as I walk Toronto

Three streets, College, Dundas, and Lansdowne, form a small triangle in the west end. The following pictures were taken on a summer day a couple of weeks ago when I was walking in and around that triangle.

below: Mural – railway bridge. Just west of here, Dundas crosses a set of tracks – the same line the services Pearson airport and points beyond.

below: Eating Dominos in the doorway

below: Small part of a freaky display of dolls and similar toys along the wood rails surrounding a sidewalk patio

below: More dolls from the same place –  what does that do to one’s appetite?

below: Colourful umbrellas cover a makeshift patio on the street

below: New sidewalk on College Street with a large mural in the distance…..

below: Beanstalk mural on the side of the coin laundry on the northeast corner of College and St. Clarens.  Maybe that’s Jack at the bottom…   😀

below: Orange house, northwest corner of College and St. Clarens

below: …. and an orange car, an older Porsche convertible, in an alley around the corner.

below: Lost Time

below: Reflections, TTC streetcars and the pope

below:  In a convenience store window – get your keys cut here, or buy a mask, but watch out for the five deadly terms used by a woman.  Fine? Go ahead!

below: Faded signs in another store window

below: One of life’s little blue daisies watching you

below: Is this dystopia?

below: College at Margueretta

below: Canadian flags on old store windows

below: A door with a frosty scene in duplicate.

below: Even birds might want to get mail!

below: Happy mail

below: Dundas Gas Bar

below: Outdoor displays

below: An ad, blue and peeling

below: Vacant lot on Lansdowne between College and Dundas

below: Northeast corner of Dundas and Lansdowne – some architecture ages better than others.

And with that, I’ll leave you with a few pictures of some of the architecture in the area.