2. Street Scenes

Toronto, August 2009

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Inside the posh-looking lobby of the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
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Inside the posh-looking lobby of the Sheraton Centre Hotel.

Toronto

  • The Toronto Dominion tower complex was one of the last buildings designed by famous German modernist, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe.
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  • Yes, this is what it can feel like when walking around downtown Toronto. And yes, it can be drab, drab, drab...
  • Old City Hall at night, in the rain.
  • One of the few surviving examples of the Toronto Subway's original vitrolite tiles can be found in the blue strip near the ceiling of Queen station's platform. The tiles have an interesting, "glassy" reflective quality and are no longer manufactured. Notice also the unique 50s modernist font designed for the line's 1954 opening.
  • I'm not sure why these boys were offering free hugs.
  • Inside the posh-looking lobby of the Sheraton Centre Hotel.
  • At St. Lawrence Market. Everywhere here seems to be selling peameal bacon, which makes a great breakfast sandwich!
  • This is the 1960s "new" St. Lawrence Market, otherwise known as the "ghetto market." The building is very sad compared to the grand old original.
  • Inside Toronto's Distillery District, a beautiful shopping area built in the various buildings left behind by the Gooderham & Worts Distillery.
  • Inside Toronto's Distillery District, a beautiful shopping area built in the various buildings left behind by the Gooderham & Worts Distillery.
  • A "spider" sculpture looms over a cafe patio in Toronto's Distillery District.
  • Inside Toronto's Distillery District, a beautiful shopping area built in the various buildings left behind by the Gooderham & Worts Distillery. A new condo tower, and the top of the CN Tower, can be seen in the distance.
  • Frank Gehry's new facade for the Art Gallery of Ontario, as seen along Dundas Street. It's remarkably subdued, by Frank Gehry standards.
  • A "spider" sculpture looms over a cafe patio in Toronto's Distillery District.
  • The northwest corner of the Art Gallery of Ontario building, showing the new Frank Gehry facade layered on top of the 1960s addition designed by famous Toronto modernist John C. Parkin.
  • Frank Gehry's new facade for the Art Gallery of Ontario, as seen along Dundas Street. It's remarkably subdued, by Frank Gehry standards.
  • The main entrance of the Art Gallery of Ontario, with Frank Gehry's new facade. Notice the heritage buildings reflected in the glass.
  • The backside of the Art Gallery of Ontario. The brick building at left is a curatorial wing added in the 1990s. The shockingly blue building with the strange staircase was added by Frank Gehry. The brick building at centre-right is the historic Grange building.
  • A close-up view of Frank Gehry's big blue cube above the Art Gallery of Ontario, with its odd spindly staircases.
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