This handsome building is one of the many government of Ontario buildings located on Queen's Park East and it is known as the Whitney Block. The building was designed by architect Francis Heakes and finished in 1926 although the 16 storey tower wasn't added until 1933. The building houses many offices but the tower itself has been empty since 1968 when it was declared too dangerous for occupation due to the lack of sufficient numbers of stairways for emergency exit!
Monday morning was a wonderland of snow-laden trees at first and then came the freezing rain followed by rain and rising temps and everything became quite messy and slushy. It was beautiful while it lasted!
We woke up to snow yesterday morning and the little birds were soon out looking for food at feeders and in the garden. This wee one left some very cute prints behind!
I had shown you a mural on this wall last year (click here) and happened to notice recently that it had been painted over with this wilderness scene. I am not sure of the artist - could be Random but I'm not sure if that is a Toronto Random or whether it was even just 1 artist involved. Either way, it is nicely done.
Taking part in Monday Murals. Click here for more murals.
A summer Sunday morning shot of the Toronto Court House was taken back in July and it is such a treat to see the green trees and people in shorts! The Court House is located on University Ave and was designed by architects Marani Morris & Allan with construction finished in 1966. You can just see the top of our city hall peeking above the rounded structure which contains a court room and has a large open walkway on the ground level leading through to the city hall. I can hardly wait for summer!
I'm still into my archives since I've had no time to be out for pics. I shot this pink bonanza on Dundas St W on a sunny day in September and certainly appreciate seeing all that colour at this dull, grey time of year. The young woman fades right into all the patterning, don't you think?
I haven't been able to identify the artist of this one.
These 3 creatures crawl up the wall above the entrance to Active Surplus which has been located on Queen St West for over 30 years and has been in business since 1962. They aren't kidding when they say they have everything - you can easily spend hours rummaging through boxes of all sorts of things from electronic components to bowling pins. You can see how they have used their own stock to construct these wonderful creatures!
