The Royal Conservatory of Music.
Canadian Opera Company.
No. 8 Hose Station. I'd never seen a fire station with a clock tower before either.
Steam Whistle Brewing. They only make one kind of beer, a pilsner, which I tried (along with many other kinds of beer—we don't have as much variety here in Manila). It was fine, but of all the beers we tried, I liked the St. Ambroise Oatmeal Stout the best.
St. Lawrence Market. The neighborhood around this historic building is also called St. Lawrence.
One of the many buildings which house shops, galleries and restaurants of all kinds along Queen Street West in the Art & Design District.
Funky Junky at Kensington Market. If I lived in Toronto, I'd do much of my clothes shopping at Kensington Market, one of the city's older neighborhoods. Shops in brightly painted historic buildings selling retro, vintage, multicultural ethnic and army surplus clothing. It is also the location of Average Joe's Café, owned by Chinese-Canadian Joe Ng. His coffee was the first we had in three Canadian cities that was brewed the way we like it—strong.
I never found out the name of this church. Neither can I remember now what district I saw it in. But I love its domed spires and the painting over the doors. Very unique in my eyes. (6.23 UPDATE: My cousin tells me that this is St. Volodymyr Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral on Bathurst Street. Thanks, Ana!)
St. Stephen-in-the-Fields. Surrounded by big, beautiful, leafy trees, it had a poster on a wall saying that it was available for rental for performances, meetings, classes or weddings.
I was the same way. I couldn't get enough of the brick buildings I saw when I first got here. They to me are so precious and so pretty. Just like the ones you're showing.
ReplyDeleteAs Athens is mostly a city filled with concrete, these were surely a delight to see. Reminds me much of home. Thank you for sharing. Please have a nice Tuesday.
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I grew up in Baltimore, Maryland where many of the buildings are brick. Now I live in New England where most buildings are made from wood so I, too, love seeing brick. Thanks for showing us these.
ReplyDeleteHilda a good choice of theme. Coming from the North I do miss brick buildings here in the tropics.
ReplyDeleteWonderful group of brick buildings. Brick structures always catch my eye. They do give such a feeling of strength and history.
ReplyDeletede belles architectures, mais j'aime beaucoup la "No. 8 House Station"
ReplyDeleteGreat shots. My favourite is the FunkyJunky. It is very colourful. It looks like very lively.
ReplyDeleteI'm enchanted by this beautiful architecture!Picture number 6 reminds me so much Holland with the facade and bikes!Just wonderful!
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Léia
I'm always impressed by the time people had spent to built such big constructions with so small parts.
ReplyDeleteyou really have enjoyed your trip... thanks for sharing...
ReplyDeleteBrick buildings have so much character! I love them, too :D
ReplyDeletefunky junk looks like a fun shop to check out!i bet there are a lot of great finds in there.
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have to agree, they look quite interesting, esp. when you compiled them all together, feels like i'm browsing from a mag. ^0^
ReplyDeletethe last bit was my fave,i like how the door's shaped, apart from the clock tower that's very unique in its structure and the "funky junky."
ps: cute profile btw. ^0^
I absolutely love that clock tower at the fire station Hilda. It's so tall!
ReplyDeleteHa! As I scrolled down, I was wondering if you had some of Kensington Market. The area is so British. We were driving through Belfast, Northern Ireland, a few years ago, both thinking, "This reminds me so much of KM Toronto!"
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to see such a wide variety of brick buildings. We do take them for granted entirely too often around here.
ReplyDeleteI've enjoyed touring Toronto with you over the past several days. Thanks for taking us along.
What a wonderful trip you had. Thank you for showing us parts of it. And showing those parts so well. There is a sense of solidity and timelessness about brick buildings and I you've captured that perfectly in these pictures!
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