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#1 · (Edited)
I'll start a thread of my new photographs of this city!!! We'll see where it goes.
 
#6 ·
Gary B said:
Wow! I love the Gothic architecture of the Royal Conservatory.
It is one of those projects that has completely flown under the
radar here in TO.... I had heard nothing of it til I noticed the
hoarding outside. It is a style of building that was very popular
in Toronto in Victorian times and there are lots of good examples
about :)
 
#8 ·
Taller said:
It is one of those projects that has completely flown under the
radar here in TO.... I had heard nothing of it til I noticed the
hoarding outside. It is a style of building that was very popular
in Toronto in Victorian times and there are lots of good examples
about. Here is another shot for you! :)


Thanks for the pic, it's really an interesting structure. A strange mix of Victorian and Gothic. Very, very cool.
 
#17 ·
Great pictures of a very nice American city. ;)

Seriously, great pix Taller.
 
#978 ·
LOL! You almost blew it, USS...
Toronto's an, excellent, blend of modern and historical structures! Not Canada bashing..... I recall experiencing Canadian wrath, from a :evil: Canadian tourism representative, while comparing Toronto with American (big) cities. :eek: " YIKES! " After which I, immediately, changed My travel plans to St. Louis, MO (USA).

Toronto's a beautiful city! :nono: Just, don't compare It around Canadians to America or...... :eek2:
 
#19 ·
A few more pix I took this morning, while out walking the dogs. This time in my
neighbourhood.







The almost completed new home for the National Ballet of Canada School:



Allan Gardens, where my dogs love to run. It is the home of the Toronto Horticultural
Society, formed in 1834, and a fine place to go on a chilly day when you want Spring
to hurry up!!







 
#22 ·
The Allan Gardens remind me of the Muttart Conservatory in Edmonton. The Muttart Conservatory has more of a 'biodome' character though, while Allan Gardens seem more Victorian. Both are nice though, wish we had similar indoor gardens here to escape the winter for a few moments.
 
#24 ·
mello said:
TO is looking sick as fark! I love it. It seems like the condo boom is showing no signs of slowing. Now if we could only transport Toronto to Perth's or Cape Town's location. :booze:
Or better still, send us your weather! Specially right now
on the cusp of summer.... we're gaggin' fer it! :cheers:
I'll take more pics tomorrow, as it is my day off.
 
#25 ·
Yesterday was a lovely sunny day, so I grabbed my camera and went out snapping..

Some pix taken more uptown, toward Yonge/Eglinton, and Yonge/Summerhill:



An old train station beautifully renovated into the largest and best liquor store in Canada-an 8000 sq metre Temple o' Booze:





Then hop on the subway and head downtown:











these shots were all on Bloor St, and here is one looking West:



Back on the subway, and right downtown to the financial district:













Then a wander over to Queen Street, and the entertainment district:



Dinner at the Queen Mum, in an old building that started out as a tailor shop in 1850



Catch a movie ( Ice Age 2):





And up the long escalators.......



View out the lounge window after the movie:



then the walk home- here is the almost completed new home of the Canadian Opera
Company, that will open this year with a series of four epic operas Der Ring des Nibelungen:



and finally, as Samuel Pepys famously said "and then to bed"!
 
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And up the long escalators.......


nice one man, love the Klingon war bird, i am surprised some trekie geek didn't still it yet, i'd do it in a nanosecond :D
 
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