I love the look of Corten steel especially in the sunshine! This pic shows part of the addition to Max Gluskin House, the home of the economics dep't at U of Toronto. The addition, designed by Hariri Pontarini Architects, connects the original Victorian house and the Georgian Revival building of the dep't. You can see off to the right a bit of the wonderful courtyard created by the addition.
Spotted this lovely spring arrangement on a neighbourhood porch this afternoon. Everything is so cheerful at this time of year!
Just a bit south on Spadina from the dog and rooster sculptures, is this wonderful bronze milk bottle. This area is close to the first dairy in TO (City Dairy) and the sculpture always reminds me of the Monopoly game piece. Everyone always wants the milk bottle in Monopoly!
This little guy (or girl) is the other sculpture at Sussex St. It is a Sussex Spaniel (also an English breed) and I love that someone (Stephen Cruise again) made a dog sculpture. Very charming!
This is a close-up of 1 of the sculptures from yesterday. It is located at Spadina and Sussex St and represents a Sussex Rooster (an English breed). These sculptures were done by Stephen Cruise and are quite cheerful to see when you are stuck in rush hour traffic.
The TTC awarded several art commissions for along the Spadina streetcar line. This pic shows 2 from a sculpture colonnade mounted on 20' high poles positioned at intervals on the median down the centre of Spadina. The various images reference the communities, institutions and cultures that Spadina passes through downtown.
This is 1 of our streetcars (operated by TTC- Toronto Transit Commission) which runs along Spadina Ave. In the pic, it is passing by 1 Spadina Cres which is located in a roundabout situated in the middle of Spadina just N of College St. This Gothic Revival building was built in 1875 and is now occupied by the Fine Arts Dept of U of T.
