This past Sunday I set off downtown to photograph some architecture for the blog. I was pleasantly waylaid, though, by the Khalsa Day Parade snaking its way through the downtown core. The Parade Assembles on Bay Street Khalsa Day is… Read More »Khalsa Day & Parade
There’s nothing quite so rewarding in street photography as setting out for the day, having no destination in mind; you merely wind through the city with your camera wherever your feet take you, recording the city as it goes about… Read More »A City Stroll in Black & White
Although an event like Remembrance Day is not really a cityscape per se, I feel it is extremely important to acknowledge the day. Earlier today I attended the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Old City Hall. The sombre event was exceedingly… Read More »Remembrance Day, 2024
Back on December 6, 2022 I published a post about the colourful murals outside a semi-neglected, mostly-deserted building on the southwest corner of Jarvis Street and Queen Street East (141 Queen Street East, to be exact). The only merchant in… Read More »Mural Update: iPot Cannabis
At the corner of Queen Street East and Victoria Street sits a sculpture by artist Peter von Tiesenhausen. Entitled The Watchers, the sculpture was established in 2002 and is made from cast iron and granite. The iron figures in The… Read More »“The Watchers”
It was a sunny day for my Leslieville photowalk. I started my ramblings on the corner of Dundas Street East and Broadview Avenue, then slowly worked my way further east, then south, to Queen Street East. I called it a… Read More »A Walk Through Leslieville
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
Walking down Queen Street East this past weekend on my way to photograph Riverside, I passed Sumach Street; the colour of these interesting pieces caught my eye and drew me in. At 60 Sumach Street sits The Magic Building. I’m… Read More »Magic on Sumach Street
St. Paul’s Basilica is the oldest Roman Catholic congregation in Toronto. It is located at 83 Power Street in the Corktown neighbourhood, near the intersection of Queen and Parliament Streets. Created by architect Joseph Connolly in the Romanesque Revival style,… Read More »St. Paul’s Basilica
I discovered these interesting murals on the outside of the iPot Cannabis shop, corner of Jarvis Street and Queen Street East (141 Queen Street East): Continuing my journey, around the corner at 417 Richmond Street East (corner of Jarvis Street),… Read More »Murals at Queen Street East & Jarvis Street
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