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North Toronto Station

03 Friday May 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, Canada, history, Toronto, Travel, urban

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canada, heritage, history, Ontario, photography, photowalk, preservation, rail, railway, random, Toronto, train, train station, trains, Travel, urban

North Toronto station

This stately building on Yonge Street in Toronto used to be home to North Toronto railway station. I had to look up this building in Google to verify its history … but its proximity to train tracks and the lovely clock tower pretty much gave away its heritage. It is currently a (very beautiful) liquor store.

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Moments of equilibrium

16 Tuesday Apr 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

A mildly disorientating piece of public art spotted in Toronto last month.

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Don Station

14 Sunday Apr 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in history, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, trains, transit, transportation, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

From my visit in March: Don Station is one of the preserved railway structures and pieces of equipment installed at Roundhouse Park in Toronto.

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Gelatinous existence

07 Sunday Apr 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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aquarium, canada, jellyfish, Ontario, photography, photowalk, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jellyfish are such fascinating creatures. This duo lives in a huge tank at Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada in downtown Toronto.

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Together

04 Thursday Apr 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Outside Toronto Union Station is this artistic celebration of multiculturalism.

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Chillin’ with giant birds

02 Tuesday Apr 2019

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Back after a couple of days AFK. Here’s another snap from my weekend in Toronto last month … some public art outside the city’s convention centre. (And no, those birds are not to scale!)

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Ready to fly

30 Saturday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, design, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario,Canada

A view from the departures level at Toronto Pearson International Airport, snapped a few weeks ago.

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Life in halftones

29 Friday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

On my very quick visit to Toronto a few weeks ago, found this wonderfully wrapped utility box at Yonge and King downtown. (You might want to move farther away from your screen to get the full visual effect of this one!)

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Yonge and old

27 Wednesday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, photography, photowalk, photowalking, planning, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Characteristic historic brick low-rise buildings line Yonge Street in downtown Toronto … but there are slowly giving way to high-rises springing up on either side of the artery.

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Instruction and aspiration

25 Monday Mar 2019

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto train riders being told to raise the bar. How riders understand the message is, of course, up to them!

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