John FitzGerald's photos

Looking south from the Women's College Hospital parking lot down Dr. Emily Stowe Way and Elizabeth St.

Brookfield Plce consists of two of two office buildings with an atrium between them. The two buildings, The Bay Wellington Tower and the TD Canada Trust Tower (1992 (Bregman _ Hamann Architects with Skidmore, Owings and Merrill) , were completed in 1992. The atrium, called the Sam Pollock Galleria, is by Santiago Calatrava. This was taken from within the atrium, looking at the Bay Wellington Tower.

Congratulations and thanks to the IMA and its supporters for negotiating an agreement with ipernity. As you may recall, I was not one of the supporters. I thought the effort was doomed but luckily I was wrong. And now I will be a loyal supporter and buy a membership when the time comes. My exile to Flickr chiefly reminded me how much better ipernity is, so I'm switching back.

Bank Corner, London, in the 1930s (I checked the buses out when I posted this long ago and they were built in the late 20s and early 30s (of course I lost the list I made)). ======= Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park in the "Your Most Popular Vintage Photo" category.

Last day of a mild winter.

One of many fine installations that line Spadina Avenue in Toronto, on the stretch between College and King.

Happy Fence Friday.

The shots I took of wintry Toronto today didn't work out, so I've recycled a shot of a hockey game in 2015 between two junior teams that today are just memories. Norfolk winger Martin Friedrich heads for the puck while Komoka goaltender Jason Slavich keeps an eye on it, too. That's the Norfolk in Ontario, by the way. This was the first and only game in which I saw an Australian player score. And the first and only game in which I have seen an Australian player. And there were two of them!

Canada has, yet again, been named the second-best country in the world by US News & World Report: globalnews.ca/news/3293192/canada-2nd-best-country-2017-world-rankings-survey The ranks are stacked against the New World, though, by the inclusion of a heritage category. That's giving the Old World a few thousand years' head start there, eh?! You call that fair? You call that fair? Well, I'm sure Mr. Trump'll be tweeting about this and demanding Congress investigate what an American publication is doing engaging in this Europhile jiggery-pokery. We whupped them, though, which is good enough. Oh -- congratulations, Switzerland.

Click the pic for a more surreal view.

Submitted to the Vintage Photos Theme Park free-for-all in the Friends category (May 2013). ======== I don't know who these people are. This was bought at a collectibles market. After further review I've concluded that the blue tinge is not due to processing for the site but to my not being careful enough. Anyway, I ain't fixing it now.