Streetscapes

EVCco · Jul 20, 2011

various streetscapes from the past few years...........

Dundas West at Glenlake Avenue:

Greenwood & Gerrard:

Carroll Street in Don Mount:

Raleigh & Glasgow:

Davidson Avenue in Birchmount Park:

Keele Street in The Junction:

Logan Avenue in Riverdale:

Pape & Gerrard:

Logan Avenue at Dundas East:

Carlaw Avenue at Eastern Avenue:

Roncesvalles at Westminster Avenue:

Market Street in St. Lawrence:

Weston Road at Rogers Road:

Denarda Street in Mount Dennis:

Davenport Road at Old Weston:

No Exit of Queen East:

mattelderca · Jul 20, 2011

EVCco said:
various streetscapes from the past few years...........QUOTE]

Raleigh & Glasgow:

There are some very interesting warehouses and industrial buildings down in this corner of the city.
Check the rooftops in this google sattelite view then zoom down to streetview and get a look at the fronts. Something about this style I really like. This one is particularly unmolested.
Oh yeah, Nice shots!

thecharioteer · Jul 20, 2011

Remarkable photos demonstrating that much of Toronto has remained relatively untouched for decades and that the glamorous version of Toronto we see on most of the UT threads is only part of the story.

RC8 · Jul 20, 2011

I don't know, a lot of those pictures like the ones of the junction or obviously the old fish market one are focused on particularly unflattering bits of very gentrified livable and culturally diverse areas.

Keele and Dundas for example, is by all means a 'chic' and cute intersection with a great sandwich shop frequented by smiley well-off locals. This is a picture of of the same intersection taken by me, without doing the slightest effort to make it look glamorous:

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Likewise, the context of Market Street in St. Lawrence is as follows:

The wall depicted is that little one immediately to the right of St. Lawrence market, and is being restored to be turned into the 'fish market' restaurant.

Good pics, though.

EVCco · Jul 20, 2011

Well, I guess one person's "unflattering bits" are another person's "character" or what have you. I guess when it comes to Toronto I've always had an eye for more of the "Kids of Degrassi Street" vibe than, say, "Degrassi The Next Generation"...

Also, while The Junction is indeed a work-in-progress towards some sort of gentrification, there are still some spots in the area that have nothing 'chic' or 'cute' about them - i.e. around the actual "Junction" - Junction Road, Pelham Park, etc.

EVCco · Jul 20, 2011

mattelderca said:
There are some very interesting warehouses and industrial buildings down in this corner of the city.
Check the rooftops in this google sattelite view then zoom down to streetview and get a look at the fronts. Something about this style I really like. This one is particularly unmolested.
Oh yeah, Nice shots!

Interesting deco-industrial!

Here's another pic from the area I found.
Not warehouses, but backyards:

RC8 · Jul 21, 2011

EVCco said:
Well, I guess one person's "unflattering bits" are another person's "character" or what have you.

I don't know, when it comes to Toronto I've always had an eye for the more rustic, "Kids of Degrassi Street" kind of vibe, so to speak - as opposed to the "glamorous version" as charioteer said.

Yes, I understand some people love the 'grit'. I do believe however many of those pictures can't be used to prove Toronto's renaissance has left many behind when, blocks away (or even across the street) from where those pics were taken you can see unbelievable changes! Take Eastern and Carlaw - not a nice area, but the Queen St. bit a block North of it, which used to be no better, now has Dark Horse, Prohitibion Gastropub, and a number of other up and coming businesses as well as a number of condos being developed.

My issue was with thecharioteers interpretation rather than with the pictures themselves

My favourite pic is the Denarda st. one. The Mercedes ad as locals ride their bikes is brilliant contrast.

pman · Jul 21, 2011

It's refreshing to see photos that show the real Toronto.

EVCco · Feb 26, 2012

For RC8 - some less "unflattering bits" from now and then...

Yonge/Wellesley & Queen/Caroline:

Weston at Lawrence & Howard at Bleecker:

St. Jamestown & St. Lawrence:

Marlow Avenue & The West Mall:

Yonge near Woodlawn & Dundas near Dufferin:

EVCco · May 6, 2012

Augusta Avenue, 2006 / Dundas & Spadina, 2006

Dundas Street East, 2008 / Dupont Street, 2005

Carnforth Road, 2010 / Benshire Drive, 2010

Jameson Avenue, 2005 / Pearl Street, 2006

Central Parkway (Mississauga), 2005 / Lake Shore Boulevard West, 2005

Don Mills & Sheppard, 2006 / Royal York Road, 2011

Eastern Avenue, 2011 / Eastside Drive, 2010

Weston Road, 2011 / Bayview Avenue, 2011

Coxwell Avenue, 2012 / Pape Avenue, 2010

St. Clair West, 2010 / Military Trail, 2012

Bathurst Street, 2011 / Hirons Street, 2011

Parkborough Boulevard, 2011 / Hillborn Avenue, 2011

EVCco · May 7, 2012

A few bigger "streets"...

Highway 427:

Highway 401:

Don Valley Parkway:

Gardiner Expressway (above...):

Gardiner Expressway (...and below):

Red October · May 11, 2012

Ha, that original post was some of the most skuzzy looking pictures I've ever seen of Toronto.

EVCco · May 12, 2012

^I'll take that as a compliment!

- though that honestly wasn't my intent.
Believe me, I've seen much skuzzier sites around this town...

Anyways, here's a couple pics from this last week - Dawes Road & Eglinton East:

And here's the road to the IBM/Celestica offices, off Eglinton. (Does anyone know if this has an official name? It's pretty long to be just a driveway!):

Goldie · May 12, 2012

EVCco said:
And here's the road to the IBM/Celestica offices, off Eglinton. (Does anyone know if this has an official name? It's pretty long to be just a driveway!):

I believe this is a private (no-name) road - built originally by IBM and now, I expect, owned by Celestica.

EVCco · May 16, 2012

Celestica Road has a certain ring to it, I suppose....

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