[Taller Better]

I think we need a picture thread in the Canada section, where we can post **NEW**pictures that we take of our cities, or other Canadian cities if we go on vacation. I thought I would start it off with some nature pictures I took yesterday.Here are some pix from a phototour I did of the salmon running up the Humber River. It is fascinating to watch them try and scale a rather high looking ladder. The Cohoe salmon are part of a programme to restock our Lake, and have grown to a huge size (they look about 2.5- 3 feet long. For anyone interested, it should still be happening for only a few short days. Get off at the Old Mill subway station, and walk down into Etienne Brulee park. I took about 100 pix just to get a few that actually captured the beauties leaping in the air! I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking them!
There is not a lot left of the Old Mill from the 1840's, and what is left was at sometime Mock-Tudorized. But if you tell yourself that if it had not undergone a faux period change, it probably would have been ripped down, then the result is handsome enough:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1116/oct1008salmonrunoldmilljpgal9.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/2043/oct1008salmonrunoldmilliqy6.jpg

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/8154/oct1008salmonrunhumberriverviiqe2.jpg

All sorts of 2 legged creatures sit about like vultures:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/6884/oct1008salmonrunhumberrivervine1.jpg

in the distance you can see the "ladder"

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/1356/oct1008salmonrunhumberriverviiipg4.jpg

one swimming in the shallows:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/7443/oct1008salmonrunhumberrivervhl5.jpg

the ladder (you can see a salmon under the water about half way up:

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/436/oct1008salmonrunhumberriveriiifr0.jpg

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/7449/oct1008salmonrunhumberriveriidf5.jpg

and a truly beautiful shot:

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1408/oct1008salmonrunhumberriverqj9.jpg

[jeremy_haak]

Wow, that's incredible. Amazing shots, I can only imagine how many you had to take in order to capture those few.

[Taller Better]

Literally I had to take about a hundred to get a few good ones. One trouble with most digital cameras is there is a small delay between depressing the button and the actual snapshot, so by the time you see the salmon leaping, it
is too late! But was great fun, anyhow!

Here are some pictures I took on the weekend at Niagara-on-the-Lake:

http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4343/oct0806niagaraonthelake1835thewhaleinnyd4.jpg

buildings back to 1804:

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/92/oct0806niagaraonthelake1804fc9.jpg

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3390/oct0806niagaraonthelakesimcoeqv7.jpg

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6465/oct0806niagaraonthelakeavfb5.jpg

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7571/oct0806niagaraonthelakeaiiioz6.jpg

http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/4943/oct0806niagaraonthelakehighwayjy8.jpg

vineyards:

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5492/oct0806niagaraonthelakeioz0.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/7561/oct0806niagaraonthelakevineyardzp6.jpg

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/2476/oct0806niagaraonthelakeappletreesol0.jpg

Fall colours have begun!

http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/451/oct0806niagaraonthelakeiiits7.jpg

walnuts

http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/7641/oct0806niagaraonthelakewalnutsiief4.jpg

http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/9967/oct0806niagaraonthelakezx3.jpg

on the drive from Toronto to Niagara on the Lake

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/1677/oct0806viewfromqewvixzr9.jpg

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/2350/oct0806viewfromqewviiyg8.jpg

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/7820/oct0806viewfromqewviwx9.jpg

the Ford Plant in Oakville

http://img20.imageshack.us/img20/1399/oct0806viewfromqewvzz6.jpg

traffic

http://img154.imageshack.us/img154/6711/oct0806viewfromqewivpu9.jpg

[alps]

Here's a bunch of new ones I took earlier this month:

Macdonald Bridge in the background:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/bridge.jpg

Brunswick Street:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/brunswiick.jpg

Ferry crossing the harbour:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/ferry.jpg

Hollis Street:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/hollis.jpg

House in the north end:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/house.jpg

Old rowhouses:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/morehouses.jpg

New park:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/park.jpg

Point Pleasant Park, with one of the container terminals in the background:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/port.jpg

Base of Purdy's Wharf Tower I:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/purdys.jpg

Houses:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/safsdfa-1.jpg

Skyline from Dartmouth:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/skyline-1.jpg

North end:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/street2-1.jpg

Downtown:
http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/waterfront.jpg

[alps]

Taller Better: Great pictures! That town looks really nice, I can't tell the old from the new (a good thing in this case).

