John FitzGerald's photos

Part of the Queen Street elevation of the Toronto Eaton Centre (this section was opened in 1978; the architects were Craig Zeidler Strong Architects with Bregman + Hamann Architects). The bridge at lower left is more recent (2017; WilkinsonEyre Architects and Zeidler Partnership Architects). The PiPs at lower left show two other photos of the bridge.

Toronto.

Toronto.

Renovation of the Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, an extension of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto (2007, Daniel Libeskind). It's called the Crystal because it's spiky. Here's a view of its spikiness: 1.bp.blogspot.com/-0b-qIauvHHw/VR9FGbIX1tI/AAAAAAAAMOM/l7KUswx8rec/s1600/ROM%2BCristal%2BMichael%2BLee-Chin%2BCrystal1.JPG Widely reviled by Torontonians, it nevertheless appeals to tourists. Tourism is a big industry here, so it's got that going for it. Despite my general admiration of Libeskind's work, I think he missed the target here. In particular, even the building's admirers admit it is impractical as part of a museum. The Washington Post chose this building as the worst of its decade. On the other hand, it has its supporters. Christopher Hume of the Toronto Star , for example contended that it "seemed to express a desire to bring not just the museum, not just the corner of Bloor and Avenue Road, but the whole city, into the 21st century without diminishing the past". Which is as may be, but it seems to me that whether it has achieved that desire is still an open question (to be fair, Hume seems to think so, too). I think it looks better with the scaffolding (seriously, the rectangles create tension with the less regular geometry of the building). Maybe the ROM could be persuaded to leave it up.

For bigger bunnies, type Z or click the pic. Thanks to Gisela Plewe. I was reminded of her comment on my next-to-last photo when I saw this, so took a bird's-eye view. For Sight and Sound, aNNa schramm suggested "You're My Chocolate" by Savages as an accompaniment for this photo. I think it establishes a very interesting and thought-provoking mood for the photo. sp here it is: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwwkjI65Q0A&list=PL341F2C9A07FE8D16&index=1

To see vast expanses of radish type Z.

Try it large. I dare ya.

V I do not know which to prefer, The beauty of inflections Or the beauty of innuendoes, The kettle whistling Or just after. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45236/thirteen-ways-of-looking-at-a-blackbird (I'd apologize to Wallace Stevens but like he's dead, eh?)

I thought I'd fixed that ghost/halo on the end of the banana at centre-left, but it showed up again after uploading. I'm too lazy to fix it at the moment. Maybe later. Inspired of course by Katsushika Hokusai's "The Great Wave off Kanagawa". More tributes: www.ipernity.com/doc/fitzgerald/album/1294982?with=45547580

For this week's Vintage Photos Theme Park theme of messages, captions, and inscriptions

Yesterday rdhinmn (aka Bob) posted a photo that reminded me of a view about a block away from my place. The view near me is on the way to the subway, so I took some shots of it on the way there today. Bob's view is here: www.ipernity.com/doc/713381/48184592