All You Need Is Locks of Love
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
All You Need Is Locks of Love
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
Many padlocks fixed to this LOVE sculpture in The Distillery District whicch is a commercial and residential district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Located east of downtown, it contains numerous cafés, restaurants, and shops housed within heritage buildings of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. The 13 acres (5.3 ha) district comprises more than forty heritage buildings and ten streets, and is the largest collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.
The Gooderham and Worts Distillery was founded in 1832 and by the late 1860s was the largest distillery in the world.[citation needed] Once providing over 2 million US gallons (7,600,000 L) of whisky, mostly for export on the world market, the company was bought out in later years by rival Hiram Walker Co., another large Canadian distiller. Its location on the side of the Canadian National Railway mainline and its proximity to the mouth of the original route of the Don River outlet into Lake Ontario created a hard edge which separated the district from neighbouring communities. These did however, allow for a facilitated transport connection to the rest of Canada and the world and acted as Toronto's domination as an industrial centre or transshipping hub.
With the deindustrialization of the surrounding area in the late 20th century, and the winding-down of the distillery operations, the district was left increasingly derelict. Surrounding industrial and commercial buildings and structures were often demolished, leaving the former distillery surrounded primarily by empty lots. Nonetheless, the closing of the remaining distillery operations in 1990 created redevelopment and investment opportunities for a district that contained the largest and best preserved collection of Victorian-era industrial architecture in North America.
The economic recession of the early 1990s, however, and the resulting crash in residential condominium prices and office lease rates in downtown Toronto, delayed efforts to revitalize the district. Nonetheless, two residential condominium buildings were constructed on the periphery of the district during the late 1990s.
While the site awaited redevelopment and reinvestment, the district's ambiance began to attract numerous film shoots. Since 1990, the site has served as a location for over 800 film and television productions
The district was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1988
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Comments (16)
Joan Carroll
congrats on your wonderful sale!
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you very much Joan - I see you have lots of sales - well done!
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"