[mafia guy]

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/1408/oct1008salmonrunhumberriverqj9.jpg

holy crap, freakin AWSOME!!!:tup:

[1ajs]

some of winnipeg
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/2252/13gf5.jpg
http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/1086/9ux4.jpg
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/3986/5dr0.jpg
http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/4259/2pq3.jpg
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/5527/77gx3.jpg
http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/8917/18wv6.jpg

[Smron]

Took these Monday night.

Downtown
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n211/Smron/cluster.jpg

Esplanade Riel
http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n211/Smron/esplanaderiel.jpg

[Hootch]

http://star.walagata.com/w/roadrunner/edmonton7ib_0.jpg

[Thinner6]

^I'm not a huge fan of Edmonton but F**K! Nice picture!

[malek]

http://planetmalek.com/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1061&g2_serialNumber=1

[Stanzmastertron3000]

Great pics, alps.

More please.

[Taller Better]

Thanks guys! Great pix! Keep 'em coming, especially if you have pix that you have taken yourself.
alps, thanks especially for that pic of Ross House!

[harls]

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/1116/oct1008salmonrunoldmilljpgal9.jpg

Damn man.. I used to live right across from there when I lived in TO. it's an awesome area around the river there.


Here's some I took last weekend - boat tour on the Rideau Canal

http://static.flickr.com/102/265192166_f3e50be565.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/121/265190850_e4e9c596bf.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/86/265190213_f8ba9da50a.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/29/265189733_e5411d687b.jpg?v=0

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http://static.flickr.com/96/265188838_058cf3d0d0.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/103/265185884_e817c9aeea.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/109/265185244_0eb6e73c65.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/79/265181969_4da58ffddb.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/83/265179515_9cc268000e.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/95/265177984_9dd152bcc8.jpg?v=0

Dow's Lake

http://static.flickr.com/84/265177231_f480f5fe80.jpg?v=0

Carleton University

http://static.flickr.com/85/265176852_8301ded105.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/106/265175623_9c0064bb87.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/99/265173370_98f8513f23.jpg?v=0

http://static.flickr.com/89/265171862_704170585a.jpg?v=0

[rgalston]

Recent photos of Winnipeg I've taken...
http://static.flickr.com/82/267835255_8790759225.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/100/255912571_97febdbf80.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/97/255912573_552c1a6c25.jpg
Vancouver of the Prairies...
http://static.flickr.com/85/240023485_7cc18cbdd5.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/92/207619488_91f8005491.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/87/207619485_5feb890f69.jpg
http://static.flickr.com/91/207619486_b36c138f27.jpg

[Taller Better]

nice pics of the 'Peg!!

[malek]

http://planetmalek.com/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=551&g2_serialNumber=1

[patboy]

Rimouski, Qc :)

http://img526.imageshack.us/img526/2084/photo045xp4.jpg

http://img149.imageshack.us/img149/6006/photo020do1.jpg

[CCF]

These are some of my pictures from a few weeks ago, some of ReginaGuy's and some from the internet.

Regina, Saskatchewan.
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8604/reginapanoramaet3.jpg

http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/2926/257693893e819223b42bol5.jpg

http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5445/262816340cb02dbca38byf9.jpg

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5902/sfpicgn7.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/7167/2480087439d07d782fehl6.jpg

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/5338/225451806d2c5f89420olx8.jpg

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/4558/1975450181da7dee64ehn9.jpg

http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/5504/195815816dd9a86f671ms6.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/4880/35171848455bf7399hz5.jpg

http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8058/161920590f63dca74b1rv5.jpg

http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/9254/55596ee55b0b414eb88054df8b1412bdorxf9.jpg

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3153/18fbb2e6f22a404bbc6bdf1d04224af4orfy8.jpg

