cool sets once again, I think you guys appreciate the heat much more than we do, with the bad winters u get

^^ Nobody appreciates summertime more than Canadians do :)

Fabulous!

It's nice that you got to see and learn about those two houses. I bet a lot of historians and architecture buffs in the area don't know about those places.

I certainly had no idea of the Morden Neilson house, and was thrilled to stumble upon it just by being in the right place at the right time!
Continuing my tours of Toronto parks, here is the exceptionally lovely and fun Riverdale Park. I rode there yesterday in the 33c heat, and drank litres of water along the way to stay hydrated. Riverdale Park itself is huge and spreads down the ravine:

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For the purposes of this tour, I'll focus on Riverdale Park West, and especially the 7.4 acre Riverdale Farm, which is the grounds of the old zoo. Every wading pool in the city is packed full of kids:

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Outdoor Farmer's Market:

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Thanks to the clever Andrew, I now know how to visit what is left of the old Riverdale Zoo, from 1894-1974. There are three structures left from that time; the first is the Donnybrook Ruin. All that is left of a two storey building is the tower:

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We'll go through the porte-cochère:

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the Farm is a labyrinth of pretty little lanes and paths:

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This is the second of the original buildings still standing, "The Residence"- it was built in 1902 by prisoners from the Don Jail, and used for the administrators of the zoo:

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nice little ponds act as wetlands:

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a little bridge leads across to the third structure still standing from the original zoo:

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All other buildings were razed, but these three were left as a reminder of the original zoo. This one is called The Monkey House, but there is some question as to whether it was used for monkeys, or some other type of animal or birds. It is very picturesque, but if indeed it did house monkeys, it was a sad little prison for them:

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I'm glad that they left this building to stand, as a reminder of our past.

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Now we'll walk back up to the "farm" part. I think Riverdale Farm is a lovely way for modern city children to see farm animals close up. There are barns dating
back to 1850, full of all sorts of exotic domestic fowl, pigs, sheep, cows, horses....anything you can imagine. All this within a kilometre or two of the banking towers
of the Central Business District:

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This is actually a beautifully made replica of an 1850's Ontario Farmhouse:

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Pretty, old fashioned Hollyhocks:

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If we cross the street we can see the exceedingly picturesque Toronto Necropolis, built in 1850. It is one of the finest examples of Early English Gothic Revival style architecture in our city:

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The porte-cochère to the cemetery, which I suppose was intended to represent our
journey to the after-life:

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Likely the Rectory, next door:

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The cemetery. In Victorian times, cemeteries doubled as public parks; one could visit there and enjoy the scenery as well as have a picnic. People rarely do that anymore, of course, as it is for some reason considered too "creepy" in our more "enlightened" present. ;)

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Riverdale Park is part of our quaintly beautiful Cabbagetown which is one of the largest continuous areas of preserved Victorian housing in North America. The area was settled by Irish immigrants around 1840. Here are just a couple of examples of the many thousands of brick Victorian homes in Cabbagetown, in an array of fanciful styles:

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one of the few brick roads left in Toronto that haven't been covered with asphalt or
concrete, and the shadow of someone who looks like Taller, Better on a bike! :

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a turn of the century attempt at building community "apartments"

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the origin of one of our big office supply retail companies, "Grand and Toy':

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Here is a pretty little 1887 row of terraced houses, called "Bryce's Terrace". These rowhouses were common in late Victorian Toronto, and provided housing for the working class. We can see the Second Empire design influence in the Mansard roofline. As humble as these houses were, they are quaint and much loved today:

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for fun, let's compare those rowhouses to another, in Yorkville. It was built five years earlier, in 1882, but in a completely different style; no mansard roofline and no bay and gables. Called Sheppard Row, it was no-nonsense terraced housing, also for the working class, but creates a lovely visual rhythm.

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Entrances have been altered and renovated over the years to individualize each unit.

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Ironically, being in Yorkville, it is anything but "working class" nowadays, and rubs shoulders with some of the poshest hotels and boutiques in the city! :)

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Great pictures! Those rowhouses are interesting to see. It's strange how rowhouses were big in Toronto and Hamilton, but I have not seen many in smaller places in Ontario like St. Catharines or Brantford or London that much. Rowhouses are even less common across the border in Buffalo.

A steamy, sultry 32c today, so I headed for the waterfront to stay cool.

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^^ As well, very nice new shots Taller, Better :cheers:

I cant look at your thread to often it makes me want to come home.

^^ OMG! Are you still over there? Are you going to move home someday?

Every year I go on a hot summer day to The Danforth (Greektown) and take some pictures of the fun. Every year the pictures look pretty much the same, I know, but I always have fun doing it! That is what I did yesterday. I got off the subway at Pape Station:

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^^ the smells wafting from that bakery forced me to go in and have a little snack!!

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mouthwatering spanokopita:

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and freshly made honey balls!

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tchotchkes galore for every occasion imaginable:

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a more typical "Canadian" style pub:

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I'm curious about this new monster "Sports Bar" but did not venture inside yet....

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one of my fave haunts:

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where I go for more special occasions:

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fruit and veg everywhere:

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nothing like it when local produce is in season:

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this is the street's little village square:

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and then farewell to one of the prettiest and most fun streets in the city, as I head back downtown:

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Fabulous!

Great pictures from the lakeside and Greektown! You need to show us more lazy summer afternoons and evenings around the city.

Beautiful Greektown. A slice of Mediterranean ambience in Canada :cheers:

Thanks, guys! I'm always amazed at the amount of Greek being spoken on the street. It is even more fun at night, of course, but I did not get a chance to stay later this time. Here are some snaps from a year or two ago:

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OPA!!!!

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wow!, the Greektown is so neat and great with sidewalk cafes and restaurants.
there must be lots of Greek food choices.
this makes me hungry for Greek food I will visit our Stephos here for some lamb chop.
thanks Greg for showing them.

The streetlife looks great.

Great thread! I visited Toronto when I was really young, but mostly stayed in the suburbs and can't remember very much unfortunately :( I'd LOVE to go back though. It's one of the most vibrant and trendy cities in NA imo :D

I agree! Beautiful, very nice photos from TO's greektown :)

awesome :)

apparently both toronto & new york have big greek communities?

cool night shots... was that handheld or tripod?

Thanks, guys! Handheld shots, sometimes leaning up against a tree or post.

@Dean; there is a big Greek community in Chicago, and likely in New York, too. Also Melbourne in Australia, I believe. :)

I love Greektown! What a beautiful neighborhood! :) :cheers2:

I think I am getting hungry from looking at all t hose pictures though... ;)

The Greek community in Toronto, how big is it? :)

I think I once read that it is something like 150,000, but I can't remember the exact figures.

