John FitzGerald's photos

The building opened in 1938 and was designed by the architects Kaplan and Sprachman. This shot was taken about six months before the theatre closed in 2013. It was then converted into a rock-climbing gym with retail in front. The marquee has been retained. Everything looks much spiffier today. I recommend opening the full-screen view (click the pic, then click the frame at the upper right of the screen) and then clicking on the full-screen view to have a look at details.

For more photos of this building: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1348544

Toronto.

Spadina House, Toronto (pronounced SpaDEEna this time). I wonder if this is the work of the same artist who created the installation in the PiP at top left. More installations: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/990546

The sculpture is Triad by Ted Bieler.

A Canadian institution (an Ontario and Quebec one, at least): the chip wagon. As far as I'm concerned, if they ain't chunky they ain't fries. I am sure this establishment also offers the convenience of a two-litre spray bottle of malt vinegar.

This is in the original London, not the one I live in. I like the full-screen view, but I could be biased.

To inaugurate my new Urban Boogie-Woogie album I include "Hangover Boogie" by Meade Lux Lewis as an appropriate accompaniment for the Sight and Sound group: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDdf0zSOsk0 More urban boogie-woogie (photos supposedly inspired by Mondrian's Broadway Boogie-woogie ):: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1347818

The tower is part of the former Summerhill-North Toronto station of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1916, Darling and Pearson). The station closed in 1930 after Union Station opened, and today the lower floors are Canada's largest liquor store. We're looking north and In the far distance you can see the Wittington Tower, which I posted a photo of a couple of days ago.

378-80 Bathurst Street, Toronto -- an Annex house outside the Annex in Toronto. There may actually be more Annex houses on Bathurst Street than in the Annex itself. I believe this building is by Charles Lennox, whose brother E. J. Lennox, built the first Annex house (seen in the PiP at top left). Clicking the pic will take you to more information about Annex houses. That's a parishioner of St. Volodomyr's Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral rushing to a service. More Toronto houses: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1341942

Architect: Leslie Rebanks. Completed in 1975.

More Toronto streetcars: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1347484