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/7830/195649363df32da2530bz8.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/Downtown040.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8480/1654328968cdf84042cyw7.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030710.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030645.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030680.jpg


http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030571.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030589.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030606.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030607.jpg







http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030540.jpg

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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030506.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030508.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030513.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030518.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030532.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030533.jpg

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l314/ccf49/PA030535.jpg

[1ajs]

http://img487.imageshack.us/img487/2860/79as9.jpg
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2029/77uq5.jpg
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/3584/pict0019g6kg.jpg
http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/9011/70nf4.jpg
http://img396.imageshack.us/img396/9546/64kd0.jpg
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/9492/51ai6.jpg
http://img460.imageshack.us/img460/6884/45dh8.jpg

[Taller Better]

Those were probably the best Regina pix I have ever seen! We just don't see enough pix from Saskatchewan! Also great to see Rimouski, as I have never seen any from there before!:tup:

[alps]

Here's a few photos I took on a walk today (with the exception of the first one, taken earlier this month) in the Armdale district of Halifax. It's a mostly residential neighbourhood, with a few office buildings around Joseph Howe Drive. Manulife Financial, CGI, IMP, and CCI Group all have operations in the area. It's also home to a infamous traffic circle, the Armdale rotary.

---

CCI and Manulife buildings: (Look closely above the word "Financial" and you can see the outline of the old Maritime Life signage. This was their old headquarters, when they were bought out there were a lot of layoffs here.)

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3000.jpg

A few older apartment buildings:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3018.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3019.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3020.jpg

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3022.jpg

Shortcut across the train tracks that run though, there used to be a train station in the area:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3021.jpg

Mount Olivet cemetary:

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l217/halps00/CIMG3017.jpg

[someone123]

I live not far from that area, which of course is named because of its location at the end of the Northwest Arm, a small inlet next to the Halifax peninsula. It's kind of nice, although there's not much around. Across from the former Maritime Life building is a small, mostly wooded lot that was the site of the first zoo in North America. Eventually, it was sold off and became New York's Central Park Zoo. A developer has recently purchased the land.

The area used to be at the end of the city's tram system. There was a small airstrip in the 1920s as well as the Simpson's department store and warehouse, which unfortunately have either been demolished or renovated beyond recognition. The Halifax Shopping Centre is across Mumford Road and was the first mall in Canada to feature air conditioning.

Most of the housing is fairly plain 1940-1960 stuff but there are some older homes near certain the major roads and there are some large houses that used to be part of estates.

I'm sure that's more than any of you ever wanted to know about Armdale...

[Taller Better]

Hey guys, keep it up! This is a brilliant time of year to take pix because of the fall foliage. Great presentations!!

[SteelTown]

Here's some nature pictures from Hamilton that I took yesterday. Fall season is the best season for Hamilton because of the vast abundance of trees covering the city.

Niagara Escarpment
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1814.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1811.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1800.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1796.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1761.jpg

Webster's Falls because of the Niagara Escaprment and many creeks in Hamilton we have a lot of waterfalls, over 60 different waterfalls. Hamilton is also known as "The Waterfall City"
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1750.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1775.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1754.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y217/dahammer/IMG_1785.jpg

So now you know where I love to take a picnic at. You can see more of that photo tour here http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=118433

[Taller Better]

Those pix are drop dead gorgeous. I feel so frustrated that it is raining, or I would get out and take some Fall Foliage shots....

[softee]

Here are some selected pics of North Bay Ontario, population 56,000. I admit that these are not all new photos, but they are fairly recent -- and the one from 2002 i found on the net but included because it's pretty damn cool.
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/Tedspic.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/NicepicofMainSt.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/July14-054cropped.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/July14-0512cropped.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/CreativeLearningsun3.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/PICT4672cropped.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/PICT4665cropped.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/EmpireMcintyreStW09-09-05.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/crw_1152l_std.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/CityHallview19.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y142/Softee2/CityHallview17.jpg

[shappy]

nice! North Bay's high street looks great. What's it called?