Some of my own shots from a week ago, taken from about mid-town:

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a photo of one of our suburbs (Mississauga):

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Toronto is have a grand summer time
while here in the west coast, we have rain and below 20C temp right now.

nice photo update.
true, madonna - we have a short real summertime,
just the other day I saw some trees with yellow leaves...the onset of fall.

Indeed, great - very nice new photos Taller, Better :)

Love the set of great pics on posts # 3262, 3263 & 3264.....thanks for sharing.:cheers2:

Hey TB, you should post your great recent pics of the Danforth in the Greek section of Euroscrapers! I know you have in the past. Cheers!

Hi TB - I thought that you might like this pic - Auckland's Sky Tower is being lit up for the Rugby World Cup 2011 and each night a specific country has it's turn, last night was Canada's turn to shine :)


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25 AUG 11 RWC 2011 CANADA (http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyeonauckland/6081098767/) by Urban+Explorer (http://www.flickr.com/people/eyeonauckland/), on Flickr

Fabulous as usual!

Thanks, all! Loved that tower lit up, Syd!!

Thanks for the suggestion, Leaf!! I may just do that with some of the Greek pics!! :cheers:

^^ Nice shot SYDNEY :)

Some wandering-about-town shots from last weekend:

The small downtown "Courthouse Square:

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The seventh Post Office built in Toronto, in 1851, in a delightful Greek Revival Style:

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I wandered over to The Distillery District, which is now a pedestrian-only entertainment district with cafes, bars, restaurants and artistic retail outlets at the site of the former Gooderham and Worts Distillery. Built in 1832, the distillery grew to become the largest one in the British Empire, and has been marvellously preserved and redeveloped to its new purposes. New condominiums are springing up in the neighbourhood, breathing new life into what was once a virtually abandoned and locked up compound:

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a sake brewery:

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nice cheeses from Quebec!! :eat:

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one of the first of the buildings put up in 1832:

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Many of the buildings look exactly the same today as they did in Late-Georgian and Victorian times:

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My favourite coffee house, Balzac's, where they roast green beans:

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another condo on its way up!

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Lot's of outdoor bars/patios:

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an excellent brew pub:

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a later stop at a nice patio on a sleepy little canal called The Keating Channel:

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Then a stop at Cherry Beach:

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Heavens above, we're on a street called Love! :D

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A view eastward to Scarborough:

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a couple of shots toward downtown from Polson Pier:

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and a quick glance at the 1850 St Lawrence Hall as I wend my way home:

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Whole thread is fantastic but the last set is just incredible. Thanks!

Fantastisch!

Great pictures! It's sad to see that summer is ending there, just like it is all over the place. I love the golden sunshine that you seem to capture well.

Thanks, all!

Taken yesterday at the Canadian National Exhibition, which has been going strong since
1879. This fair is on the site of the original Fort Toronto (Fort Rouillé), built by French fur traders in 1750, and lasting less than a decade.

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a busker who looked very much like a real tree!

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Time for some Ribs!!! :eat:

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and some last shots, leaving through The Princes' Gate, opened in 1927 by its namesake the Prince of Wales (Edward VIII):

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wonderful shots as usual Greg.
and nice CNE photos too.
mmm. those spare ribs make me hungry.

Thank you, sir!!

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Pics from Brazil Day last Monday! Was a bit of a chilly dip from previously warm temperatures, but people kept dancing to warm up the Square! For years there has been a big party in New York to celebrate Brazil Day, and three years ago Globo television to include Canada, by bringing it here the day after New York. The feature performing band was Exaltasamba, from Rio.

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Many of these costumes were brought here from Rio, and had been made for the Carnival there. There is a story that is told by all of the costumes:

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this woman belted out the Canadian National Anthem:

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This man sang the Brazilian national anthem:

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a local Canadian/Brazilian rapper Diogo Snow:

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they had Pandeiro competitions for men, and Samba dancing competitions for women. Both got a rather generous $500 prize!!

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This woman is a Brazilian singer in New York City. She was enjoyable, but her set did go on rather a long time:

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a local Samba squad:

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and finally the featured headliners, Exaltasamba!!!! :rockon: :dance:

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Great day out!!

^^ Great Brazil Day photos, Taller, Better; too much crowd! :)

wow, that's one great celebration.
sure everybody had good times.


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Nice pictures! It's great to see that there's still fun festivals and activities all throughout the summer. I was talking to a friend down here and we were saying that it would be nice if the Wilmington area's festivals were all coordinated around each other's so that the summer time could be one huge fesitval season. While not coordinated, it seems like you can celebrate something almost every other weekend.

Fabulous as always! I think I what I'm going to do is create my own Canada thread and include all my photos from Toronto, Victoria, Vancouver, and everywhere inbetween.

Thanks, guys!! Well, the festival season is not over yet. Air is getting chillier, but the parties are still hot! Polish Party on Roncesvalles yesterday!

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You can see the lake at the bottom of the photo:

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anyone remember Mike? (aka Meathead):

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dog tired!

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a gypsy band, that was my favourite of the day!
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what every house needs!

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I bought the black tee shirt!!

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the best bakery on the street:

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no shortage of fruit and veg on Roncy!!

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Everyone had a blast!!! :D

Looks like a good time! We have our Polish festival going on as well but it's obviously not nearly as large. It's actually pretty small compared to some of our other festivals as well. Anyway, it looks like you had a great time. Is there an Oktoberfest going on up there as well? Our is going on, and it's great, but I'm sure it better in a big city like Toronto.

^^ Not really.. I think there are some Oktoberfest celebrations, but there isn't a German neighbourhood, or much of a tradition of it in Toronto. I think there are a lot more people of Germanic background in the USA than in Canada. Having said that, some of our earliest settlers in Toronto, around 1795 was a group from Germany. I think in Toronto, the best parties of this sort occur where there are quite distinct 'hoods like Little Italy, Little Portugal, Chinatown, Greektown, Roncesvalles, Little India, Korean Village, etc....

The town of Kitchener/Waterloo in Southern Ontario has a big Oktoberfest party. The original name for Kitchener was "Berlin", due to all of the German settlers.. but in World War One it was changed to "Kitchener".

The Ukrainian Festival on Bloor Street was today (Sunday) but I had to work, so I missed it.

