Toronto - September 06

colonial footsoldier · #1 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 10:14 AM**

Hello, hello. I've been a lurker and lightweight contributer around here for probably about a year or so, and this I'd wager represents my first substantative contribution to the forum: photos. I took these back in September of 06, but just now figured out how to link to them on Flickr.

In chronological order...

Heading home...

Thanks for giving them a peep. You can catch all the b-list material and whatnot at http://www.flickr.com/photos/colonial_footsoldier

Cullen

boden · #2 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 1:49 PM**

We see a ton of Toronto threads here on the forum, but yours has a little different spin, and was very enjoyable. Welcome to the forum...hope to see more posts soon.

Wheelingman04 · #3 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 8:01 PM**

Very impressive!!

softee · #4 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 8:28 PM**

Those were great!

Tom In Chicago · #5 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 9:32 PM**

Great photos. . . I especially like this one. . .

I still have to figure out why many parts of Toronto (or Canada for that matter) are so heavily influenced by Le Corbusier brutalism. . . perhaps I'll bring it up in a new thread. . .

OhioGuy · #6 Posted **Jan 11, 2007, 11:05 PM**

Great photos of a great city. It would be such a great place to live.

SpongeG · #7 Posted **Jan 12, 2007, 12:06 AM**

cool pics - toronto sure takes some chances with things - nice to see

but why do they keep this building so dirty? is it abandoned?

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DrJoe · #8 Posted **Jan 12, 2007, 1:54 AM**

^ It's a filter or something, the buildings aren't that dark.

Very nice thread!

architect1 · #9 Posted **Jan 12, 2007, 2:07 AM**

Loved the pics of TO great shots.

BTTO · #10 Posted **Jan 12, 2007, 2:35 AM**

wow great photos!!
great work!

Maldive · #11 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 1:51 AM**

great eye! looking forward to more.

Nouvellecosse · #12 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 4:14 AM**

Beautiful post! But that audiobook ad was just mean!

ItsConanOBrien · #13 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 4:24 AM**

Those are great!

LordMandeep · #14 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 8:44 PM**

i enjoy the city the most in the summer as you can walk around more. Also it looks much more alive and nicer.

rousseau · #15 Posted **Jan 16, 2007, 9:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by LordMandeep

i enjoy the city the most in the summer as you can walk around more. Also it looks much more alive and nicer.

Exactly. I love Toronto more than any other city in the world, but only for four months out of the year. The rest of the time it is cold (or downright freezing), grey and slightly depressing.

salvius · #16 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 3:32 PM**

^ not quite four. More like 7 or so months (April-Oct). Now that the snow has fallen and turned into gray slush... Well, I really DON'T dig that! I wish I could spend the rest of my time somewhere with mild temperature, not quite tropical: in the 15-19 degree or so range.

WHISTLERINMUSKOKA · #17 Posted **Jan 17, 2007, 4:09 PM**

Nice post, where have you been?

Anyway I live across the street from this image. Also this image is a reflection or has been flipped.

colonial footsoldier · #18 Posted **Jan 21, 2007, 9:51 AM**

Thanks for the good words, folks. I'm actually a California native and was just vising a friend in TO.

The picture with the dreary looking buildings was too dark when I shot it; I liked the content, so I tried to fix it up in Photoshop. I got left with the distorted colors and overall gloomy look as a result. The photo with the streetcar tracks from the Brasilian neighborhood was a reflection of the street seen through a storefront window.

As for the Le Corbusier-esque housing projects, I was surprised and impressed by how much Toronto had not been brutalized by post-1950s starchitecture. There are a lot of really cool, largely intact historic neighborhoods. I look forward to returning some day.

Cullen

zerokarma · #19 Posted **Jan 21, 2007, 10:44 PM**

Good pics

soleri · #20 Posted **Jan 21, 2007, 11:26 PM**

Excellent tour. This one was particularly good but they all whet my appetite for Toronto.