[softee]

^ Fittingly enough, it's called Main Street!

[gilpel]

Those picks had been taken today....october 22, 2006

The Maurice-Cosmos-VooDoo (a famous place to have fun)

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68997410.HjOHjxdb.IMG_2990.jpg

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68997404.Pv220OQS.IMG_2989.jpg

The ''G'' Complex

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68998088.4QD4XCDz.IMG_2991.jpg

The Concorde Hotel

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68998075.dXYDZBCO.IMG_2992.jpg

Saint-Louis Street

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68997421.7uu9SPri.IMG_2994.jpg

A little boat

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68997424.Xnfc3KfF.IMG_2995.jpg

A skating ring

http://ct.pbase.com/o5/28/719628/1/68997433.BsWmsm7D.IMG_2996.jpg

[samne]

Ive had some good times at Chez Maurice and Dagobert. Good crowds at Maurice.

[Taller Better]

^^ It is on Grand Allee, isn't it?

[Taller Better]

Tree cover in the Northern Hemisphere always looks its most beautiful at this time of year. Here are some pix I took today in Toronto and I hope you enjoy them! I have not photoshopped any of the colours.

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5964/img7451ae9.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8066/oct2306viewdowntownqb2.jpg

http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8673/img7448jw1.jpg

http://img289.imageshack.us/img289/1007/img7345hb2.jpg

http://img435.imageshack.us/img435/790/img7342hx3.jpg

http://img239.imageshack.us/img239/3055/img7428sn1.jpg

[pegcity]

Winnipeg.

http://static.flickr.com/81/247992342_a9c513dc9e.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/82/247992338_a5b3e8be0d.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/80/247992344_f0ef91acdc.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/86/264634411_7b942f6c1b.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/87/264631017_92748ed51e.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/95/247992343_29f6bade61.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/89/247989567_6c26ba3173.jpg

[boden]

Here are a few of the lovely Belleville, Ontario.
http://www.pbase.com/gaffer/image/43045788/original.jpg


http://www.pbase.com/gaffer/image/58931300/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/gaffer/image/58931301/original.jpg
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http://www.pbase.com/gaffer/image/58929242/original.jpg
http://www.pbase.com/gaffer/image/58929251/original.jpg

[1ajs]

Ally in the exchange
http://img486.imageshack.us/img486/12/allyjw7.jpg

looking down graham downtown bus coridoor
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/5976/graham2ks9.jpg

looking down fort
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/844/grahamym2.jpg

manitoba hydro construction
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/7633/hydrokj1.jpg

old free press building
http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/4257/pressff7.jpg

[yorktonite]

Even though I'm in Regina now, I got some photos from when I was Saskatoon, so I'll represent for them.

http://img74.imageshack.us/img74/7923/21cl3.jpg

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/3843/22dy1.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1433/24aa6.jpg

Random bearsuit shot on the Victoria Bridge for good measures..
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/623/17mw6.jpg

[Taller Better]

Nice! Like those winter shots!

[softee]

^^^^ Belleville almost looks gritty in those pics!

[ReginaGuy]

Random bearsuit shot on the Victoria Bridge for good measures..
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/623/17mw6.jpg
Awe that weirdo in a bear suit looks lonely. Good shots though :)

[Taller Better]

There are so many pretty towns near Belleville in Prince Edward County! :) Nice to see small cities on here as well!

[circle33]

Can't beat the bearsuit...

Some more Toon, back from when I used to take pictures:

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/Pano_1000.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/13.jpg

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k195/circle33/C015.jpg

[boden]

Would be nice to see more of Saska and Regina...we never see them here on the forum!

[ReginaGuy]

check out this thread for more Regina Pics
http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=117172

[Taller Better]

Pics from today, out and about in Toronto:

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7236/oct3006coloursxn9.jpg

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/733/oct3006boysplayingsoccewi4.jpg

http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8082/oct3006coloursinw2.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/9742/oct3006willowsouthofblokk3.jpg

http://img71.imageshack.us/img71/5972/oct3006colourssouthofblvy5.jpg

and some "stealth advertising" on a back street wall:

http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/1180/oct3006stealthadvertisiop7.jpg

[1ajs]

http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/684.jpg
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/683.jpg
http://www.pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/669.jpg

[Taller Better]

eww.... snow. Uggh. Please do not send it this way! I remember the old Woodbine Hotel! I am shocked it is still there!! how about The Bell? or,
The Monty? The Occidental? The Princess?

