Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post,used stamp,$1 Runnymede Library, Bibliotheque Runnymede, Toronto stamp

Image details
Contributor:
Tony SmithImage ID:
2AT9EARFile size:
54.5 MB (2.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
Model - no | Property - noDo I need a release?Dimensions:
5360 x 3552 px | 45.4 x 30.1 cm | 17.9 x 11.8 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
26 July 2015Location:
CanadaMore information:
. An on-location image from Canada in 2015, useful both for the specific subject shown and for the evidence it retains about local identity, design, use and everyday life. The main subject is Canadian Stamp, Canada Stamp, Canada Post, used stamp, $1 Runnymede Library, Bibliotheque Runnymede, Toronto stamp. The frame also contains themes of urban fabric, archival record, historic townscape, period detail, changing streetscape, town-centre economy, community identity, conservation architecture, local trading, contemporary social history, public realm, place identity, changing land use, and regional identity. The subject remains useful for current coverage of town-centre regeneration and hybrid working, not least because of the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names. Today's wider story includes maintenance costs, redevelopment pressure and the practical question of reusing existing buildings rather than demolishing them. For later comparison, the photograph preserves evidence of how the subject fitted into ordinary life as seen at Canada. The wider local story also touches on historic context, historic frontage, shopfront economy, architectural detailing, independent trading, retail vacancy, urban commerce, and bricks-and-mortar retail. Elements such as Library, Bibliotheque, Stamp, Toronto, and Runnymede add documentary specificity and may become more useful when compared with later records. For Canada, the photograph contributes to a cumulative visual history in which changes in use, signs, access and appearance can be traced over time. Another strand within the photograph is town-centre regeneration and the rapid turnover of shopfronts and trading names in a form that can be compared with future views of Canada. The image also provides a reference for heritage conservation and the contrast between preservation and redevelopment within the real-world context of Canada.