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I hear you CityPainter. I think the whole BeerStore/LCBO monopoly still assumes that people live an automobile-centred lifestyle. Time for them to wake up. Clearly, it is inconvenient for the LCBO to allow people to return even wine bottles to the LCBO, but this forces people to drive to the...

Ah yes, the Front Street LCBO. A great place to line up for a bad selection of warm beer. Back in the late '80s/early '90s there was a Brewers' Retail in the basement of the South Market fronting onto Market Street, but it was closed down. It seems the "Beer Store" prefers to have people...

Interesting to see exterior shutters that are functional and used for their intended purpose, unlike the faux shutters you often see on houses/buildings today. Imagine all the solid fuel being consumed by all those chimney stacks. Fascinating photos. I never tire of looking at them...

Thanks J.T.

Quite right, it is compositionally a stunning photo. What does the lettering say on the window? My screen is too small.

There are "Blue Flag" beaches in Toronto. My favourite is the Ward's Island beach. The water quality is monitored by the City. The beach is clean and people do swim. Lovely sandy bottom. The water is generally of a temperature acceptable for swimming for most of the summer because the water...