Those areas of Toronto (Little Portugal, Chinatown, Greektown, Little India, Korean Village etc) are good and very nice :) as i know from Taller Better's photos

^^ Thanks, Chris!! :)

I took a little cycling tour around our downtown Business District, centred around King and Bay Streets. I'll start with the very beautiful 1929 Commerce Court North. At a staggering 34 storeys, it was the tallest building in the British Empire for 30 years, till its neighbours started sprouting upward. Ironically, the ceremonial sod turning occurred on Black Friday (Oct 29, 1929), which heralded the start of the Great Depression:

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I.M. Pei's 1973 Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) Tower:

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We can see the new, green Trump International Tower rising tall:

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a labyrinth of towers:

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some old, as well as the new:

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the old Stock Exchange, now a Design Centre:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9170iSept2111TorontoStockExchange.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9162iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9166iSept2111.jpg

it's attractive Art Deco bas relief friezes:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9174iSept2111.jpg

Many, myself included, consider Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's 1967 Toronto Dominion
Centre tower to be the city's finest example of modernist International Design architecture. It was one of van der Rohe's largest projects.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9229iSept2111TDCentre.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9143iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9220iSept2111.jpg

these beautiful Modernist towers had magnificent sweeping outdoor plazas that now
act as gathering spaces for office workers:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9223iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9220iSept2111.jpg

The tallest building in Canada is First Canadian Place, built in 1975. Constructed long before the arbitrary figure of 300 metres was dreamt up to delineate "supertalls", this tower unwittingly stopped two metres before that mythical boundary! :) Architect Edward Durell Stone rather unwisely chose beautiful white Italian Carrara marble for the cladding. It is currently being reclad with specially produced fretted white glass panes, as the marble simply did not weather well in our climate:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9158iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9159iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9220iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9180iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9187iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9198iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9199iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9235iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9218iSept2111.jpg

some older neighbours......

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9240iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9241iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9242iSept2111.jpg

Another of my very favourite local office buildings, The Royal Bank Plaza (two towers built in 1976 and 1979 respectively). The windows were specially produced using 2,500 ounces of pure gold:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9253iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9278iSept2111RoyalBank.jpg

Let's look across the street as some neighbours:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9246iSept2111UnionStation.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9257iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9274iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9287iSept2111.jpg

and more fine old buildings in the vicinity:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9266iSept2111TheRoyalYork.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9310iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9293iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9296iSept2111.jpg

Next is Brookfield Place, whose wonderful Atrium was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9295iSept2111BCEPlace.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9303iSept2111BCEPlace.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9316iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9309.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9343iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9345iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9348iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9351iSept2111SterlingTower.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9352iSept2111.jpg

Old City Hall:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9358iSept2111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9360iSept2111OldCityHall.jpg

Next, we cycle to University Avenue, to see the new Shangri La hotel going up:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9021iSept2111UniversityAvenue.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9024iSept2111ShangriLa.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9027iSept2111ShangriLa.jpg

and looking north to the Ontario Legislature:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP9038iSept2111.jpg

Thanks for the very nice updates....:okay:

Nice pictures! Toronto's Financial District is maybe my favorite business district around. I like ho there are courtyards all over the place, like at Commerce Court.

Hallowe'en on Church Street!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0607iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0659iOct3111Halloween.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0645iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0644iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0643iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0640iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0637iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0634iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0627iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0626iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0618iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0612iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0610iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0601iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0597iOct3111Halloween.jpg

Roy Lichtenstein's crying girl! :lol:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0664iOct3111Halloween.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0649iOct3111Halloween.jpg

^^ gosh that street looks familiar

Some interesting pictures. Brookfield Place looks amazing.

Nice Autumn colour photos from walking my dog, today:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1046iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1045iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1044iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1040iNovember132011.jpg

focusing the camera is such an easy thing; but I seem to have screwed up a bit
today on a few shots:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1035iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1034iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1031iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1029iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1028iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1027iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1025iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1023iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1022iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1017iNovember132011.jpg

"HEY!! YOU bumped into ME!! And who you callin' "fat"???

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1009iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1005iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1004iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1000iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0999iNovember132011.jpg

I love Virginia Creeper (which is not a serial killer, by the way):

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0997iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0992iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0990iNovember132011.jpg

this type of ivy stays green all winter:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0994iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0986iNovember132011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0987iNovember132011.jpg

Last weekend I visited The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, which is Canada's largest agricultural fair, and has been held every year since 1922. It is indeed quite an old fashioned and very fun event to attend! :)

First, we approach through The Princes' Gates:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0839iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0844iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0851iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0830iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0875iNov711ThePrincesGate.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0880iNov711ThePrincesGate.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0905iNov711ThePrincesGate.jpg

this is where the fair is held:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0909iNov711.jpg

Let's go inside:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0804iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

the excitement builds!!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0802iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

You'll find everything from lambs to llamas:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0706iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0718iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0716iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0743iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0742iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0721iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

This is how to wash a BIG horse:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0727iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

a wander through the stables:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0738iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

snazzy landau:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0737iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

Where's my nice long wool coat??

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0753iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

uhmm.... at the coatcheck!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0748iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

stayin' warm:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0756iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

That tickles!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0767iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0759iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

a pumpkin that tips the scales at over 1000 pounds!!! :eek:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0776iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

a watermelon at a hefty 144 pounds:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0782iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

an apple the size of a large grapefruit:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0769iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

What Canada was famous for, when it was the Breadbasket of the World:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0779iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0780iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0787iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

the best lamb pie I have had in years!!!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0791iRoyalWinterFairNov611Lambpie.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0793iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

and Canada's favourite treat, the butter tart:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0794iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

Outside on the Exhibition Grounds, we can wander around and have a look at the many pavilions that were built around 1921. Many are Art Deco style.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0808iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0812iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0822iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0824iRoyalWinterFairNov611.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0921iNov711CNEExhibitionGrounds.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0923iNov711CNEExhibitionGrounds.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0927iNov711CNEExhibitionGrounds.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0936iNov711CNEExhibitionGrounds.jpg

and we wave goodbye to the Fair as we leave through the Dufferin Gate:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0938iNov711CNEExhibitionGroundsDufferinGates.jpg

mosey on over the bridge:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0942iNov711.jpg

and seek out a nice cold bevvie to quench the thirst:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0945iNov711.jpg

On the way home, I pass through the Yonge/Dundas Square:

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some computer game was being promoted:

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and then, away home!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0983.jpg

focusing the camera is such an easy thing; but I seem to have screwed up a bit
today on a few shots:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1035iNovember132011.jpg


I actually think it works, in a way. It makes it look like an 1800s picture in color. Maybe you should play around with it when out and about in places without modern buildings and amenities and see if you can really get that 1800s look.

I am enjoying your autumn pictures. Including the fair! Is the arch seen as leaving the fair similar to the St. Louis Arch?

