as I walk Toronto

The recent closure of Queen Street West for streetcar track work provided an opportunity to take a few photos without traffic or parked cars in the way.  Straight documentation and not much more.  But that way, when you next walk Queen West and it’s wall to wall new condo development you can check back here and say, “I remember when”….

below: On the northeast corner of Queen West and  Augusta – The Wool House, Drinks & Deli, and One Stop Shop

below: Queen and Augusta – Java Hut on one corner and an empty KFC on the northwest.

below: Looking west from Augusta

below: working on the TTC streetcar tracks just east of Portland

below: Black and red mural on the outside of Wendys at Denison Ave

below: Queen Street West, north side, at the end of Portland Street.

below: Walking westward away from Portland

below: Looking west from Tecumseth and Palmerston

below: Daisies and bees as Queen West approaches Euclid

below: at Euclid

below: Looking back eastward to Euclid

below: Reflections of Queen West in the window of John Fluevog shoe store

below: North side, at Bathurst.  The construction ends and traffic resumes.