Happy Hallowe'en everyone! Here are some pix I took walking the dogs at
lunch. This has to be the most perfect Hallowe'en house:


http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/8472/oct3106churchstxu1.jpg

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/9575/oct3106gloucesterstqy2.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/5319/oct3106jarvisstivql7.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/9328/oct3106jarvisstiijp8.jpg

http://img436.imageshack.us/img436/8643/oct3106jarvisstics9.jpg

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/5677/oct3106jarvissthe0.jpg

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/5681/oct31superheroonjarvisjz0.jpg

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/2931/oct3106nearcawthraparkek4.jpg

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/4215/oct3106cawthraparkiiiqc5.jpg

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/4060/oct3106cawthraparkiixu5.jpg

I imagine these jolly fellows were passing around a glass of milk, or a power shake:

http://img316.imageshack.us/img316/6163/oct3106cawthraparkilt8.jpg

[1ajs]

eww.... snow. Uggh. Please do not send it this way! I remember the old Woodbine Hotel! I am shocked it is still there!! how about The Bell? or,
The Monty? The Occidental? The Princess?



The oxy is a youth hostil and has blues nights and hosts the AA or one of thoughs groups also... its called somthing els now but its tied into the Edge art gallery artists vilige thing next door

the monty and the princess were at higginds and main right? cause all the bars there got demode befor the panam games... the manwin is still the ruffest bar in town and the bell is still standing.. not sure whats going on with it though now if we could just get rid of the salvation army building

[Taller Better]

The oxy is a youth hostil and has blues nights and hosts the AA. its called somthing els now its tied into the art gallery artists comunity thing next door

the monty and the princess were at higginds and main right? cause all the bars there got demode befor the panam games... the manwin is still the ruffest bar in town and the bell is still standing.. not sure whats going on with it though now if we could just get rid of the salvation army building

Hmm.. the Ox is a Youth Hostel? Used to be youth hostile when I last saw
it! LOL! Yeah, the Monty and the Princess were at Higgins and Main. Shame
they got swept away. We used to like doing the rounds in University days, and let's just say there is never a dull moment on Main Street! :whip:

[1ajs]

Hmm.. the Ox is a Youth Hostel? Used to be youth hostile when I last saw
it! LOL! Yeah, the Monty and the Princess were at Higgins and Main. Shame
they got swept away. We used to like doing the rounds in University days, and let's just say there is never a dull moment on Main Street! :whip:

they been slowly working on both the buildings quite an intresting project. slowly the artists are moving north

did you ever check out the golden city shop? in china town?

[Taller Better]

Golden City shop? No, what is it?

Actually I am happy to hear the Ox has been converted to something
useful. It was just waaaay too scary to go into back in the Bad Old Days.

[1ajs]

Golden City shop? No, what is it?

Actually I am happy to hear the Ox has been converted to something
useful. It was just waaaay too scary to go into back in the Bad Old Days.

its kinda nice brought life back to that block of north main

golden city is a junk shop that was run by the ledgondary crazy walter (he was not realy crazy) he was a big fixture in the rebirth of the exchange in the early days then he moved it to china town.. he passed away in june of cancer :( his wido is going to reopen the store who is an artist/ nurse and she wants to do portrats of people who come in ect. shes going to be throwing a party in november to reopen the store witch i should get ahold of her
also theres going to be a flower stall set up out front also in the summer.

[mariokarter]

well i dont have to many pictures of toronto but ill post some of the good ones.

downtown from the ferry, the picture is nearly perfect, but you can still see part of the ferry in the top left corner.http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2071/dsc00069wo3.jpg

and here is downtown from riverdale park
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/1029/dsc00054qk1.jpg

ok so thats about it actually. maybe ill post some of vancouver(where i am now ) later.