Thanks, Expat! That particular arch was built after earlier ones had been demolished, and was designed in 1956, so I imagine it was indeed influenced by the architect of the St Louis Arch, Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. Saarinen also designed our "new" City Hall here around the same time, so I think he was pretty popular in our city. More piccies! I took these on this past Hallowe'en Day, Oct 31, around Queen's Park, and the campus of the University of Toronto:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0471iOct3111.jpg

The equestrian statue of King Edward VII:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0485iOct3111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0488iOct3111.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0495iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0494iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0497iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0499iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0506iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0510iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0511iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

the original University Observatory, no longer used for that purpose:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0512iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

makes a most excellent Haunted House!! :yes:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0513iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

Getting close to Remembrance Day:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0519iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0522iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0523iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0526iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0527iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0529iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0530iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0533iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

a patriotic leaf! :D

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0534iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0536iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0540iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0542iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

I believe this is a London Plane Tree, but I could be mistaken:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0545iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

a cheeky fat black squirrel:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0548iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0554iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0559iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0564iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0567iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0570iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0574iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0577iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

UofT is such a nice location to shoot, keep em coming! Can't recall if I posted them or not yet, but are you interested in seeing what the inside of the Prices Gates look like? :)

Cheers,
Zen

^^ would LOVE to see them! I follow your photo thread, so please post them! I walked past that hidden door last week, and jealously wondered how to get inside!!!
ps. Added later. For those who would like to see inside the Princes' Gates, Zen has posted them here!!!
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1458853

I actually think it works, in a way. It makes it look like an 1800s picture in color. Maybe you should play around with it when out and about in places without modern buildings and amenities and see if you can really get that 1800s look.

Well, my photoshop skills are practically nil, but I did take a stab at it:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1039old.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1039oilpaint.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1039blackandwhite.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1038sepia.jpg

and a few odds and sods that I didn't post; these three from very close to my home:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0677iNovember411-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0676iNovember411-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0462iOct3111-1.jpg

Soldier's Tower at the University of Toronto
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0504iOct3111UniversityofToronto.jpg

Great pictures again! The seipa one, and the original, look pretty good in that out of focus view.

That is not a London plane tree at all. The London plane tree is a European version of our Eastern sycamore. The difference is that the London plane tree is more resistent to salt, and thus is used as a street tree a lot. Eastern sycamores are natural to low levels/flood plains, and don't grow well in a developed environment.

Judging from the bark's texture and leaf shape, I'm guessing that it is an American beech. The trunk structure is very strange, though. Beech trees look like your typical towering tree in the woods. Maybe someone planted several seeds together or manipulated it in some way.

Thanks for sharing your wonderful Toronto pics...lovely autumn colors.:cheers:

That particular arch was built after earlier ones had been demolished, and was designed in 1956, so I imagine it was indeed influenced by the architect of the St Louis Arch, Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. Saarinen also designed our "new" City Hall here around the same time, so I think he was pretty popular in our city.

Taller Better, please note that Toronto's new City Hall was not designed Eero Saarinen but by Viljo Revell (also Finnish). E. Saarinen did not do any work in Toronto though he did participate in the city hall design selection.

Very nice pictures, always enjoy looking at your new additions to this thread.

Ah!! Thank you for correcting me, you are absolutely correct! :cheers:

On Monday I set out to dig up a forgotten little corner of Toronto's history. Back in 1883, a local developer John Coatsworth built a couple of modest little laneway terraces, as housing for the lower working class. The houses were pretty much bare-bones utilitarian for the time, and were not popular within the bigger middle class neighbourhood, Parkdale, that he built them. In fact, public pressure prevented him from building a third. These little laneway nooks are difficult to find, and most people here don't know they exist. The first I visited is called Melbourne Place. I remember stumbling upon it 24 years ago when I briefly lived about a block away. I approached the little hidden laneway by going down Melbourne Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1056iNovember1411.jpg

if you didn't know what you were looking for, you'd completely miss the little lane:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1059.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1080iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1077iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1062iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1061iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1067iNovember1411MelbournePlace.jpg

a neighbour couple out strolling told me that one of the little houses recently sold for over $600,000.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1069iNovember1411.jpg

This forgotten little corner of the city has somehow managed to hang onto its
old gas streetlamps:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1073iNovember1411.jpg

then, back out onto Melbourne Street, and we'll walk over to the other laneway terrace. At one time the neighbourhood of Parkdale varied from middle class to quite posh, before falling quite a bit in the 1950's to '70's. It has come back up quite a bit, as the location is so close to downtown and there is a wonderful collection of Victorian homes. Unfortunately, it was raining steadily by now, so my photos became little more than careless walk-by snapshots.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1056iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1085iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1088iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1089iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1091iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1092iNovember1411.jpg

I hit King Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1094iNovember1411.jpg

and then walk south on Dunn Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1096iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1097iNovember1411.jpg

It strikes me when I am there at how little I know this fascinating neighbourhood of Parkdale, and I made a mental note to come back sometime and explore it further when it is not raining cats and dogs!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1099iNovember1411.jpg

In any case, I finally wind my way around to Trenton Terrace. It turns out to be
even more modest than Melbourne Place, and is composed of a little row of tiny worker's cottages:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1107iNovember1411TrentonTerrace.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1110iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1112iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1115iNovember1411.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1116iNovember1411.jpg

Like Melbourne Place, it has a cosy little neighbourhood feel:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1119iNovember1411.jpg

Thanks for joining me on this strange little voyage (through the rain puddles) of discovery!! :)

Thanks, Expat! That particular arch was built after earlier ones had been demolished, and was designed in 1956, so I imagine it was indeed influenced by the architect of the St Louis Arch, Finnish architect Eero Saarinen. Saarinen also designed our "new" City Hall here around the same time, so I think he was pretty popular in our city. More piccies! I took these on this past Hallowe'en Day, Oct 31, around Queen's Park, and the campus of the University of Toronto:



Actually, the Dufferin Gate was designed by local architect, the late Phil Brook and as you said, completed in 1956. I believe it was the inspiration for the St. Louis Gateway Arch which was completed nine years later in 1965, at least that is what Mr. Brook told me though I can't vouch for the veracity of that claim.

Photo walks are a great part of living here, digging the shots!

Cheers,
Zen

love the architecture

lamb meat pie...yum

Where exactly is Trenton Terrace, it doesn't show up on google maps?

Still enjoying your pictures! Parkdale looks like a nice area.

Thanks, guys!!
@ ice machine, I got it to show up when I did a Google map. It is just off Cowan, between King St West and Springhurst. It branches off to the west off Cowan.

Autumn is so beautiful and your pics accentuate that beauty - thanks for all the gr8 pics mate and stay warm :)

Great new shots Taller, Better :)

Thanks, everyone! I appreciate the feedback. More little neighbourhood surprises that turn up on back streets in Toronto:

Draper Street is one of those hidden gems
with little terraced rowhouses on either side of a narrow little street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0547.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0540.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0536i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0535iDraperSt.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0534DraperStreet.jpg

The Bartender's House was likely where all the action was:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0551i.jpg

And more little hidden gem streets! The terribly quaint Bright Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1742.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1743.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1747iApril252011BrightStreet.jpg

Monteith Street (where Lord Thompson of Fleet was born, around 1919 I believe):

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP7285iOct1610.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP5586.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP5545.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP5544.jpg

Maitland Street

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1697i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1696-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1098i.jpg

The cute n' quirky little Collier Street tucked in behind Bloor and Park
Road:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0655ParkRoadandAsquith.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0659iApril0811.jpg

George Street; one of the oldest residential areas in town:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4100.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4101.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4104.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4107.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4109.jpg

and, of course, practically every sidestreet in Cabbagetown, which is one of the
most blatantly quaint and picturesque little Victorian nabes in North America:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1146.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1135.jpg

Lovely looking terraced streets - very european!

