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Exploring Liberty Plaza

In the wake of a suspicious fire, photographer Peter MacCallum trains his eye on this Scarborough strip mall.

By Peter MacCallum

On the morning of July 22, CBC Radio news reported on a suspicious fire that had occurred overnight at a commercial plaza near Eglinton Avenue East and Kennedy Road. Later that day, I viewed cable news footage of the fire scene and immediately recognized the location as Liberty Plaza, which I had photographed for my Strip Malls documentary project in 2022. The majority of the 60 malls included in my Strip Malls series are each represented by a single architectural photograph. However... Read more

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