Toronto #16

Comment by Marie on June 15, 2011 at 11:24am

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Fire_of_Toronto_(1904)

Amazingly... no one was killed.

Bay and Front, 1904 and 2011.

Comment by NatureJunkie on June 15, 2011 at 11:57am

Oh so you're in Ontario. For some reason, I thought it was Quebec. (Sorry. Not paying attention.)

 

I love your pacing and editing in all of your stuff, Marie. You're very good at it. This gives the feeling of the city being raised from the debris. I hadn't known about the fire of 1904. San Francisco, of course, burned in 1906, and almost half of Berkeley burned to the ground in 1923. It seems like fire, absolutely horrible as it is, makes for a kind of ecological succession  for cities just as it does in nature.

Comment by Pypermarru1 on June 15, 2011 at 4:49pm

Everything about this video is AWESOME.  my favorite so far. Not often that I do this but.......

I give you the last slice of pizza.

Comment by Marie on June 15, 2011 at 7:59pm

@NJ Naw... you were paying attention. I split my time between Ontario and Quebec. My videos come from both provinces. =-) The Toronto fire was no where near the scale of San Francisco or Berkeley.

In editing, thank you, I seem to be developing a personal style with this challenge. haha

Rising from the ashes... I wish they would stop the high-rising along the waterfront. Hadn't been to TO in years and was shocked at how the views are now only accessible to the rich. *mumble*swear*grumble*

 

@Pyper OMG Pizza!!! Food of the gods! Yum!

Comment by BlancheNoE on June 16, 2011 at 12:07pm

WOW. That is amazing.

...and YES, you are developing a very distinctive and attractive editing style, Miss Marie.

I'm SO glad you jumped into this challenge.

Comment by Marie on June 16, 2011 at 2:53pm

A very sincere and heartfelt Thank You! BlancheNoE. You do things with video I can only dream of doing....

Comment by spacemonkey1310 on June 18, 2011 at 11:36am

Excellent editing on this one. Great tune to.

Comment by SydTheSkeptic on June 22, 2011 at 5:42pm

Marie, loved how you got the old time footage in there.  Gave it a flash-documentary feel with the music.

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