Thanks, Jane! More Cabbagetown delights from the Spring of 2009. It is quite a huge neighbourhood, so these are only a few shots:

An early attempt at progressive planning for comfortable and humane apartment-style living:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0273iMay1809.jpg

Lot's of gingerbread houses in Cabbagetown:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0266.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0254iMay1809.jpg

there is a village feel to this sleepy neighbourhood. It is like stepping back in time. To paraphrase a famous John Major quote, "as old fashioned as warm beer and spinsters cycling to Church" :lol::

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0261.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0245i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0244.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0216iMay1809.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0213.jpg

Yes these were just humble little worker's cottages... but bless the builders for taking the time to make them all a little different from each other:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0207iMay1809.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0202iMay1809.jpg

One difference between the streetscapes of old Toronto residential neighbourhoods and old Montreal neighbourhoods was the adoption here of the English tradition of often generous front gardens facing the street, except in the lower working class streets. Montreal is an older city, and they tended to build more densely, with houses closer up to the sidewalk:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0200iMay1809.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0191.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0188.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0182i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0180i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0174.jpg

More photos of terraced housing that I've posted in the past:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP4447i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP4449i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP0213.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP2207i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP2209i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP2183.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP2177.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP1714.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP5549imay1008.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/jun0706CarletonStreet.jpg

they ranged from extremely modest to the more decorative (Second Empire Style)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP7230.jpg

in many cases the builders replicated pretty much exactly what they had been
building back home in Ireland, England or Scotland:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/july0206QueenStETerracehousing1877.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP4519.jpg

In general most Victorian housing in downtown Toronto (and there is a very great deal of it) was built with the houses side by side, even if each house was somewhat different in style:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/winter%202007/Summer%202008/New%20Summer%202008/IMGP3027i.jpg

Here is an example of relatively new townhouses built here in the Georgian style:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/IMGP3292i.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/WINTER%202008/IMGP3291i.jpg

Here is another interesting early stab at humane family apartment style housing. This time the photos were taken in Rosedale, which is like a much more upscale version of Cabbagetown:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0445iApril0811RosedaleGovernorsBridge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0447iApril0811RosedaleGovernorsBridge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0448iApril0811RosedaleGovernorsBridge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0450iApril0811RosedaleGovernorsBridge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0454iApril0811RosedaleGovernorsBridge.jpg

And.... I suppose now that I am on a roll of nostalgia, I may as well repost some photos from different Victorian neighbourhoods.
More here from the posh old-money Rosedale. Note that there are not many of the old brick lanes left in Toronto:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0518iApril0811MayStreet.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0528iApril0811Rosedale-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP0533iApril0811Rosedale.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3504.jpg

leafy, bucolic bliss:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3506.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3514.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3529.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3531.jpg

I smell......money.... ;)

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3544.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3548.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3551.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3553.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3557.jpg

The wealthier neighbourhoods bordered the very lush Don Valley:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3563.jpg

one of my faves:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3576.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP3579.jpg

Absolutely lovely neighbourhoods - which are very reminiscent of Britain, with the front gardens, as you say - but there is an indefinable 'otherness' ( for me!) which speaks of Canada. :cheers:

Then a quick jaunt back downtown to the much older neighbourhoods like Adelaide Street... these buildings date from the 1820's, and the red brick one at the
far right is Toronto's very first Post Office!

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4128.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4129.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4151.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4158.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4160.jpg

various old downtown neighbourhoods:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4163.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4195.jpg

Toronto's first "suburb", Yorkville. It is now considered very much downtown, though:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP4370.jpg

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Still Yorkville, but off the beaten commercial path:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP6109iJuly0411SheppardRow1882BelmontSt.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP6111iJuly0411SheppardRow1882BelmontSt.jpg

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more Yorkville:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8567iSept10YorkvilleTorontoFilmFestivalTIFF.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8571.jpg

originally built for the town Bobby, the constable's house of the town of Yorkville:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8611iSept10YorkvilleTorontoFilmFestivalTIFF.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8578iSept10YorkvilleTorontoFilmFestivalTIFF.jpg

and that's it for today! Thanks for tagging along this tour of some old
Toronto neighbourhoods! :)

Beautiful :banana:

Love those old homes!

love the old housing photos. I recognise a few streets also

Great shots! Love the Victorian architecture!

Yorkville is gorgeous. Is it considered upmarket?

Great pics, love how these older streets and neighbourhoods have been retained so close to the heart of the city.

Thanks again, everyone!
Yes, it is amazing how much Victorian housing there is in downtown Toronto. Like New York, Toronto is a city of villages... that is to say there are many little distinct neighbourhoods all within the downtown area. Some of the neighbourhoods, like Cabbagetown, are not on the radar of the average tourist who sticks to the High Street and the regular tourist attractions.

@skymantle, yes, Yorkville is quite toney, and is where much of the luxury retailers have their shops. Bloor Street is sometimes called "The Mink Mile":

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Well done. I always love photos of the Mink Mile. It's remarkable what they've done with that strip. It can't help but fill Torontonians with optimism vis a vis the public realm.

i love to longboard on the bloor st. sidewalks now. thanks!

@Taller, Better: Welcome and thanks for the new updates. Are very nice as well :cheers:

I shop there all the time, when I dream :P Nice shots Taller!

Cheers,
Zen

Thanks, guys!! Yeah, my shopping on Bloor is only the dream variety, too! :D

Bautiful, I've never been to that place but I'm sure it will be one of my priorities when the time comes :)

^^ I do hope you come to visit some day! Last night I attended the Cavalcade of Lights at our City Hall. There will be a big party there every Saturday night till Christmas.


http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1264iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

a little firework display for the lighting of the tree:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1270iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

and the lights go on!! The white dots on red on City Hall were hundreds of snowflakes fluttering down. Lovely effect:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1292iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1304iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

I think it is nice! It is a gorgeous, real tree and not one of those awful steel and chicken-wire contraptions:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1306iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1281iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

Local singer JRDN (singing his U can have it all):

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1312iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1314iNov2711CavalcadeofLights.jpg

I rarely post other people's photos in my thread, but this is a much better overall photo that was taken by our very talented SSC member neltron!! :)

Cavalcade of Lights
http://farm7.staticflickr.com/6059/6411996125_f025bc88cc_b.jpg (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilta/6411996125/)
Tens of Thousands (http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilta/6411996125/) by Neil Ta | I am Bidong (http://www.flickr.com/people/neilta/), on Flickr

Unfortunately I had to leave before the fireworks, but here is what they looked like:

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More night shots I took yesterday:

The Koreatown Tiger at Bloor Street and Christie St.:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1253iNov2711Koreatown.jpg

Walking to the City Hall party, I went past the Canadian Opera Company hall:

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afterward, crowds of people admiring the animated Christmas windows at the Hudson's Bay Company department store. Many people don't know that The Bay is not only North America's oldest company, but also one of the oldest in the world, having been founded by Royal Charter in 1670.

