community from their visits. We also have so many places and things that need to explored and documented.

Adams commitment to produce videos of so many places – even Toronto – is great and his methods are simply wonderful.

Below is a documentary by Kenny Johnson with Adam the Woo which provides a glimpse into a staggering body of work.

If above embed is not working on your devise here is the direct URL

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90fxDxv5r9Y&feature=youtu.be

Adams web site Http://www.adamthewoo.com/‎

 

 

Storage facility gutted by fire last week was the Junction Dodge Plant

By On January 18, 2012 In 97 Pelham Avenue, Junction Triangle, Ward 11 (York South-Weston} With 4 Comments Permanent Link to Storage facility gutted by fire last week was the Junction Dodge PlantPermalink

 

Reposted from http://maplib.blogspot.com thanks to commentor Joyce for commenting the link.

Additional images of the building and area are at the http://maplib.blogspot.com 

 

A storage facility at Osler and Pelham in Toronto went up in flames on January 9th, 2012 and continued to burn for two days. http://ctestp.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20120109/120109_toronto_fire/20120109/?hub=CP24Home This was not the first time in recent history that the building’s structure had been challenged. In 2006, the building was hit by a grain train http://www.tcrc295.com/Osler_derailment.htm when it derailed from the neighbouring railway tracks. Here are some photos from John (aka Krunkwerke) of the aftermath of that derailment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/krunkwerke/sets/72157625704504118/with/5305938452/

While the building is currently one of many storage facilities in the neighbourhood, the building and the site are historically significant to the Junction area. Here is a photo from 1948 of the building, from the Toronto Archives :

 

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