The Toronto AIDS Memorial, designed by Patrick Fahn, is located in Barbara Hall Park (formerly Cawthra Square Park), on Church Street above Wellesley, next to The 519 Church Street Community Centre in the heart of Toronto’s gay community. Michael Lynch… Read More »The Toronto AIDS Memorial
Uno Prii (February 28, 1924 – November 27, 2000) was an Estonian-born Canadian architect. He designed approximately 250 buildings, many in Toronto, but also around southern Ontario and the United States. Some of Prii’s best-known works are apartment buildings in… Read More »Uno Prii’s Annex Apartments
This post is 3 parts photo experiment mixed with 1 part TOcityscape. Here I’ve used a special lens to achieve this effect: you’ll either love it or hate it… In & Around Allan Gardens Jarvis Street Baptist Church
Barbara Barrett Lane is located just south of Bloor Street West, running between Brunswick Avenue and Borden Street. The lane is just at the north end of David French Lane, home of another richly-decorated lane. The Lane is home to… Read More »Barbara Barrett Lane
Up until a few years ago I would pass through the Sherbourne Street area near Bloor Street East twice per day, on my way to the subway. Not the most uplifting of ‘hoods, the area has traditionally been slightly down… Read More »Changes on Sherbourne Street
What do you do with an abandoned old train station? Why, turn it into a high-end LCBO of course! Located just off Yonge Street near Summerhill Avenue, this structure used to be the North Toronto Railway Station. It was in… Read More »10 Scrivener Square
The Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens are located at 2901 Yonge Street, on the east side of Yonge below Lawrence Avenue. The park was created in 1933 by public subscription to honour Alexander Muir, who composed the song The Maple Leaf… Read More »Alexander Muir Memorial Gardens
This mysterious statue stands guard at the townhouse complex on the northwest corner of Irwin Avenue and St. Nicholas Street. There is absolutely nothing to identify it, its purpose or its artist. I have a sneaking feeling, though, that it’s… Read More »Mystery Sculpture
Ghost bikes are to be found across Toronto wherever a cyclist has been killed. Members of the cycling community have been installing these tributes for more than 20 years. On Queen Street West This ghost bike, outside Old City Hall at… Read More »Toronto Ghost Bikes
By creating this blog I’ve discovered the Toronto sculpture works of Canadian visual artist and novelist Eldon Garnet piece by piece. As it turns out, over my years of photographing Toronto I’d been unknowingly capturing shots of Eldon Garnet’s work.… Read More »Eldon Garnet’s Toronto Sculptures