Thursday, September 21, 2023

From cereal factory to showpiece

Where yesterday meets tomorrow
London, ON
September 2023
This photo originally shared on Instagram

My breakfast cereal once came from here, a century-old factory that produced its final box of Frosted Flakes 9 years ago.

After languishing in the shadows of a dusty industrial neighborhood for a few years, the place was repurposed as a showpiece multipurpose entertainment complex. As urban renewal projects go, this is the bar that all others now aim for.

So it felt somewhat right to quietly walk through the lovingly restored masterpiece as the setting sun cast all sorts of magic across the ancient concrete and brick.

A sign, perhaps, that dark chapters eventually end, and what comes next is often well beyond what could have been imagined at the time. If, that is, we choose to dream - and act - big.

Maybe that’s a broader metaphor, too. We’ll come back here soon to explore that further.

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