|
PICTURE
|
DESCRIPTION
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Today I decided to get out and go for a walk. The original plan was to
walk from home to High Park, find a geocache or two, go grocery shopping,
and then take the subway home. The plans changed when it started to rain
in Bloor West Village, so here's how my day went...
Right near home, I took a few pictures of the South-West corner of
Bloor and Islington. Not very interesting now, but they're starting to
build a large condo complex there, so I thought I'd snap some photos
before the view completely changes.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
A steel sunflower in the parkette at the Bloor and Kingsway intersection.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
When I changed my mind and decided to go downtown instead of shopping at
the No Frills in Bloor West Village, I caught the westbound subway at
Runnymede Station. I transferred to a streetcar at Spadina and got out
at Dundas St. in Chinatown. First order of business was to get some
pho at my new favourite Vietnamese place (unfortunately, I've already
forgotten the name...). After dinner, I walked around Kensington Market
for a bit, and actually ended up doing some grocery shopping there.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A cat, on top of the world just outside of Kensington Market.
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
What's with the "cats on poles" theme around Kensington?
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Meow.
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
I was having fun walking today, so I headed over towards Nathan Phillips
Square. I was quite surprised to see that they already had the skating
rink open, and that quite a few people were using it. The whole place
is lit up with Christmas lights now too.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A few blurry photos of City Hall.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Without a tripod, and only some railings, garbage cans, and other
stationary objects I could use to stabilize my camera for these slow-speed
shots, I had some difficulty taking good pics.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
The skating rink in Nathan Phillips Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Skating Rink.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Big Christmas Tree all lit up with blue lights.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A few more pictures of the arches over the skating rink in Nathan
Phillips Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
One of the pictures that I screwed up and gave up early on, but I kind of
like the result. :-)
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
My ghost infront of the skating rink.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Another ghost pic.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A better shot of City Hall. By this point I started using a pile of
coins from my pocket as a better tripod!
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Another ghost pic, this time spooking City Hall.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Wooooooooooooooooooooo.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Christmas Tree in Nathan Phillips Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Looking out from Trinity Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Looking out from Trinity Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Dundas Square, as seen from the other side of Yonge St.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Dundas Square, as seen from the top of a garbage can.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Dundas Square looks very empty now. I miss those fountains in the summer,
though I wouldn't be running through them now! The "fireworks" are a
nice touch at least.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
More "fireworks" over Dundas Square.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Looking out from Dundas Square. They seem to want to have a "Times
Square" sort of feel to this area. Is being surrounded by huge
advertisements something that really makes people feel special?
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Fireworks again.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
...and again.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Looking across the square from the east side.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Streetcar.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
I tried to take some pictures of this streetcar, because I don't really
have any good TTC Streetcar pictures yet. This isn't what I wanted,
but I like the blur anyway.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Ride the Rocket.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Covered sidewalk, Yonge north of Dundas.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Bright lights on Yonge.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
SAM, the Record Man. Probably one of the most well-known and
recognizeable storefronts in Toronto.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
I took more pictures than necessary of the Panasonic Theatre where the
"Blue Man Group" are performing these days.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
The corner of Bellair and Cumberland, in the fancy-pants "Yorkville"
district.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Interesting decor in this park in Yorkville: Concrete donuts around
the trees and big green bug zappers. Cool!
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
Some overhead Christmas lights in the park.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
More lights around Yorkville.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A couple of picures of Cumberland St. in Yorkville, right infront of
the Bay St. subway station. I was sitting on a big rock in the park
when I took these pictures.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Bay St. station. I considered getting back on the subway to go home here,
but I decided to walk a little more.
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
I think this is Old York Lane, leading up to Yorkville St. from
Cumberland.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Old York Lane again.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Looking back down Old York Lane towards Cumberland St.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
At first I wasn't sure what this place was. The archway was intriguing.
I thought it was a hotel, but I just looked it up and it turns out it's
the "Prince Arthur" condo at 38 Avenue Rd.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
A marble couch in the condo's courtyard. Looks neat, but probably not
too comfortable.
|
Medium (525 x 700)
Large (1704 x 2272)
|
I took a few pictures looking out through the arch, but by this
time a security guard was eyeing me suspiciously.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
Back on Bloor St. These three pictures are of the ROM Crystal that is
currently being built. There weren't any good objects to use as a
"tripod" around here, and I noticed that my camera lens was all dirty
now, so I didn't manage to get any really good photos.
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
|
Medium (700 x 525)
Large (2272 x 1704)
|
I got back on the subway at Spadina station for my ride home. Another
fun day out and about in the city.
|
| All photographs ©2005 Victor Gedris |
