Toronto Cityscapes: Old and NewToronto Cityscapes is a page of usual and unusual images of the city, from the old to the very new. In case you're wondering about the navigation button name of 'TO Cityscapes', TO is often used as a short form for
Toronto
in Ontario.
These glass roofs top the Galleria Arcade between Yonge and Bay, where they let in the light on such things as the Hockey Hall of Fame, old bank building facades and floors of upmarket shops and services.
The Royal Military Institute, on University Avenue now but the site is about to be developed into something more lucrative, is an interesting anachronism on a street lined with towering glass and concrete blocks.Those old field guns outside are from the 1800's and were part of Canada's arsenal in those far off days. They seem very tame in an era of inter-continental ballistic nuclear missiles.
Many of these images are of 'heritage' buildings and, if you have an interest in those, the place to visit is
Port Hope
where there are more than 270 buildings preserved from the past -- more per square kilometre than anywhere else in the Province.
And I'm finishing this page with 'the new'. These office and apartment towers dominate the sky, looming over the hospital buildings on University Avenue.
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I'm starting Cityscapes with 'the old'. Before there was a Toronto, there was York, or Muddy York as it was often known, and the
The Canada Life building, reflected here in a nearby glass tower, is another survivor from the past. Its radio mast lights up at night and the lights used to tell you the weather forecast. Different coloured lights told Torontonians what weather they could expect the following day.
