I spotted this bike stand near a pool hall in the Liberty Village neighbourhood and thought it was wonderful so here it is.
I showed you a shot last February (HERE) where all the trees had been taken out along the block by a local grocery store because most of them had died. Well construction continued all summer with new sidewalks installed which included large soil pits for new trees. The final step was the recent installation of this long line of bike rings. Ready for some nicer weather.
If you look at the top rim of this bicycle ring you can see the word Welcome has been cast into the steel. It is a nice touch for the ring found along Bloor St W.
This is another bike ring found along Bloor St W in the Bloordale neighbourhood. I loved the shadow it was making on the sidewalk.
Wandering around in the Bloordale last week I noticed that there are a few new bike rings along Bloor St. I liked this one with the hearts and there are lots of spaces on it to loop a lock through.
The December theme for the City Daily Photo Blog community is Rainbow. We don't seem to get a lot of rainbows here and I did find a lot of faded pride flags but came up with nothing until walking along Harbord St and spotting the bicycle parking lot of a cafe. The rainbow coloured bikes along with the brick wall give almost the whole range of colours except for yellow.
Taking part in the theme Rainbow. Click HERE to see more rainbows from around the world.
There is no mistaking that that is a jewellers store along Avenue Rd in the Yorkville neighbourhood when you see this large ring out front. I do wonder if it has a function as a bicycle stand too. I like their great clock too!
This pic was taken early on a Sunday morning by an office building so no bikes were around but there sure are a lot of spaces. I'm not sure how secure these posts would be since it seems that just the front tire slips into the space but I suppose you could put the bike beside the post and lock your frame to it.
More bike rings and since the shot was taken on an early Sunday morning none are being used. I like how they line up.
This is another of the bike rings found on Bloor St W that were designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate. I'm not sure what this is meant to be an image of but the clean lines will certainly work well for locking bikes.
This is yet another of the bike rings along Bloor St W that have been designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate. You can see the musical references in this one.
This bike ring from Bloor St W is a mystery to me. It rather looks like there are 2 UFOs with a bike joining them but I'm not sure. This is another of the bike rings designed by the students from Bloor Collegiate.
This is yet another one of the bike rings installed along Bloor St W and designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate. You can see engraved into the top of the ring the word 'Bienvenue', French for 'Welcome' which is a nice touch. Andi it is always good to see a maple leaf as part of the design.
This is another of the bike rings designed by the students of Bloor Collegiate and installed along Bloor St W near the school. This peace symbol was designed by Gerald Holtom in 1958 for the British nuclear disarmament movement and the symbol itself comes from the semaphore signs for N and D. I had no idea it was such an old symbol!
This is another of the bike rings on Bloor St W that were designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate and this one is located across the street from the school itself. I wonder if it was modeled after that tree you can see in the background? There are lots of spaces to fit a lock on this one.
Happy St Patrick's Day everyone!
This bike ring from the series on Bloor St designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate has the look of a flower to me or it could be the sun. I like it either way!
Yet another of the bike rings from Bloor St W which were designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate. At first this looked abstract to me until I realized that it seems to be an open book with coffee being spilled onto it. Not a fun thing to happen!
This is another of the bike rings that were recently installed along Bloor St between Dufferin St & Lansdowne Ave. Since they were designed by students from Bloor Collegiate the B in this ring could stand for the street or the school or maybe both.
This is another of the new bike stands on Bloor St that were designed by the students at Bloor Collegiate. I like the nice graphics on this one!
A couple of weeks ago 20 new bike rings were installed on Bloor St W in the Bloordale neighbourhood. The rings were all designed by students at Bloor Collegiate Institute which is in the area and they are so much nicer than the usual ones installed by the city. I'll sprinkle them in among my posts over the next little while. This one is a good representation of a loon don't you think?
