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Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,731,571 in 2016, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe, an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people (as of 2016) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario, while the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) proper had a 2016 population of 6,417,516. Toronto is an international centre of business, finance, arts, and culture, and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world.
People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area, located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers, deep ravines, and urban forest, for more than 10,000 years. After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase, when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown, the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada. During the War of 1812, the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops. York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto. It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation. The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 (243.3 sq mi).
The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada. More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group, and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants. While the majority of Torontonians speak English as their primary language, over 160 languages are spoken in the city.
Toronto is a prominent centre for music, theatre, motion picture production, and television production, and is home to the headquarters of Canada's major national broadcast networks and media outlets. Its varied cultural institutions, which include numerous museums and galleries, festivals and public events, entertainment districts, national historic sites, and sports activities, attract over 43 million tourists each year. Toronto is known for its many skyscrapers and high-rise buildings, in particular the tallest free-standing structure in the Western Hemisphere, the CN Tower.
The city is home to the Toronto Stock Exchange, the headquarters of Canada's five largest banks, and the headquarters of many large Canadian and multinational corporations. Its economy is highly diversified with strengths in technology, design, financial services, life sciences, education, arts, fashion, aerospace, environmental innovation, food services, and tourism.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Station_(Toronto)
Union Station is a major railway station and intermodal transportation hub in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is located on Front Street West, on the south side of the block bounded by Bay Street and York Street in downtown Toronto. The municipal government of Toronto owns the station building while the provincial transit agency Metrolinx owns the train shed and trackage. Union Station has been a National Historic Site of Canada since 1975, and a Heritage Railway Station since 1989. It is operated by the Toronto Terminals Railway, a joint venture of the Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Railway that directs and controls train movement along the Union Station Rail Corridor, the largest and busiest rail corridor in Canada.
Its central position in Canada's busiest inter-city rail service area, "The Corridor", as well as being the central hub of GO Transit's commuter rail service, makes Union Station Canada's busiest transportation facility and the second-busiest railway station in North America, serving over 72 million passengers each year. More than half of all Canadian inter-city passengers and 91% of Toronto commuter train passengers travel through Union Station.
Via Rail and Amtrak provide inter-city train services while GO Transit operates regional rail services. The station is also connected to the subway and streetcar system of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) at its adjacent namesake subway station. GO Transit's Union Station Bus Terminal, across Bay Street from the station building, is connected by the trainshed. The Union Pearson Express, the train service to Toronto Pearson International Airport, platform is a short walk west of the main station building, accessible by the SkyWalk.
Back when I took this photo, I had no idea what was being built. I now know it was the new public library in Perth. It's quite an interesting structure.
ST. JOHN’S CHRISTIAN METHODIST
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
8715 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, MI 48202
In 1917, the Reverend O. L. Mitchell established the first Colored Methodist Episcopal (CME) mission in Detroit. He selected the name St. John in honor of the Apostle who is credited with successfully establishing Christian churches throughout Asia Minor. The first CME church in Detroit was a brick church located near the intersection of DuBois and Catherine that had been erected in 1883 for the First German Evangelical Association Church. By 1920, a larger facility was needed, so the CME congregation purchased the former home of St. Mark’s English Evangelical Lutheran Church, also located near the intersection of Dubois and Catherine. The congregation used that facility until 1955 when they purchased the North Woodward Avenue Congregational building. With the move to the new location on June 5, 1955, St. John C.M.E. became the first Black congregation to be established in the “Piety Hill” section of Woodward.
The North Woodward Congregational Church was built in stages in the Neo Gothic style. A small chapel, designed by the firm of Malcomson and Higginbotham, was constructed early in 1907. The main sanctuary, designed by architect Hugh Barret Clement, was dedicated on February 5, 1911. On March 20, 1929, a permit was issued to architect A. R. Morison for the most recent addition, the church house. The three connected structures are built of red brick with limestone trim and a grey slate roof. Unlike many Gothic churches, it is a low-rise building lacking a bell tower. The projecting front gable wall containing a large Gothic-arched glass window dominates the Woodward Avenue facade.
The interior of the church is basilican in plan with a high central nave and lower side aisles. Large stained glass clerestory (upper) windows light the space which is finished in plaster with Gothic moldings. The organ is on the south side of the sanctuary facing the congregation, hidden behind a pierced wooden screen. The baptistery, a recess in the transept wall to the right of the chancel, is lined in mosaic tiles by Pewabic Pottery and surmounted by a Pewabic tile floor and beamed ceiling.
The official denominational name was changed to “Christian” in 1954. As the first C.M.E. church established in Michigan, it remains one of the largest and most well-known Christian Methodist congregations in the state.
Rusty Structure at Abilene, Kansas, USA
Industrial Buildings and Structures USA, photographed during a storm chasing trip made in May 2022
This is a B/W photograph taken inside the prehistoric Cave at Theopetra, Greece (general inner view). It was closed to visitors for several years, but on April 2, 2025 one had the pleasure to walk through its gate again and enter; it has remained open to the members of the public ever since. The archaeological finds include items of the Paleolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic Periods.
A stone Wall or barrier dating from 23,300 (± 800) yrs ago was found at the cave’s entrance; this wall is, therefore, the most ancient man-made structure on Earth, for it was built before Göbekli Tepe (c. 9,500 BC, Turkey), before the Pyramids (c.3,200 BC, Egypt) etc. Human footprints within the Cave were dated by thermoluminescence to ca. 120,000 yrs ago (Middle Palaeolithic Period aka Old Stone Age). Hearths and human burials were also found. Hunters-gatherers’ human settlement in this prehistoric Cave began in the Middle Paleolithic Period and continued without interruption until the end of the Neolithic Period (c. 3000 BC, aka New Stone Age).
The cave’s entrance measures 56 x 10 ft (17 x 3 m); the Cave itself measures 5,382 sq.ft. (500 sq.m). Theopetra is an immense limestone rock formation 3 miles (4.7 km) away from Meteora, Greece. The oblong landmark is 2,625 ft (800 m) long, 902 ft (275 m) wide, 656 ft (200 m) high and visible from afar. Theopetra means “God’s stone” in Greek.
Part of a head structure for a pilot mine, Babbitt, Minnesota. While cleaning out some old papers I found a roll of Kodak Tri-X wrapped in a small piece of paper that simply said: "Push to 3200". I had no idea what was on it or if it was even worth processing, but went ahead and had it developed last week. After viewing the images, I realized I exposed this roll 29 years ago! The images are grainy (no surprise at ASA 3200!) and some of the images are quite dark, but I think a couple of good images will come of it.
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The structure at the top is Kane's Bridge, a pedestrian bridge across the Yarra River in Melbourne, at Yarra Bend Park. It's a suspension bridge and sways enough when people are crossing that some are scared to! The structures lower centre are spider webs, highlighted against the light in the fog.
Post-processing involved simply using the black pointer on a levels adjustment layer because I was shooting against the light and some sun flare had reached my camera sensor.
Better on black!
OK for ABC-TV Weather
I climbed this tower to get this shot: www.flickr.com/photos/codeytannerphotography/15824571332/
(Don't worry. I didn't climb very high!)
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