While walking with a friend yesterday who was visiting from out of town, we took in a view, way up.
Toronto's intersection of Yonge and Bloor has changed so much in the last few years. Whether this 'progress' is good or not, there certainly are opportunities for one to kink his or her neck to get that special perspective not so abundant in that area till recently. As I fumbled with my Canon EOS mirrorless, friend Chris held my coffee. I joked with him about the steady stream of passers by — it was noon hour. "These folk see me and are probably thinking I'm visiting the big city for the first time." Being a longtime resident of this great city before moving away a couple of years ago, he laughed at my observation. Though I planted myself here in the 1980s, no doubt the look on my face read as: "Wow. Look at that tall building! I gotta take a snap for the kinfolk back home."
Suck it up, sunshine. They're goin' up everywhere, like mushrooms after a bout of acid rain. There's something about condos I don't like, certainly a surfeit of out-of-control condominium construction.
Nice view, eh?
Postscript: Behind us is the shuttered "Yonge & Bloor" Hudson's Bay store. It closed its doors three years ago. As announced earlier this week, "The Bay", as a whole, is now in liquidation. But those shiny-new condos sure are nice! "Yee-haw!"