The annual Good Friday Procession is a Toronto tradition which has been held every Good Friday for the last 70 years. After three dormant years due to COVID-19 the Procession, which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, has returned to… Read More »Good Friday Procession
On the charming little downtown street known as St. Nicholas Street, house numbers 45 to 63 are known as “The Cottages”. In 1883, The Scottish Ontario and Manitoba Land Company built ten row houses on the east side of St.… Read More »The Cottages of St. Nicholas Street
Say what? That’s right… across the world today – April 1, 2023 – it’s International Pillow Fight Day. What’s it all about you may ask? Today, massive public pillow fights took place in cities around the world including London, New… Read More »International Pillow Fight Day!
On the Front Street Promenade in the Canary district there resides an interesting sculpture entitled The Water Guardians. Created by Toronto artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, the painted steel and concrete piece was installed in 2015. The Water Guardians… Read More »“The Water Guardians”
It was a sunny Sunday (finally!) this past weekend, so I opted for a little wander through Queen’s Park to shoot a few of the statues, monuments and memorials there. Tribute to Salome Bey, Canada’s Queen of the Blues Hours… Read More »Statues & Monuments of Queen’s Park
The last couple of times I’ve passed through Yonge-Dundas Sqaure I’ve noticed these odd gyroscope things, with people spinning them around. It turns out this is a project entitled Optik. Optik is an interactive installation that incorporates sound, light, and… Read More »“Optik” at Yonge-Dundas Square
Is it a whiskey still? A droplet of liquid? A man and woman dancing? Myself, I’ll go with the idea of a whiskey still. The sculpture in question – Still Dancing – is by artist and creator Dennis Oppenheim. He… Read More »“Still Dancing”
So, I don’t know if shots from 2014 qualify for inclusion in my so-called series From The Vaults (i.e. old shots of Toronto). I found these the other day while browsing and thought I’d post them as they are a… Read More »Eaton Centre & The Bay, 2014
Ah yes, the famous egg beaters… Located at the very foot of Yonge Street at Queen’s Quay East/Lake Ontario sits a curious sculpture entitled Between The Eyes. Established in 1990 by the artist Richard Deacon, this enormous piece resembles a… Read More »“Between The Eyes”
The Rosetta McClain Gardens at 5 Glen Everest Road in the east end of Toronto is a beautiful park filled with rose gardens, a rock fountain and a pergola, among many other things. Perched near the top of the Scarborough… Read More »Rosetta McClain Gardens