Category: Urban

• Fran’s Neon

  

  Fran’s is a Toronto institution, having been around in various incarnations since 1940!

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  Ian M.

  Architecture, Nightlife, Urban

  Frans, restaurant, Toronto

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• Mission

  

  I found this gentleman walking like he had places to be and nothing would stop him.

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  People, Urban

  subway, Transit, Underground

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• White Walled

  

  The paint peeling off this brick wall led to an interesting texture when viewed at an angle.

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  Architecture, Urban

  brick work, Bricks, building, city, paint

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• Waiting Number 7

  

  Number 7 in a series of people waiting.

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  Landscapes, People, Urban

  Transit, TTC, Waiting

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• QWERTY

  

  As payphones approach extinction, threatening both Superman’s and The Doctor’s ability to blend in, an even rarer beast also approaches the end… THE TTY PAYPHONE! These payphones feature a display and a QWERTY keyboard!

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  B & W, Urban

  Accessible, Black and white, Payphone, Street photography

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• Honeycomb

  

  Highrises are very common in Toronto, but it’s not so often that you’ll see one imitating nature, like this one near the Village, where its balconies are reminiscent of a bee’s honeycomb!

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  Ian M.

  Architecture, Urban

  Architecture, Architecture Photography, Highrise, Toronto, Urban

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• Electric Bouquet

  

  The arrangement of flowers near this electrical pole made for a striking contrast!

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  Nature, still life, Urban

  Bloom, Bouquet, Flowers, Infrastructure, Toronto

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• No Standing

  

  No Standing has always seemed like a bit of a weird way to tell people they shouldn’t load and unload things/leave the vehicle unattended.

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  still life, Urban

  signs, Street photography, Wayfinding

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• Stuck on you

  

  Someone has plastered a number of stickers across Cabbagetown and they’ve got some character to them. This one has been signed Beck.

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  still life, Urban

  Art, Cabbagetown, graffiti, stickers, street art, Street photography, Toronto

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• Gritty City

  

  Sometimes getting Gritty with lots of post processing is just what a photo needs to make it really shine. Like this view of Toronto from my Balcony.

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  Ian M.

  B & W, Urban

  city, City Life, skyline, Toronto, Urban

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