Wordless Wednesday – August 31, 2022
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SquareUp – All Lit Up as You Look Up the CN Tower
….thanks to Becky B for hosting January Squares https://beckybofwinchester.com/2021/01/08/square-up-8/
The CN Tower in Toronto was for many decades the tallest structure in the world. It is often lit up in different colours to celebrate special days such as Pride Week, when the tower is lit in rainbow colours. When our sports teams win championships the tower lights up in the team colours.
A Photo a Week Challenge – Tower
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting the Photo a Week Challenge
Toronto has one of the most famous towers in the world. The CN Tower was the tallest standing structure in the world for decades.
The CN Tower held the record for the world’s tallest free-standing structure for 32 years until 2007 when it was surpassed by the Burj Khalifa, and was the world’s tallest tower until 2009 when it was surpassed by the Canton Tower. It is now the ninth tallest free-standing structure in the world and remains the tallest free-standing structure on land in the Western Hemisphere. (copied from Wikipedia)
A Photo a Week – Up in the Air
…thanks to Nancy Merrill for hosting the Photo a Week Challenge
Interesting challenge this week with so much being ‘up in the air’ so to speak. I took the phrase literally and posted photos of things in the air.
Friday Fun Photo Challenge – In the Distance
Friendly Friday Photo Challenge – Design
…thanks to Snow from The Snow Melts Somewhere for hosting this week’s Friendly Friday
Design is everywhere. We often travel far and wide to capture beautiful design elements in architecture when there are wonderful design elements right under our noses here at home.
Design in London, England
Here at home and in the neighbourhood
Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge – Open Topic
….thanks to Cee for this week’s open topic for the Black and White Photo Challenge
Doing the Tourist Thing – Part 2
….after Greek Town
The second place that my sister, brother-in-law and I went to see was Harbour Front. As you can probably guess from the name it is on the waterfront, close to the centre of the city. This is where you catch the ferry to go to the Toronto Islands and Porter Airport (also accessible via a tunnel).
When you look north of the harbour all you can see are high rises. The dome where many of our sporting events take place is almost invisible because of the numerous condo towers that surround it. Between buildings you can still get a glimpse of the CN Tower which is no longer the tallest man-made structure in the world. It held the record for over three decades, from 1975 to 2007.
Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
….the most famous monument in Toronto has to be the CN Tower
Visible across the lake from the west end of the city.
From the Gardiner Expressway.
From inside the Dome at the baseball game.
From the base looking up at night.
For more ‘monumental’ photos check out WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Monument
What a Difference a Day Can Make
….. temperatures were holding steady around the 0 degree (freezing) mark
It was a lovely balmy day and the ice and snow on the sidewalks and roads are now melting away at an alarming rate. By tomorrow we should have a slushy mesh as the temperatures rise to six degrees (well above freezing).
The good thing about the warmer temperatures today was that the roads had cleared enough to make driving doable and bearable. I drove downtown to meet up with my daughter, A and her partner, J to check out the Junction Flea Market. We’re not quite sure why it was held in the Queen West area when the Junction is north and further west but the Great Hall housed the affair and the turn out was good.
After a coffee, a few Asian dumplings and purchasing a couple of old record albums, some flowers and a vase we headed north to the AGO (Art Gallery of Ontario). The girls wanted to see the Evan Penny show and today was the last day.
While we were there I discovered a great lookout from the fourth floor and took a few shots of the city from an angle I’ve never seen before.
To the left is OCAD, the university of art and design and in the middle is the CN Tower.
Mama Cormier 