below: Looking west on Bloor towards Yonge. The pink flags fly in front of Holt Renfrew. One Bloor East with it’s curvy vertical lines and 76 storeys dominates the sky. The blue structure is the top of ‘The One’ at 1 Bloor West – It may be short now but it won’t be for long. There will be 82 storeys once it’s completed (maybe in 2023?)
A few minutes at Yonge and Bloor in mid-July
below: Hoardings on the south side of Bloor Street
below: Construction. Blank whiteness on The One as it slowly rises.
below: Hanging Ukrainian flags on the southwest corner of Yonge and Bloor.
below: South side of the intersection. At least the facade of the older buildings on Yonge Street are being preserved.
below: Looking south on Yonge from Bloor.
below: Looking east on Bloor from just west of Yonge Street. Rising 88 feet above the sidewalk is the metallic ‘Safe Hands’ sculpture by Ron Arad.
below: Anti-Putin protest, northeast corner
below: Waiting for a green light, northwest corner (more construction!)
as I walk Toronto 