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1321iNov2711HudsonBaywindows.jpg

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and, around the corner to turn North on on Yonge Street:

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Nice. Hard to believe that the Christmas season is already upon us.

A rainy stroll down and up Bloor Street last night. Just a few here; the rest can be found in the Toronto section, here:
http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=143407&page=442

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the flagships store for Canada's Holt Renfrew:

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Gucci

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Hermès

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1512iNov2711.jpg

Club Monaco:

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Burberry's:

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Intermix:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1543iNov2711.jpg

The Cartier Jaguar, who would make a good mate for the Koreatown Tiger I posted
earlier! :yes:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP1253iNov2711Koreatown.jpg

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Louis Vuitton:

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Tiffany & Co

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I love the way that the Christmas season creates such a cosy, warm glow in cities. :)

Me too! I hope we get snow for Christmas, though... we have a 50-50 chance every year! :)

I visited the Christmas Market at the Distillery District today, and quite enjoyed it. For those who have never visited it, the Distillery District is the site of the former
Gooderham and Worts Distillery, founded in 1832. Today it is an entertainment quarter, with restaurants, bars and artistic shops:

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they had wood burning braziers everywhere to keep people warm!

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also tons of booze to keep people warm (which works faster than braziers):

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After fighting my way into the Mill Street brewpub, and patiently waiting for a stool at the bar, I was crushed
to discover they no longer have their incredibly delicious Steak and Stilton pie-n'-peas, made with their stout. :cry:

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I took the fish n' chips, which were okay but not what I had been craving:

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Kind of made us feel like we were living under an underpass in the Bronx, warming our hands over a barrel fire! :D

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there must have been a thousand people there, and about 200 baby strollers:

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dozens of little wooden sheds, constructed by the sponsor Lowe's.....

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Santa's elves... couldn't get into his grotto, as the lineup snaked back and forth:

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they had an outdoor stage with entertainment all day. A local troupe of Ukrainian dancers. The boy on the
left is levitating:

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a Merry-Go-Round:

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These things kind of look like Roger's head, from American Dad:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2224iDecember122011.jpg

The Victorian gas street lights are charming:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2227iDecember122011.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2253iDecember122011.jpg

Some shots along King Street as I walked (cold to the bone) back downtown:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2255iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2258iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2261iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2262iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2264iDecember122011.jpg

the 1850 St Lawrence Hall, built after the first Great Fire of Toronto in 1849:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2272iDecember122011StLawrenceHallKingStreet.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2273iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2279iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2275iDecember122011-1.jpg

St James Church:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2280iDecember122011.jpg


Smart looking Christmas windows at The Hudson's Bay department store, downtown:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2282iDecember122011HBCwindows.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2283iDecember122011TheBaywindows.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2284iDecember122011.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2285iDecember122011.jpg

Fantastic pics as usual. The Distillery looks like a cozy place to while away a cold winter's day or night. Great to see such a community spirit there. Also I've heard Canada has quite a large and significant Ukrainian community.

This place Trianon, do you or anyone else know what it is? Looks like a cafe or something else commercial. That lovely strip of buildings reminds me of a street in Chelsea England I would visit. :cheers:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP2262iDecember122011.jpg

Wonderful, seasonal pictures. :cheers:

It's great when old indusrtrial buildings, like The Distillery, find new uses.

Here in Liverpool we are looking forward to the renovation of the old tobacco warehouse and the surrounding dock;I would love it if it became as animated as the scene in your pictures.

@Taller, Better: Your Christmas - night shots are really very nice and beautiful :cheers:

Thanks, everyone! I had a brilliant day out and it was good to be in the cold fresh air all day.

@ skymantle, Trianon is an upscale home furnishing/accessory shop. That strip along King Street East is home to many, many Interior Design shops (Herman Miller, Klaus Nienkamper, etc....)

@ Openly Jane; I'm glad you liked the pics! I think that the key to success is to plan lots and lots of residential buildings in the direct vicinity of the old factories. That provides a round the clock Living/Working/Playing neighbourhood. As a dusty museum wrapped in cotton wool they are less successful. People bring life to a neighbourhood.

wow, I love the ambiance of the Distillery district.
why don't we have like that here in the west coast.

Lovely pictures!

Thanks, everyone! I had a brilliant day out and it was good to be in the cold fresh air all day.

Welcome :) how cold was btw?

^^ On Sunday it was a high of 4c during the day, and down to -3c at night. Was humid and felt cold near the lake. It is 8c at the moment, but likely will get colder by the weekend, and maybe snow, too for Christmas! (which I hope happens).

^^ On Sunday it was a high of 4c during the day, and down to -3c at night. Was humid and felt cold near the lake. It is 8c at the moment, but likely will get colder by the weekend, and maybe snow, too for Christmas! (which I hope happens).
That if happens, would be nice :)

Merry Christmas to everyone here :cheers:

Thanks, Chris! And to you and your family too! No snow today, and 4c so it looks like it is a green Christmas after all.. :(

Thanks, Chris! And to you and your family too! No snow today, and 4c so it looks like it is a green Christmas after all.. :(
Welcome Taller, Better; also here in Athens we had nice weather but really cold (max. temperature at day time: 7 C) :)

Lovely Christmas shots from Toronto...thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas to everyone.:cheers:

I can never thank you enough for this thread. I'm going through it again for like the 50th time. You really capture the spirit of our city!

Any updates, TB? How is the winter up there? As mild as ours has been? I just saw the first flowering daffodils of the spring today, and some trees are starting to bud. We're about a month ahead of schedule.

^^ I also would like to see more updates... :)

Anything coming up for spring?

