Toronto Through My Lens
Cow sculptures in the TD Centre Courtyard. The Pasture features seven life-sized cows relaxing in the grass. The cows are made of brass, and were put in place in 1985 at the TD Waterhouse Tower just across the street from its current location at 77 King Street West. The sculptures have been moved between these locations numerous times over the years due to construction at the different properties.
The Cathedral Church of St. James is an Anglican cathedral at 106 King Street East, at the corner of Church Street. It is the location of the oldest congregation in the city, with the parish being established in 1797. The cathedral, with construction beginning in 1850 and opening for services on June 19, 1853, was one of the largest buildings in the city at that time. It was designed by Frederick William Cumberland and is a prime example of Gothic Revival architecture.
The Cathedral has been designated as an Ontario Heritage Property by the Ministry of Culture and also designated as a heritage site by Heritage Toronto.
The Indonesian Food Festival was back for another year at Yonge & Dundas Square. It featured a bazaar of Indonesian food, spices and food products, cooking demos with Indonesian products, music performances, a batik fashion show and an exhibition of handicrafts.
A little wandering around on a Saturday afternoon…
The condos continue to rise on Jarvis Street. I took a walk down Jarvis this afternoon to check out the building progress.
Future home of JAC condos. The McClear Digital studio used to occupy this building. It was CHUMs first live recording studio (built in 1948). RCA took it over and turned it into a recording studio. Apparently some big names had recorded there over the years: James Brown, Aretha Franklin, Wilson Picket, Ringo Starr. The condo developer has paid homage to the area, calling the lane beside the building “McClear Lane”.
The condo continues to rise. I pity those poor souls living in the townhouses beside the site.
The former location of the Grand Hotel, now demolished. The original building was built in 1972 as the headquarters to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police’s “O” Division detachment. That RCMP detachment relocated to London, Ontario in 1993 and the building was later converted into the 177-suite Grand Hotel & Suites.
Going up on the northeast corner of Jarvis Street and Shuter Street. The building is being built by Manga Hotels, and will be a shared hotel/rental tower known as “Hyatt Place & The 203 Residences on Jarvis”.
For some time, it’s been on my Toronto photography bucket list to explore College Street from absolute end to end. Having never been west of Bathurst Street on College, it was territory new to me – even better! My College Street photowalk turned out to be an absolute delight. Here’s a bit of what I encountered that day; to see all the shots from this photowalk, see the link at the bottom of this post.
I recently walked College Street from end to end; here’s some of the street art I encountered along the way.
Across the street from the Portuguese Pioneers Parkette, Galipo Brothers Lane is a small laneway north of College Street connecting Crawford Street and Montrose Avenue. The mural pays tribute to the four Galipo brothers – Natale, Aurelio, Francesco and Giuseppe. They were master ice cream makers from Capo D’Olando, Sicily who established one of Little Italy’s oldest landmarks, the Sicilian Sidewalk Cafe.
Prior to yesterday, I hadn’t been across Dundas Street East for quite some time; it’s not the world’s most desirable area. At any rate, I was amazed at the changes and gentrification that has taken place there. I was especially struck by the contrast of The Filmores versus the towering new condos. Old Toronto meets New Toronto.
Sherbourne Street, a depressing street at the best of times, is not normally known for its murals and/or artistic sensibility. I don’t how long they’ve been there but I recently discovered four new (to me) murals that appeared since I was last down this street.
Now the puppies are nice and warm. Love this fountain.
Pretty sad but it’s time had come
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Well done Marv! I walk by this area so often and really take these for granted, but when you highlight…
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This is such a lovely part of the city. I love how they fixed up that square and the fountain…