The last days at Toronto Star's printing plant

Photographer Todd Korol visits the Toronto Star's press plant for the last time and captures portraits of the people that worked there.

[@ArjunBasu2]

Very cool! The doc is really nicely produced.

[@wendyburgess7363]

This short video did not really do any justice to what is involved in printing the Toronto Star. The building and the press was state of the art when it opened in the early 90's. My late husband worked for the Star and worked long hours when they moved to the new plant in Vaughan. A few years before he retired I went and saw the building and got to see the press in action from start to finish at press time. It was amazing. Walking down the halls in the state of the art building and looking at all of the famous pictures that were printed on the front page was really interesting. It is such a shame that Mother Star felt the need to out source the printing. A lot of pressman lost their jobs when this plant closed.

[@poly_hexamethyl]

Very sad that this plant closed down. So nice that you documented it with such care and affection. The spirit of the place and people will live on because of your efforts.

[@quickwateroutdoors7301]

Great look at the press and the people / culture behind it, but a sad reminder of how print media continues to shrink, even more so today. I started my career around web presses but print photo art books on digital and sheetfed presses today. The market is as strong as ever but continuously changing.

[@DrJRaven]

Absolutely fantastic

[@babbalonian2]

Did they sell that to China too?

[@SikanderIqbal]

Nicely documented.

[@dwightwilliams5892]

Yes, it was.

[@justsayupyours]

Good riddance to bad rubbish.

[@Nat.ImagesLarge.F.Photographer]

Great work Todd, very nice and interesting!!

[@dwightwilliams5892]

Something that brings me some new sadness: I probably bought a copy of that last edition from those presses here in Ottawa-Gatineau and didn't quite realize what I had in my hands up until viewing this video today. To Mr. Korol and the staff at those presses: my thanks as a reader for your service. It matters.

[@stevegalaski8893]

Will the photos be published in Mondays paper?

[@johnhunt6274]

Hey I installed some fibre optic cables there.still running good I was told my fibre optic splicing had the lowest signal loss in the company I worked for.let me know if you need a fibre optic installer splicer at the new press plant.

[@davidglew5591]

defund the toronto star.

[@dwightwilliams5892]

As for the calls to bigotry by several - not all - commenters here? No love for that. None. Without apology.

[@mickwest7918]

Odd that when you were looking at the first man through your camera - he was right side up must be some sort of new view camera - Digital I guess?

[@CalgaryRambler]

well done nice video

[@silver-zc8vi]

Mighty machines lgvs

[@HeltonM7]

This guy looks like John Podesta. Probably just as creepy.

[@Xantank]

Got to love technology. Innovate or be left behind...

[@sunnywakefield4659]

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