Today was!

Spontaneous urban exploration.


And rooms that made me curiously sad.


Children used to live here, and not long ago.


And artists.


And nerds.


And literati.


And hipsters!


They left messages.


Entire walls of memories, in fact.


Rooms of art.


And, now they're gone.

More Photos from today

It was a huge building, the former offices of the Toronto Telegram, which closed in 1971. It was four floors, with 4 or 5 large suites on each floor.



Wandering around inside reminded of dreams I've had, walking through room after room in a shabby warehouse, finding odd bits of debris and treasure. And dreams of climbing up ever higher. Even, in the case of the roof, up very narrow stairs to a tiny loft, and finding yet another door..

( More photos below! )