Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Old School

I'm back into the archives for pics taken in warmer weather, this one is the of the cornerstone taken from one of the past buildings of Weston Collegiate Institute which is located in the Weston neighbourhood. The school was actually established in 1857 and is the second oldest high school in Toronto after Jarvis Collegiate. The present day student body is extremely diverse and in fact represents more than 80 different countries!
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18 comments:

  1. SharonJanuary 29, 2014 at 9:19 AM

    That school has been there for a long time.

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  2. LowellJanuary 29, 2014 at 9:44 AM

    Nice stonework. Funny, but we have a Weston, Florida, just west of Ft. Lauderdale. In fact, that's usually where we stay when we go visit out daughter and family. Weston is an upscale community, predominately hispanic now.

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  3. TexWisGirlJanuary 29, 2014 at 10:18 AM

    i like your title. :)

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  4. KarenJanuary 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM

    A great old stone sign.

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  5. Laura. MJanuary 29, 2014 at 11:00 AM

    The sculptor did a good job. Nice engraving.
    Good Wednesdays;)

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  6. PerthDailyPhotoJanuary 29, 2014 at 11:20 AM

    Great title for this post Pat.. would be interesting to see the students arriving here way back in 1912 or 1857 :)

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  7. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 12:15 PM

    Wonderful looking old sign!

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  8. JackJanuary 29, 2014 at 2:01 PM

    This is a handsome old font, isn't it? It seems not to be in favor for school signs these days.

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  9. cieldequimperJanuary 29, 2014 at 2:46 PM

    The more countries represented, the better!

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  10. HalcyonJanuary 29, 2014 at 3:23 PM

    Love this one. So old school! :)

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  11. Susan DemeterJanuary 29, 2014 at 3:24 PM

    Love the older schools The architecture seems to lend itself to the scholarly :)

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  12. EG CameraGirlJanuary 29, 2014 at 6:00 PM

    It's good to see the sign is still in such great shape.

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  13. VioletSkyJanuary 29, 2014 at 6:26 PM

    As one should expect from any good school, the lettering is easily readable!

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  14. William KendallJanuary 29, 2014 at 7:24 PM

    I like the craftmanship in the stone.

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  15. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 10:21 PM

    Nice that they kept the cornerstone. It's a good-looking sign and truly does not appear 100+ years old.

    ~Lindy

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  16. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2014 at 10:41 PM

    what an amazing opportunity for kids to go to school with that diversity of student body.

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  17. MarleenJanuary 30, 2014 at 12:34 AM

    A wonderful old sign.

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  18. Gemma WisemanJanuary 30, 2014 at 5:57 AM

    That sign has certainly marched through time rather well. Impressive.

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