Dundas Street West, Toronto

Fabulous capture!

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Thanks, William.

A lot more to see, large. And a lot there to see. I will not mention orange. Or rhyme anything with it.

It does all hang together well. But the fence would have worked for Friday.

Thanks, Bob. I may slip this into some fence groups on Friday.

Big City Life again. A lot to see on this fine composition. Good Morning, John !

Thanks, Ulrich, and a good afternoon to you.

Soldiers train on obstacle courses so they can do their job well. Maybe city dwellers get their training on the job.

One thing that interests me about cities, Jean, at least Canadian ones, is that they are big sets of directions. Lights and signs tell you when to go, when to stop, where to walk and drive, etc. Here the signs even tell you not only that there's danger but also what the danger is. Like an obstacle course with signals replacing officers.

What shop is Hong Ming?

It's Hong Shing, kiiti, a Chinese restaurant. I cropped out a sign for Uncle Tetsu's, though, which is next to Hong Shing.

Thank you !
The Chinese restaurant in my country had a slightly different tendency to design.

Recently, the age of Chinese food oil is hard...

One of the few remaining national differences in design I guess, kiiti. I think I'll have a look for photos of Chinese restaurants by city. Thanks for the idea.

Fences, men digging up the pavements, more fences, bollards, hi-vis jackets, arrows, danger signs..............I think the sign in the background sums it up John..........the one that says "Next to Normal".

For Toronto, that is.................

In Canada, Keith, an old saw is that we have two seasons: winter and roadwork. Dundas is being torn up along a considerable stretch.

Is Toronto always under construction, or do you search out construction sites to photograph? Ah, I see that your comment to Keith answers my question. Another fine one!

Thanks, DIane. Klamath Falls must follow the same custom.

No, it is largely construction and restoration free, as evidenced by most of my photos.

You'll have to tell us your secret then. Repeated thawing and freezing here creates lots of work repairing roads and sidewalks.

No secret. Just a town with no adequate budgets for anything. It's not that the roads, bridges, etc don't need repair, it just doesn't get done. But, I was shocked last year when a circa 1930s concrete RR bridge across a downtown busy street was rebuilt. It was actually dropping chunks of concrete onto the street below - for years! Re-bar and other metal was rotten from rust, it was shameful and dangerous.

So peeling paint, rotting windows and mortar, rusting metal, potholes...much of it is left that way until the entire structure starts to collapse. That applies to public as well as about 1/2 of private properties. It's a peculiarity I noticed when I moved here and it's evident in my own apartment building.

Hm. Sounds fishy. There are places in Canada (no names, no packdrill) where contracts are awarded for repairs but they're never carried out. If you get my drift.

Hmmm, fly-by-nights, eh?

People with friends.

Great capture.

Thanks, Don.