{"id":1997,"date":"2007-06-13T15:01:14","date_gmt":"2007-06-13T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1997"},"modified":"2007-06-13T16:22:50","modified_gmt":"2007-06-13T20:22:50","slug":"postcard-image-of-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/06\/13\/postcard-image-of-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Postcard image of Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/191\/460157284_474f581b99.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, Mark Medley had <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canada.com\/nationalpost\/news\/story.html?id=9a394266-8297-4d54-b140-9d3c76ab2f10&#038;p=2\">an article in the <em>National Post<\/em><\/a> that asked a variety of city thinkers (including myself) what the impact the opening of the ROM Crystal will have on the postcard image of the city. Medley suggested that our traditional postcard image of Toronto (looking back at the city from the Islands) may be at risk with all of the new signature buildings going up (the AGO, National Ballet School and Opera House). I argued that the Crystal certainly will change the tourist&#8217;s mental image of the city. But since there is now such a focus on waterfront development with the public demanding that the architecture by the water&#8217;s edge be of the highest caliber, no matter what we do inland the postcard image will always be viewed from the lake.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photojunkie.ca\/\">Rannie Turingan<\/a>, one of Toronto&#8217;s preeminent photobloggers, made the best observation in the article when he said it&#8217;s not the SkyDome or the skyscrapers that really make up the mental image of a city &#8212; it&#8217;s the small photos of someone picking up fruit in Kensington, or cricket players in G. Ross Lord Park, or discarded furniture found in a back alley.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the question I pose to Spacing Wire readers: <strong>what is *your* personal postcard image of Toronto?<\/strong>  <em>(feel free to provide links to actual photos)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>photo by <a href=\"http:\/\/doublecrossed.ca\/\">Tanja-Tiziana Burdi<\/a> <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the weekend, Mark Medley had an article in the National Post that asked a variety of city thinkers (including myself) what the impact the opening of the ROM Crystal will have on the postcard image of the city. 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