[Taller Better]

Nice, Mario! Keep snappin'!

[malek]

thats the flat angle i was talking about:
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/2071/dsc00069wo3.jpg

thats the "don't take your eyes from the road" angle I prefer.
http://img506.imageshack.us/img506/1029/dsc00054qk1.jpg

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/004-1.jpg

http://i72.photobucket.com/albums/i165/whistlerinToronto/005-1.jpg

[mariokarter]

Nice, Mario! Keep snappin'!

thanks man. Once I take some of Vancouver I'll post em.

[Taller Better]

I have some pictures from last night! Church Street in the gay village, shuts down for a big street party every year. This year the weather cooperated, and the costumes were the best I have ever seen. There were thousands of people there, dancing to the DJ, and having a blast!! Wonderful time all round
Here are some of the pix, but if you would like to see more, I have copied my SSC Toronto photoblog in the City Photos section here on SSP. Visit it! :)

http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/7140/img7819bw6.jpg

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/5916/img7810js1.jpg

Lot's of families join in the fun, too!

http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/1221/img7808gy5.jpg

http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/1922/pavigw8.jpg

an "international" crowd! ;)

http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/3281/img7780qt3.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/4045/img7771ao4.jpg

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3228/img7764ra4.jpg

http://img267.imageshack.us/img267/6571/img7703cz5.jpg

Naturally, Borat showed up!

http://img290.imageshack.us/img290/9697/img7673ma1.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9994/img7646hc7.jpg

The centre of all the fun is the second floor patio of a bar on Church St,
LUB, which had a DJ and, of course, Go-Go Boys:

http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/9784/img7578vl7.jpg

A dark picture, but it shows how huge the crowd was, and it filled the entire
city block:

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/51/img7793tk0.jpg

That's it for street parties on Church St til next summer!

[shappy]

if only slutty nurses were a year-round thing...

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/8064/img7772hh5.jpg


great pics, Church is party central.

[malek]

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/3228/img7764ra4.jpg

naaaayyyyssssssss (borat's accent) :)

[salvius]

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/9994/img7646hc7.jpg

What the...

[Taller Better]

?? what the what?

[caltrane74]

Taller you look kinda young. I thought you were 60.

omg - 2000 posts. Amazing. Only took me 4 years. 500 post a year. or around 1.2 posts per day. Cool.

[Taller Better]

LOL! I am neither 60, nor in any of those pics!

[1ajs]

lol i hit 1k posts around the end of my first year here and that was in july and i am 101 posts away from 2k :P at 3.98 posts per day lol but its not quantity its quality... as some wise formers have told me :cool: witch i would have to agree.
congrats on your mile stone though :cheers:

[Taller Better]

Some pics I took at midnight last night off my balcony. The air was cold and crisp, and the sky above the city was beautiful with the scattered clouds:

http://img163.imageshack.us/img163/6816/nov0306kf5.jpg

http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/7583/nov0306isf6.jpg

http://img509.imageshack.us/img509/6317/nov0306iiat2.jpg

[graupner]

Toronto rocks big time, I love this city !

[Taller Better]

Thanks guy! Come and visit more often! Pix from today, out walking the dogs. The cold weather has been rushing things along. Leaves falling like crazy. :

http://img167.imageshack.us/img167/2493/nov0406jarvisstreetscenlp8.jpg

http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4042/nov04gloucesterstpn9.jpg

http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5748/nov0406cawthraparkike9.jpg

Impatiens still alive.... but they will be next if we get another frost:

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/3741/nov0406flowersiai3.jpg

Hardy flowers still going strong:

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4497/nov0406flowersst7.jpg

Park scenes:

http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/7549/nov0406allangardensscencl3.jpg

much beloved Scottish poet, Robbie Burns:

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/2586/nov0406allangardensrobbyc7.jpg

leaves falling like crazy:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/7970/nov0406allangardensviiqh0.jpg

enjoy it now; won't be here for ever:

http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/6968/nov0406allangardensvmp5.jpg

http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/392/nov0406allangardensiro1.jpg

everyone digging up flowerbeds..

http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/9738/nov0406fallworkxz1.jpg

Canada's National Ballet School:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8512/nov0406nationalballetsckr1.jpg

[Taller Better]

naaaayyyyssssssss (borat's accent) :)


LOL! More bump n' grind:
I think she was trying to perform an emergency tonsilectomy with her tongue. Nurse's
do that, you know...

