John FitzGerald's photos

Looks bluer big.

White tulips with red flames, the official tulip of Canada's sesquicentennial this year (the national colours are red and white). They look flowerier if you click the pic for the large version. Bred in the Netherlands, which has helped us out with tulips a lot. This year is the sesquicentennial of the federation; its anniversary is celebrated on July 1; We do not for some reason celebrate the anniversary of our independence (which was made law on December 11, 1931).

The East Tower of the Sun Life Centre in Toronto, at King and University. The West Tower is across University Ave. on the left. The sculpture is Sunlife by Sorel Etrog.

The Sun Life Centre consists of two towers on the northwest and northeast corners of King and University. This was taken from the University Ave. entrance to the west tower and shows both it and the east tower across the street. The Centre opened in 1984; the architects were WZMH Architects.

To me it looks more colourful big. Just click the photo and see!

I wasn't standing in the road. It narrows past the intersection.

A flint cottage in/on Bishopgate, Norwich. This is proudwork, in which the rounded ends of the stones face outward. I believe the gable-ends rising higher than the roof are typical of older East Anglian houses and cottages. This is in/on Bishopgate in Norwich. Photos of two other flint houses from this street are posted to the right...

A flint house, built in 1855, in/on Bishopgate, Norwich. This is proudwork, in which the rounded ends of the stones face outward. I believe the gable-ends rising higher than the roof are typical of older East Anglian houses and cottages. Another flint house is posted to the left and another to the right. All are in/on Bishopgate in Norwich.

The oldest of the three flint houses I uploaded photos of today. This is a half-timber building in the original sense -- that is, it has a stone ground floor with timber construction above. The beams may well have been plastered over for much of its life. Again the raised gable ends are common features of older East Anglian houses and cottages. All three houses are in/on Bishopgate in Norwich. The other two are posted to the left..

The building is the TD Bank Tower (Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Bregman + Hamann Architects, 1967) in Toronto. It is one of seven building that constitute the Toronto-Dominion Centre; three of them are by Mies and three more are in this style. The three buildings by Mies are the last of his North American period. This is the world HQ of TD Bank (aka Toronto-Dominion Bank and TD Canada Trust).

I recommend clicking on the photo for the big view.