Yeah! I would like to see some spring photos from Toronto, please :)

^^ Okay!! Got some today. Sorry I've been inactive here for so long:

cherry blossoms in Niagara on the Lake this weekend:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8231cherryblossomsNOTL.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8233April01firstcherryblossomsNOTL.jpg

Magnolias in Hamilton ( a city about a half hour drive from Toronto) that were open in blossom mostly got touched by a heavy frost last week; ruining a beautiful display. Hamilton has lots of big old Magnolias:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8126magnoliasturnedbrownbyfrostinlastweekofMarch2012.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8128magnoliastouchedbyfrost.jpg

a beautiful fat Cardinal spotted in the Royal Botanical Gardens in Hamilton:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8129iCardinalinRoyalBotanicalGardens.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8133.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8135iCardinal.jpg

Fat grey squirrel, same park, enjoying a feast of peanuts that I brought him:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8141GreySquirrel.jpg

Webster Falls, Hamilton:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8152WebstersFalls.jpg

the higher Tews Falls, Hamilton:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8157iTewsFalls.jpg

Photos around that beautiful Spencer gorge:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8159SpencerGorge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8158SpencerGorge.jpg

the new Trump Tower, Toronto:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8284iApril12012trumptower.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8287TrumpLobbyLounge.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8294Trump.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8295Trump.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8297iApril12012.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8296iApril12012.jpg

Some beautiful old bronze doors downtown Toronto:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8282.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8280.jpg

I caught one of the gleaming new subway cars at Osgoode Station tonight. They articulate around corners, and have no interior partitions from front to back:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8332OsgoodeStation.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8336inewsubwaycars.jpg

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sorry, out of focus:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8344inewsubwaycars.jpg

much improved communications:

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shot of downtown:

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the new Shangri La Hotel:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8323iApril12012.jpg

Canada Life Building:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8322iApril12012.jpg

The TTC (Toronto Transit Corporation) Logo, one of my personal faves:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8320TTClogo.jpg

Iron gates outside Osgoode Hall, which dates from 1832:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8305iApril12012.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8304iApril12012OsgoodeHall.jpg

After a heavy day of photography I figured I deserved a proper Sunday dinner of Prime Rib, Yorkshire puddings, mashed potatoes and veggies! :D

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Doesn't that look good?

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8358sundaydinnerprimeribdodgerapril12012.jpg

:banana: Thank you for the great photos...some of us have been waiting a looong time for this update :lol: :cheers:

Nice pictures. I love the view from Spencer Gorge. I went there with Jaybird a couple years ago, and the scene reminded me of a scene from books of northern Ontario's bush. Your picture does the same.

I noticed the azalea picture in the Canada photo thread. Azaleas and rhododendrons have been blooming amazingly early down here too, as you can imagine. The bushes and trees not out in the open seem to be settling into a normal time cycle, but plants out in direct sun are blooming or budding or getting leaves remarkably soon. Some azaleas bloomed before St. Patrick's Day here, and they normally bloom in the middle of April. rhodonendrons in direct sunlight have been in bloom for the past week or so, as well.

What a fabulous update TB - worth the wait!

Have you ever gone behind Webster's Falls? Now there's an adventure ...

Indeed great, very nice updates from Toronto, TB :cheers:

^^ Thanks, guys! No, never been behind the Webster Falls; in fact I didn't really know anything at all about them till this past weekend!
Cherry trees are coming out in blossom now, and this is very early for them here. I'll start with the Azalea picture Xzmattzx referred to:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2569iApril022012firstazalea.jpg

Three newish Cherry Trees at the Legislature. The ones at Grenadier Pond were donated to us by Japan back in the '60's and are much bigger; but these little ones are cute, too. I am hoping the Grenadier Pond ones will be out fully by this upcoming Good Friday:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2528iApril022012CherryblossomsLegislature.jpg

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More Cherry trees at the University of Toronto Reference Library:

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The Legislature:

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Looking south from the Legislature:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2527iApril022012ShangriLa.jpg

one of my favourite statues at the Legislature:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2541blackandwhite.jpg

The Equestrian Statue of Edward VII in Queen's Park. The University of Toronto gave a 999 year lease of the land for Queen's Park to the Government of Ontario in 1859:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2562iApril022012.jpg

Looking North toward Yorkville:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMG_2563iApril022012.jpg

^^ Those spring photos are also very nice :cheers:

toronto looks so cool greg :) did it get warmer the last few weeks?! over here (Holland) it's still very chilly

^^ Yes. Seasonally warm.

Come for a visit :)

awesome photos, TB!

Toronto looks so beautiful...
I love cherry trees in the spring time... Don't they look great?

Wicked photos! Congrats!

^^ Yes. Seasonally warm.

Come for a visit :)

I'd love to actually! but most of my friends at the moment are either european or israeli so I have no place to stay in toronto

I'd love to actually! but most of my friends at the moment are either european or israeli so I have no place to stay in toronto

Boged!
Kappa is your friend :hug:

Awesome and peaceful photos! Thanks for sharing T.B.!

Toronto is the most beautiful city i ever been so far,most specially at night. I heard about the beauty of LA and downtown Chicago but i have never been there yet. I have been in Manhattan, NY but didn't like it that much with all their potholes, its an old city, too crowded.

Thanks, guys!

I've done this before, but again I went for a little walk around CityPlace yesterday. A decade ago, this former railway lands were nothing but a huge deserted and unused brownfield. This development is the largest residential project in Toronto's history, and is still only about 2/3 complete.

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8460iApril092012Cityplace.jpg

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Yesterday was brilliantly sunny, but a VERY windy day. Dust collected from the winter swirled all round and made bike riding a pain. Went down King Steet West, which is really an up and coming 'hood
Looking downtown from King West at the new Shangri La:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8411iApril092012shangrila.jpg

King Street is a very interesting mix of old and brand spanking new:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8412iApril092012KingStWest.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8413iApril092012.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8422iApril092012KingStWest.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8429iApril092012.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8430iApril092012.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8432iApril092012.jpg

and a little detour over to Victoria Memorial Square, the site of the first Military
graveyard. Hundreds of soldiers lie buried beneath this park:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8447iApril092012VictoriaMemorialSquare.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8446iApril092012Victoriamemorialpark.jpg

smart new residences in the 'hood:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8445iApril092012.jpg

What's left of the early gravestones; although the first burial here was in 1794, the few surviving gravestones left only date back to 1829:

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8439iApril092012oldestgravestonetoronto1829.jpg


As an aside, to my knowledge, the oldest local gravestone extant is from 1817, and is that of the son of Thomas Rideout (the Surveyor General)
who died at age 18. It is now on the foyer wall of the St James Anglican Cathedral. I suppose it was in the old graveyard of the first
Anglican church that is now long gone.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/may2306JohnRideoutsGravestone1817top.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/may2306JohnRideoutsGravestone1817.jpg

The Wellington; a pub across the street from the Victoria Memorial Square that I like very much:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8455iApril092012.jpg

and, rather randomly, a leftover pic I just found. Toronto's oldest China shop established in 1900... it is actually in my neighbourhood and not on King Street:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8367iApril092012hockridgeoldestfirstchinashop.jpg

I was at Clarence Square yesterday too. Just took a few quick random shots. Wish that who ever stucco'd those rowhouses hadn't done it. The terrace houses on Clarence
Square, and the ones on Draper Street that I show after were all built within a few years of each other, around 1879-1881. Many of these 2nd Empire style rowhouses in Toronto were built at that time.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8557iApril092012ClarenceSquare-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8558.jpg

Clarence Square, itself however, is a very old park and was designed around 1837. It remains one of Toronto's oldest parks.

