Today we’ll take a short, rainy-day walk across Richmond Street West, roughly from Simcoe Street to John Street. Prior to researching it, I knew in general that this street was of historical significance in terms of Toronto’s old warehouse district.… Read More »Richmond Street West
Nothing specific this post – just a desultory early Spring photowalk through parts of downtown Toronto:
I’ve always loved walking down the short stretch of Glen Road from Howard Street to the Glen Road footbridge. To me it has always exuded a quasi New York feeling with its walk-up apartment buildings and Victorian houses, capped off… Read More »Glen Road
The Water’s Edge Promenade stretches from Sugar Beach near the foot of Jarvis Street, past Sherbourne Common, ending at the foot of Parliament Street – for now. There are future plans to keep extending Water’s Edge Promenade further along the… Read More »Water’s Edge Promenade
As most know, the Toronto Islands are comprised of three small land masses – Hanlan’s Point, Centre Island and Ward’s Island – joined in an arc. Ward’s Island is on the east side of the Islands. Unlike Hanlan’s Point and… Read More »Ward’s Island
Watching a suggested video on YouTube a few days ago reminded me of a fascinating urban relic in Toronto: the Hearn Generating Station: The Hearn Generating Station (named after Richard Lankaster Hearn) is a vast decommissioned electrical generating station down… Read More »Hearn Generating Station
The sun was actually shining for more than three minutes last weekend, so I set out for another photowalk in the city. It had been a few years since I’d walked along Richmond Street East, so I thought I’d give… Read More »Richmond Street East
blogTO calls the Chester Hill Lookout “Toronto’s secret observation deck” and, after visiting the location, I would have to agree with them. Sitting at the end of a quiet residential road off Broadview Avenue, the Lookout is a semi-circular concrete… Read More »Chester Hill Lookout
A few days after Halloween I took a walk through Cabbagetown on a beautiful, crisp fall day. The houses and streets were a weird and eclectic mix of post-Halloween gore, front yard kitsch, Autumn colours and falling leaves:
I took a little walk around the York Street-Bremner Blvd. area one sunny Sunday last month, randomly shooting the city as it went about its business. I had to curtail my walk, though, as there were masses of people heading… Read More »A Little Spin Around Downtown
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