Laird Return

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After a long and enjoyable evening of recording with friends in a studio just off Laird Avenue last Friday, I decided to see if that underground echo chamber as described in Laird Crow, Leaside was still accessible. As evidenced by the photo above, the massive space was awaiting and fortunately had not been bricked over as feared.

When it comes to photography, I generally am a ‘natural light’ kinda guy, but in this case the use of flash was necessitated by the inky black that had welcomed me at the bottom of some forgotten stairs. The pitch darkness of the midnight hour added to the ambiance of playing f lute in this spaceas I gave ’Waves on the Beach’ one last run-through.

For more images of this incredible underground space, check out images posted on Flickr by a member of TLR, Toronto’s Twin Lens Reflex camera club. As you can see by the elaborate wall paintings here, I was not the first to visit, and, likely, not the last!