I went to the racetrack and was met by the guy that is in charge of the removal of everything and got the grand tour. He explained to me that they tried to put a box on the roof level and it broke the back of the structure. With that and the amount of upgrades needed they decided it was not worth it and turned it into a training ground for the Ottawa Raceway horses.

Kingston Life had this to say at the shot and location
Recently retired after 27 years with the military, Tom Rutledge, photographer for Left Behind, now enjoys photography — above and below the surface of the water — as a full-time passion with his wife, Polly. He specializes in underwater photography in the Kingston area, as well as urban and rural decay.

Kingston Park Raceway
(formerly Frontenac Downs)
On McAdoo’s Lane in the north end of the city, Kingston’s horse racing track lies dormant, but the grandstand, scoreboard and scattered harnesses that remain call to mind the once-popular site opened in 1971. Currently owned by the Rideau Carleton Raceway in Ottawa and used as a training facility, the track hasn’t seen live horse racing since the Kingston Park Raceway was forced to close. In January of 1995, then-owner of the facility, former television newsman Dick Trotter, announced he was temporarily cancelling the live racing program due to an ongoing shortage of horses, but would continue to broadcast races onsite via satellite. With listed debts of around $300,000 and a mandate from the Ontario Racing Commission to develop a solid financial plan before live racing could resume, Trotter lost the track a few months later and the mortgage holder, McAdoo Auto Parts, sold the property. In April of 2000, the general manager of racing at Rideau Carleton announced intentions to revive the facility and schedule races on the track by the summer. The idea received the support of city council, but the application to the racing commission was never carried out.

Using the above photo

Found most of them closed today, I guess there’s a high rate of crime :p

more here. I will add more in the coming weeks

Before my latest tattoo appointment I took a ride out to the Rideau for a looksie and found this old cottage at the end of a side road that was marked Cottage for Rent. I think the cottage is further down the unplowed road or someone has a sense of humour.

At one of [...]

After 293 dives last year it’s going to be hard to top that but I am sure that Chris will be up for the task. . So today we did the deed and first dive, at first I thought it wasn’t going to happen as everyone was either working or skiing today. [...]

drydock underconstruction dec 09

Originally uploaded by Tom Rutledge – Photosbytomandpolly..com

They have started working on the Dry Dock at the Marine Museum and with all the ideas it will be a pretty neat site once they get it all done. The last couple of days have been brutal but with todays work out it has [...]

So today reaffirmed the belief that being a Canadian is a good thing even if we don’t toot our own horns. Andre and I headed to Ottawa yesterday shot some pics at night and then off to Montana’s for a steak dinner and a beer afterwards. In the morning we headed to [...]

So a few of us from the Kingston Flickr group headed over to Rideaucrest today to participate in with www.help-portrait.com. It was a interesting day and I even survived most of it I took about 100 pictures so It’s going to be a while to sort them out, Some of the others have [...]

Christmas at Motorsport Plus Click on the link to see the video btw.
I got the annual invite to go to Motorsport Plus and had a good time till about 8 then the meds like normally wore off and I shot out of there like a bat out of hell. The people [...]

So after 4 years of saying so and finding a bunch of like minded divers willing to explore a new diving hot spot I embarked on a trip to Grenada. Andre, Serge, Nancy and I headed to Grenada for a weeks of diving and Nancy liked it so much she stayed an additional week. [...]

So off with a parade actually….
So Sean and I put aside the depression symptoms that keep us away from events most of the time yet again and watched and photographed Kingston’s night time Santa parade. We started at 3 pm by visiting Rosie and the Hog chapter at the old Nortel plant parking lot [...]