Search results

Can Rob Ford even get his hands behind his back?

How difficult can that be?

Can't imagine taking a picnic to the CNE, especially when knowing that one would be enticed by the heavenly aroma of fried onions to be topped off with a Belgian waffle.

Thanks Ex-Montreal Girl & Charioteer!

Great set of photos. I recognized them all except for the image above which flummoxed me until an hour ago. I was walking along Granby Street and realized that the houses are identical to the ones in the background of the photo, thus the rendering is for 27 Carlton Street.

McGugans, an excellent Scottish pub near the corner of Gerrard and Jones, has the best fish & chips I have ever tasted in this city. The batter was amazingly light and the fish fried to perfection as were the chips. Well worth the trek to the east end.

You might have to go to the Reference Library. I have no idea how much of their collection has been scanned. I can't really recall how I found it. It might have been through the card catalogue (remember those) or it might have been referenced in their picture collection. I was working on my own...

None of those. It was a realistic rendering in either watercolour or guache.

What a delicious thread! I'm pretty sure that I saw the original rendering of the Post Office about 25 years ago in the Special Collections section of the Reference Library. What struck me at the time was the use of a pale yellow sandstone (not unlike the Don Jail) topped with a mauve Mansard...

LOL. I just did the same to balenciaga a while ago and now surfing UT will become so much more pleasant Love Waterlink at Pier 27. Thanks for photo updates!

I noticed yesterday that they had recently attempted to clean it but, not very successfully.

The glass canopy also serves as a landing place for pigeon droppings - lots of them. Looking up from under the glass, all one sees is a whole mess of splats. oopsy

Massive congratulations for being featured in today's Telegraph!!!!Very well deserved http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/culturepicturegalleries/9643025/Tom-Ryabois-vertigo-inducing-photos-taken-on-top-of-Toronto-skyscrapers.html

Where is Sankai Juku when you need them?

In 1967, this building housed the Yuli of Switzerland Hair Salon

Well I totally enjoyed it - thanks!

12.5 minute walk, 10 minutes when it's really, really cold

The parkette is a very popular alternative to Yonge Street and has a lot of foot traffic. The subway is also directly beneath it creating an expensive challenge to anyone wanting to build on that site. The Sanctuary would make a great restaurant space, especially if a strip of park a couple of...

"The most restful shade of green" ...Addie Ross, A Letter To Three Wives (1949)