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8559iApril092012-1.jpg

Love the old brick sidewalks:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8562iApril092012ClarenceSquare-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8561.jpg

Also wheeled through Draper Street, one of my favourite little hidden gem neighbourhoods. A narrow little side-street with two rows of old
terrace houses facing each other. You can tell that the terrace houses on Clarence Square were a bit posher than these, as they
were one extra story tall. These wee little cottages were built to house workers:

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8480.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8476iApril092012DraperSt-1.jpg

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http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8471iApril092012DraperStreet-1.jpg

http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/FALL%202011/IMGP8477iApril092012-1.jpg

What a BEAUTIFUL orange cat. I love cats that are able to get out and wander freely a bit; so much healthier for them
than being trapped inside all the time. You take a chance that they will never come home, but you are giving them some
freedom. Nothing says happy, cosy home better than a fat tabby cat sunning himself on the porch:

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What's up with this little scene? Wonder what happened to result in this?:

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Nice pictures. It's good to know that exploring weather is arriving up there!

Interesting pictures. I really like the look of The Legislature Building - and it is interesting to see the, almost, suburban housing amidst the tall city centre buildings.

Thanks, everyone!
The Ontario Legislature was designed by an American architect, hence it looks a bit different from the normal "Romanesque" design in our city near the end of the last century. I find it a bit too heavy and masculine for my personal taste.. but I suppose the imposing look stood for strength and power. I would have liked something less...dark and squat, I think. I like "Romanesque" more for residential houses than for large public buildings, and I wish they had gone for a neoclassical design instead.

^^ Thank you for the newest updates, are very nice too :)

Thanks, all! Yesterday I went to High Park, which is one of our biggest(161 hectares, or 400 acres) and most beautiful urban parks. It is 400 acres, which is larger than Hyde Park
in London, and about half the size of Central Park in New York City. It was donated to the City by one of our prominent early citizens, John Howard, who bought the land in 1836. Today it is an oasis of calm in the busy city, full of huge old trees, gardens, ravines and gently sloping down to the birthplace of our city, Grenadier Pond. This pond was the site where the modern founder of our city, John Graves Simcoe landed his boat back in 1793.
2000 gorgeous cherry trees (Someiyoshino Prunus Yedoensis Matsum) were kindly donated to the citizens of our city back in 1959, as a sign of friendship from the Government of Japan. The annual blossoming period is a bit of a festival for locals, especially those of Japanese heritage, as the gentle walk down to the water is remarkably peaceful and pretty:

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Here is Grenadier Pond:

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A Canada Goose was extremely angry at a small dog nearby:

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I tossed him a handful of peanuts, which mollified him immediately! :lol:

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a foolish woman kept trying to pet him, and didn't seem interested in my advice
to her that he would bite her hard if he gets a chance. :dunno:

Seems like a bumper year for the blossoms, and they are a full two weeks earlier than normal:

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also the Magnolias are in full bloom in the park, too:

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Part of my annual ritual of going to the park to admire the blossoms is to stop in at a Russian/Eastern European deli to enjoy a nice lunch:

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Delicious potato pancakes, called draniki (драники), and cabbage with bacon:

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and of course, I couldn't resist a Polish doughnut for dessert! :D

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I had a wonderful afternoon and hope you enjoy my photos! To anyone who follows the Julian calendar, Happy Easter!! :cheers:

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Nice pictures once again. Your magnolias are looking good. Ours were doing well until a frost a few weeks ago killed the flowers.

beautiful new photos from Toronto....thanks for the effort.:cheers:

Anyone catch the Supermoon tonight? I set up my tripod and did my very best:

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^^ Excellent, very nice new photos Taller, Better :cheers:

Spent the day rummaging about some 1920's apartments up on Avenue Road:

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An earlier one: The Bradgate Arms of 1913:

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The very grand 1927 "Balmoral":

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The Clarendon, from 1927:

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The superb Grande Dame of local apartment buildings, the "Claridge", also from 1927. Built in the romantic and whimsical
"Venetian Gothic" style of that era, it was absolutely the most "New York" style apartment building in Toronto. You
see a few similar to this in Montreal, too, as they really have the best of the grand old 1920's apartment buildings in Canada: :

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Oriole windows:

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An advert for the Claridge when it opened, from the City of Toronto Archives:

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I don't often post other's photos, but I was unable to get inside the lobby to see the beautiful ceiling designed by the Group of Seven
artist JEH MacDonald:

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http://thingswelove2.blogspot.ca/2012/02/family-day.html
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I admit that I never thought I would see Tudor design applied to a tall apartment building! :? :)

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The Mayfair, built in the 1930's on a more modest scale coming out of the Great Depression. As you can see, to economize, details normally carved
stone were replaced with moulded concrete; but still very attractive.

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and a modern gem from the early '50's:

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down the hill to downtown:

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and back to Yorkville:

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Some lovely homes.

thanks for the great updates...:okay:

Great, very nice updates Taller, Better; those houses looking great :)

Thanks for commenting! :cheers:


a few random oddball shots from yesterday, starting at the increasingly popular
Distillery District:

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I thought at first that this was a London cab, but as it was made by Chevrolet, I don't know what it is:

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views downtown from Polson Pier:

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strolling along the Keating Channel:

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this is a large tent set up near the water for travelling circuses, etc..:

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I wonder what Stonecutter's Lane was originally like?

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not much to it now:

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but it is an interesting old part of downtown:

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a new downtown waterfront park that combines rainwater treatment with recreational
facilities:

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I had a wonderful afternoon and hope you enjoy my photos! To anyone who follows the Julian calendar, Happy Easter!! :cheers:
http://i82.photobucket.com/albums/j251/dawnd_01/Autumn%202007/SUMMER%202012/IMGP8680iApril122012HighParkdeli.jpg
great photo update and it's nice of you to give a brief history of the park.
I'm curious though like is there or what particular religious sect does follow the Julian calendar? I'm guessing some Eastern European orthodox?

Great stuff as usual! I love the full moon, the blossom and the old Chevy in particular. :cheers2:

Thanks, guys!

@ Capricorn, as far as I know you are right about the Eastern European Orthodox using the Julian calendar for their celebrations. My Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, etc.. friends all do.

^^ Indeed great, very nice photos you got there :applause:

Wonderful tour of a beautiful city. Would love to visit one day. :cheers2:

great photos.
your close-up shot of the moon is simply amazing.

Thanks, everyone!! :)
To be honest I was shocked that the moon one turned out so well. I've never really tried photographing it properly before and was a bit gob smacked when it actually worked! :eek: