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Photos from the post-electric age, part one

This is the first set of my photos from last week’s blackout.

Here are two photos of the guy at the W salon on Queen Street West who had the rest of his haircut outside:

Queen and Spadina is a busy intersection, but it’s never this busy on a Thursday afternoon unless it’s the Christmas shopping rush:

These two guys, who live on Beverley Street just south of Dundas we prepared with flashlight and hand-cranked radio:

With a good chunk of Accordion City’s public transport disabled, traffic became a nightmare in short order:

The smart ones decided to wait out the traffic and the blackout by killing time at their local pub, especially if it was open-air. Here’s our view from the patio of The Black Bull:

Joey deVilla

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