Passing through the busy area of Yonge and Dundas last week, I encountered a new claw machine arcade called Ohyo Spree at 340 Yonge Street. Apparently Ohyo Spree has a twinned store in Empress Walk in North York called Ohyo… Read More »Ohyo Spree
Continuing on the “dead mall” theme (see my earlier post on the deserted Cumberland Terrace), we’ll take a little look at another urban mall that just didn’t make it: the Aura Concourse Shopping Mall (alternately, The Shops at Aura). The… Read More »Aura Concourse Shopping Mall
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
OK, I cheated a little on this post. I just wasn’t up to shooting the Good Friday Procession in today’s rain, so I’ve brought forward my shots of the event from a few year’s ago. For those unfamiliar, the Good… Read More »Good Friday Procession
Springtime has come to Berczy Park. Someone put little red and green scarves on the pups in the Berczy Park dog fountain… very cute!
TO Cityscapes has returned from hiatus! Last weekend, while in the Bay-Bloor area, I suddenly had an idea to check on the state of the Cumberland Terrace mall. I knew it had fallen from grace lately, but I just wanted… Read More »Mall, Deserted
The McMurtry Gardens of Justice on University Avenue is a series of sculptures and fountains sitting among Osgoode Hall, the Law Society of Ontario, and the Superior Court of Justice. Each item in the gallery is designed to represent one… Read More »McMurtry Gardens of Justice
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
The Al Green Sculpture Park runs between Davisville Avenue and Balliol Street in mid-town. Abraham (Al) Green (1925-2016) was an entrepreneur, sculptor, philanthropist and Order of Canada recipient. He believed that anyone with the desire to sculpt, regardless of prior… Read More »Al Green Sculpture Park
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: