Winter stations 2023, as in previous years, is a collection of art installations along the waterfront at Woodbine Beach. I went for a walk along the beach one very blustery Saturday morning. There weren’t many of us there and I think that I was the only one who wasn’t accompanied by a dog.
below: ‘Delighthouse’, designed by British pair Nick Green and Greig Pirrie.
below: A shrine to the neighbourhoods of Toronto titled “The (Home)” designed by Canadian group, Scott Shields Architects
below: “Ripple Hut” designed by students from Toronto Metropolitan University’s Department of Architectural Sciences.
below: Looking through one of the holes in “Ripple Hut” towards the curved yellow forms of “Surface Pavilion” which was designed by a Mexican team consisting of Cesar Guerrero, Ana Cecilia Garza, and Orlando Garcia .
below: “Winternet”, just burlap between wood posts. Designed, such as it is, by a team from University of Waterloo, Dept of Architecture.
below: “Life Line” – design team: WeatherstonBruer Associates – James Bruer, Nick Roland, Jacqueline Hampshire
below: “Conrad” is a large raccoon designed by Novak Djogo and Daniel Joshua Vanderhorst; it is also a memorial to Conrad the real raccoon who died at the corner of Church and Yonge Streets in the summer of 2015. Whether you love them, hate them, or are indifferent to them, raccoons are part of the Toronto scene.
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Some previous years’ installations:
2017 – Flotsam and Jetsam
Winter Stations 2019
Winter Stations 2020
On the waterfront – Winter Stations 2022
as I walk Toronto 
Thanks for this, Mary. I always loved this event while still living in Toronto, and I miss it now — but with your help, I get a look-in!