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/8162/img7774qn1.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/6037/img7763eg3.jpg

http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/4233/img7761ed6.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/6030/img7753fb2.jpg

http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/2100/img7751oi7.jpg

and more go go boys!

http://img304.imageshack.us/img304/9382/img7586so4.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/4254/img7598sx9.jpg

http://img264.imageshack.us/img264/5797/img7580vo8.jpg

I mean, let's be honest.... no one really had to see Princess Diana again... ;)

[trueviking]

Canada's National Ballet School:

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8512/nov0406nationalballetsckr1.jpg

wow, nice...that kicks the royal winnipeg ballet building.

http://static.flickr.com/14/22476709_bc1e437cf8.jpg?v=0

[Architype]

Some Vancouver summer/fall pics:
http://www.pbase.com/joecanada/image/66478688.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/joecanada/image/68033773.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/joecanada/image/65248628.jpg

http://www.pbase.com/joecanada/image/66191171.jpg

[Taller Better]

[QUOTE=trueviking]wow, nice...that kicks the royal winnipeg ballet building.
QUOTE]

The Royal Winnipeg Ballet is an amazing ballet corps. Winnipeg is justly proud of it. I am
so happy for them that they have their own home! That pic I showed is the National Ballet's new school... they are sharing space with the Opera in the new Four Seasons opera house for performances. I just love the new NBSchool on Jarvis. Simple, yet elegant. Those big glass windows on the left part are where the students practice.. the glass is etched with music notes. Lovely!
Part of the old Ballet School is being converted into residences for the students...

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/5448/nov0506nationalballetscdz7.jpg

http://img103.imageshack.us/img103/9048/nov0506nationalballetscsa7.jpg

Those Vancouver pix were gorgeous.

[RWin]

One from today.

http://members.shaw.ca/rwinhold/ssp/sline.jpg

[RWin]

Another from Today

http://members.shaw.ca/rwinhold/ssp/IMG_4125.jpg

[Taller Better]

^^ Who is your avatar?

[RWin]

^^ Who is your avatar?

You mean me?

Its Holly from Red Dwarf (the second Holly).

[RWin]

In the city:

http://members.shaw.ca/rwinhold/ssp/train/IMG_4147.jpg

[malek]

taken yesterday, an HDR attempt that failed :(

http://www.planetmalek.com/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1555&g2_serialNumber=1

[Taller Better]

You mean me?

Its Holly from Red Dwarf (the second Holly).


I thought it was Belinda Stronach sitting on a pickle!! LOL!


Nice pic, malek! :tup:
what was the camera?

[malek]

Canon 20D with a Tamron 17-35

[Taller Better]

Great colour and clarity.

[malek]

I find it very soft and average.

My lense is getting old and beaten, time for a new one :)

[graupner]

Took yesterday evening, with an old digital camera:

http://img397.imageshack.us/img397/8782/montrealbg1.jpg

[malek]

another HDR attempt.

http://www.planetmalek.com/photos/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=1557&g2_serialNumber=1

[Taller Better]

Some pix I took today. Starting at Yonge and Eglinton:

http://img391.imageshack.us/img391/9101/nov0606yongeandeglintonbp0.jpg

riding down Yonge St past the Mount Pleasant Cemetary:

http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/7886/nov0606yongeatmountpleahv2.jpg

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/9529/nov0606yongeatmountpleaqo1.jpg

