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Posted: 21 Jan 2018

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Yonge & Maitland, Toronto

Yonge & Maitland, Toronto

Steve Bucknell, Gisela Plewe, Fred Fouarge, and 7 other people have particularly liked this photo

15 comments - The latest ones
 Cheryl Beal
Cheryl Beal club
Are they constantly tearing down,building up, tearing down.....high vis jackets, orange, fences, scaffold....are they?
8.6 years ago.
 John FitzGerald
John FitzGerald club
Over the last ten years or so much of Toronto has been torn down and rebuilt, Cheryl. Unfortunately the new building isn't much better than the old -- lots of glass towers (which are not even suitable for the climate). The high vis jackets, orange ssigns, etc., do add a much needed touch of colour to this grey city, though.
8.6 years ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
The workman seems to be contemplating it all, too.

Lots of rectangles, which I don't think I'd have noticed (since they go with the territory) except for the rusty-orange tower rising up and out of the picture.
8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
The price of security is eternal vigilance, Bob. Actually, the work(wo)man reminded me of Romantic paintings of lone figures contemplating mountains.
8.6 years ago. Edited 8.6 years ago.
rdhinmn club has replied to John FitzGerald club
Never thought of that classic picture, but you're right, she does have the correct body language. Excellent point.
8.6 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Lines and angles ! Great again, John !
8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich.
8.6 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
Tiny people in a sterile concrete and steel landscape. That jacket really leaps out of the image.
8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Thanks, George. I wouldn't have taken the photo without the image. The impression of sterility comes from the lack of colour, I think. Torontonians hate colour, or at lteast they let people put up thousands of colourless buildings.
8.6 years ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
For me, the Security Guard really makes this shot. I imagine him wondering whether there is anything missing since he was there last, and what the workman in the blue hat is doing with the fence. Probably also not sure where everyone else has gone.
8.6 years ago. Edited 8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
As I mentioned to George, Keith, I wouldn't have taken the shot if the guard and his/her jacket hadn't been there. I had't thought about the air of desertion, but obviously that's probably why I thought about Romantic painters. They were painting the Sublime, though; don't know that this view qualifies.
8.6 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
HFF John Big HFF and a nice weekend for you !
8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Thanks, Fred, and the same to you.
8.6 years ago.
 Gisela Plewe
Gisela Plewe club
Alles strebt nach oben.
8.6 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Gisela Plewe club
This has complicated photography in downtown Toronto, Gisela. Sunlight reaches the street for only three or four hours a day at mid-day. Very little early-morning or early-afternoon light reaches the street. On the other hand, in the middle of the day the reflections from all the glass buildings light up both sides of the street.
8.5 years ago.

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