below: Bathurst at Lawrence on a snowy November day. (looking east)
below: Standing in the same spot but turning slightly, Lawrence West, north side, west of Bathurst
below: Southwest corner of Bathurst and Lawrence
below: Seniors Safety Zone. How effective can a sign like this be on a busy four lane road? If you want cars to slow down why not just reduce the speed limit? But yes, there are a lot of seniors living in the area.
below: There are many apartment buildings from the 1960s and 1970s in the area. They are old enough that the trees have grown up around them.
below: There are signs of redevelopment
below: Some are of an age that it is more convenient to tear them down – for better or worse. Long gone are the days when curved arches like this were popular with builders.
below: Many of the residences on Lawrence are four or six plexes but here too, there are signs of changes afoot. Here the proposed new building is 4 storeys high and has 10 apartments.
below: Alley behind Lawrence Ave
below: Last season’s left overs.
below: Celebration Presbyterian Church, built in 1951.
below: Looking north on Bathurst towards Lawrence Avenue
below: Many languages – English, Russian, Hebrew, Spanish, French, and Tagalog
below: Dell Park Variety – just above the sidewalk to the right of the variety store is a mosaic mural, “Almonds and Wine”. More photos of it are in the previous blog post.
below: South on Bathurst approaching Glencairn.
below: Hoardings on the southwest corner of Bathurst and Glencairn. The artwork is “Ayurveda” by Kirk Sutherland.
below: Old tilework, little tiles, on an exterior wall – remnants of an earlier age.