Yonge and St. Clair:

http://img368.imageshack.us/img368/3377/nov0606yongeandstclairsvy4.jpg

http://img359.imageshack.us/img359/9707/nov0606stclairwestjpgsq8.jpg

http://img475.imageshack.us/img475/7840/nov0606stclairwestifr4.jpg

In St. Michael's Cemetary.. started around 1843 to bury Irish Catholics:

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/2162/nov0606stmichaelscemetavc2.jpg

http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2504/nov0606stmichaelscemetaau8.jpg

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/9865/nov0606stmichaelscemetarysceneviiihh9.jpg

http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/7118/nov0606stmichaelscemetaryvxxixva9.jpg

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/1336/nov0606stmichaelscemetaryvxxixw3.jpg

and riding my bike home down Yonge Street:

http://img380.imageshack.us/img380/6123/nov0606yongestpaulhahnpqu5.jpg

http://img455.imageshack.us/img455/6744/nov0606yongestgeorgianhu8.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/2886/nov0606summerhill5thievkl7.jpg

And a beautiful reno of an old CPR railway station that is now the largest liquor store in Canada (The so-called "Temple of Booze")

http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/1686/nov0606summerhilllcboiihn0.jpg

http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/5863/nov0606summerhilllcboirz8.jpg

and riding south on Yonge St toward Yonge and Bloor:

http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/7560/nov0606yongestlookingdtnr9.jpg

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4229/nov0606yongestlookingdtzg0.jpg

[graupner]

Some Montreal (not mine) :

http://www.viciousandelicious.com/xame/image/3.jpg
http://www.viciousandelicious.com/xame/image/4.jpg
http://www.worksongs.com/blogpics/MTL_turcotinterchange.jpg
http://img271.imageshack.us/img271/6822/montrealwithafisheyebyprx5.jpg
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1489/unseensilo5bypathethicsn9.jpg

And finally, our Montreal trademark :P :
http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7178/porcelainbypathethicow4.jpg
She's a well known art-photo model around here

[Taller Better]

^^ Where does she "dance"?:D
That photoshopped concrete building picture is very cool. Is it that monstrosity you can
see across the water from the port area?

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/517/img5959gr8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img394.imageshack.us/img394/9518/img5960mr0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

What is that thing, anyhow?

[malek]

a grain silo.

We're waiting for the selected project by the port authority after the public tender for its rehabilitation.

It might become a museum annex, a residential complex, ...

[shappy]

http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/1489/unseensilo5bypathethicsn9.jpg
wow, that's cool. It looks like a still from a Batman movie.


http://img381.imageshack.us/img381/7178/porcelainbypathethicow4.jpg
artsy stuff is cool and all but eww...

[malek]

she's nothing special.

[habsfan]

What is that thing, anyhow?

its the old grain Silo #5.

The port Authority of montreal has hired my firm to give them ideas of what should be done with this monstrosity. There were plans of turning it into a residential complex with a 50 storey tower(i doubt we'll be seeing this), others proposed of turning into a museum.

I say we should strap a few hundred kilos of C-4 to this thing and blow it up baby! KA-BOOM!!!!

[malek]

any NDI :D to share with us ?

NDI: non-disclosure information

[habsfan]

any NDI :D to share with us ?

NDI: non-disclosure information

Sorry dude. Our Architect is mostly working on this by himself, and its confidential info(a bit like with bell)

Anyways, i don't even think he has any new news to give me...i'll see what i can find out when he gets back in the office friday!

[malek]

all we want to know is how high it will be and if its good looking enough for us to care :)

[WHISTLERINMUSKOKA]

I love how great all Canadian cities are, these are great pictures.

[1ajs]

http://pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/700.jpg
http://pointdouglas.com/plugins/p17_image_gallery/images/701.jpg

[malek]

http://static.flickr.com/116/265298954_8bc6a2bd56_b.jpg

[alps]

^^^ Great photo...what is that building in the background?

[habsfan]

^^^ Great photo...what is that building in the background?

l'Oratoire st-Joseph.

Kinda gives you an idea how big it really is!(128 meters tall)

[malek]

second biggest dome in the world after st-pierre basilica in the vatican.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/fr/7/7b/OratoireStJoseph01.jpg