{"id":2816,"date":"2008-02-23T14:32:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-23T19:32:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=2816"},"modified":"2008-02-23T14:34:35","modified_gmt":"2008-02-23T19:34:35","slug":"blogging-the-blaze-part-ii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/02\/23\/blogging-the-blaze-part-ii\/","title":{"rendered":"Blogging the Blaze, part II"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2302\/2280326352_7da13bf979_o.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2302\/2280326352_8f9a348e4f.jpg\" height=\"163\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in 2002, <a href=\"http:\/\/kevinsteele.com\">Kevin Steele<\/a> became the first Toronto photoblogger I followed with regularity. I&#8217;ve always enjoyed his series of photos that are stitched together to show <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/kevinsteele\/sets\/72157603956806465\/\">long, horizontal views of street storefronts<\/a>. Lucky for us, he has put together a series that depicts the <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/kevinsteele\/2280326352\/\">Queen West buildings before the fire<\/a> (above photo).   Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2302\/2280326352_7da13bf979_o.jpg\">larger version<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/?p=2810\">I posted<\/a> Thursday, Toronto photobloggers rose to the occasion by thoroughly documenting all the stages of the Queen West fire. Below are more photos of the event and its aftermath. Click on a photo to be taken to a series of photos by each photographer.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/inventor_77\/sets\/72157603962402320\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2200\/2284877124_1a579c8e4d.jpg\" height=\"334\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/inventor_77\/sets\/72157603962402320\/\">Jeremy K<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/inventor_77\/sets\/72157603962402320\/\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/mutephotoblog\/sets\/72157603959561085\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2253\/2284921022_226bf8392c.jpg\" height=\"360\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/mutephotoblog\/sets\/72157603959561085\/\">Miles Storey<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/arcticlamb\/sets\/72157603960507977\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3188\/2285183402_b7cb63a8cc.jpg\" height=\"335\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/arcticlamb\/sets\/72157603960507977\/\">David Michael Lamb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/emangrooving\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3016\/2283098746_9c94659ca6.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/emangrooving\/\">Erik Twight<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/karenseto\/tags\/queenstreetwest\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3110\/2285065254_28788c832f.jpg\" height=\"367\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/karenseto\/tags\/queenstreetwest\/\">Karen Seto<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/alfredng\/sets\/72157603955160472\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2007\/2282519294_e14d81590b.jpg\" height=\"375\" width=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>See fire photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/flickr.com\/photos\/alfredng\/sets\/72157603955160472\/\">Alfred Ng<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in 2002, Kevin Steele became the first Toronto photoblogger I followed with regularity. I&#8217;ve always enjoyed his series of photos that are stitched together to show long, horizontal views of street storefronts. Lucky for us, he has put together a series that depicts the Queen West buildings before the fire (above photo). Check out<a href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/02\/23\/blogging-the-blaze-part-ii\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"sr-only\">&#8220;Blogging the Blaze, part II&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1022,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[8285,4498,8284,8286,666,593,665,811,316,19],"class_list":["post-2816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-history","category-media","tag-alfred-ng","tag-david-michael-lamb","tag-erik-twight","tag-karen-seto","tag-kevin-steele","tag-location","tag-miles-storey","tag-photographer","tag-queen","tag-toronto"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blogging the Blaze, part II - Spacing Toronto<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2008\/02\/23\/blogging-the-blaze-part-ii\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blogging the Blaze, part II - Spacing Toronto\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Back in 2002, Kevin Steele became the first Toronto photoblogger I followed with regularity. 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