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A now scrapped Continuous Welded Rail train & set of Budd. Co R-32 subway cars await's its shipment into New Jersey. From there they would be delivered to Ohio via CSX.
First time trekking inside a gorge. Known as The Flume and located within the Franconia Notch State Park and part of the White Mountain. This is a natural gorge and being a glacial region, there's continuous water flow as the ice is melting somewhere as summer arrives. Deep inside the gorge, there's an awesome coolness. It felt so good to be there.
Parco Nazionale Tarangire.
Bufali neri africani (Syncerus caffer).
Le massicce corna del bufalo africano adulto sono il suo tratto caratteristico: le basi delle corna sono fuse, formando uno scudo osseo continuo sulla sommità della testa denominato "capo".
Sono ampiamente considerati tra gli animali più pericolosi del continente africano e, secondo alcune stime, incornano, calpestano e uccidono oltre 200 persone ogni anno.
Tarangire National Park.
African Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer).
The massive horns of the adult African Cape Buffalo are its defining feature: the bases of the horns are fused, forming a continuous bony shield on the top of the head called the "cape".
They are widely considered among the most dangerous animals on the African continent, and by some estimates, they gore, trample and kill over 200 people every year.
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Nikon F with waist level finder
Expired 2005 Ilford Pan-F 50
Continuous rotation via Jobo
Promicrol 1:14 for 15 minutes
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CP 6031 and 6256 lead a continuous welded rail (CWR) train through Bassano, Alberta on May 10, 2020.
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I'm a big fan of bridges and other massive chunks of infrastructure like tunnels and trains. The Astoria-Megler Bridge is one of my favorites. I always like a bridge with a superlative attached, such as, oldest, longest, first, only - that sort of thing. Completed in 1966, and spanning 4 miles of river, this is the longest continuous truss bridge n North America.
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Matera is a city and the capital of the Province of Matera in the region of Basilicata, in Southern Italy. With a history of continuous human occupation dating back to the Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age (10th millennium BCE, 12,000 years ago!), it is renowned for its rock-cut urban core, whose twin cliffside zones are known collectively as the Sassi. The Sassi originated as a prehistoric troglodyte settlement, (A troglodyte is a human cave dweller, from the Greek trogle 'hole, mouse-hole' and dyein 'go in, dive in'). These dwellings are thought to be among the first ever human settlements in what is now Italy.
we've been having two weeks of continuous rains due to monsoon brought about by 2 typhoons and yesterday we had a brief break which gave me a chance to take my motorbike and take a ride to a plaza. while taking coffee, there were hardly any people at the plaza. took this one off shot of an empty plaza with great sun and blue skies, which is pretty rare in manila
107 Year-Old Decaying Bridge to Nowhere
The Florida Keys U.S.A. ~ November 3rd, 2019
The Bahia Honda Rail Bridge is a disused bridge in the lower Florida Keys connecting Bahia Honda Key with Spanish Harbor Key. Originally part of the Overseas Railway, the State of Florida purchased it after the 1935 Labor Day Hurricane and converted it to provide automobile use as part of the Overseas Highway in 1938. After a replacement Bahia Honda Bridge was opened in 1972, two spans of the bridge were removed to accommodate boat traffic and make the majority of the bridge inaccessible to pedestrian traffic, but the rest remain standing.
It was originally built by Henry Flagler as part of the Overseas Railroad which was completed in 1912. Flagler funded the construction of the bridge, along with the rest of the railway himself. It was purchased by the state of Florida and converted for highway use in 1938 after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Rather than completely rebuilding the bridge after the hurricane, the existing structure was repaired and the deck for the Overseas Highway was added on top, as the existing deck inside the truss was too narrow for vehicular traffic. The bridge served as the primary mode of transport to the islands of the lower Keys, and as a primary evacuation route.
A new four-lane bridge was built in 1980, a few hundred yards north of the old bridge, replacing the old route of U.S. 1. Today, the former bridge provides a scenic overview of the area for tourists. Two of the truss spans have been removed in order to facilitate boat traffic, as the new bridge has an increased span height. The original bridge has fallen into a state of disrepair and signs have been posted on the bridge warning boat traffic to watch for falling debris, but all of the sections have remained standing (not counting the two that were removed). The easternmost section remains open to pedestrian traffic and is maintained by Bahia Honda State Park. Bahia Honda Rail Bridge ~ Spanish Harbor Key ~ Florida Keys
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Do you know what "hikifakcava" means? That's a Lebanese way to tell someone, Hi, how are you?
This one simple sentence (or shall I say a mutant-word), consisting of 3 different words, in 3 different languages - Hi (English), kifak (how are you/Arabic), ca va (French), fully expresses the lingvo-cultural diversity in Lebanon.
This tiny land is a mix of all confessions, cultural and ethnic groups otherwise scattered throughout the Middle East. Christian Maronite, Greek Orthodox, Melkite and Protestants, Muslim Sunnis, Alawites, Ismailis, progressive Muslims and Druze. Add to this work immigrants from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and all over Africa.
When you ask a simple question to a random passer by, he first answers you in Arabic (they say I look like a local), and when you say your Arabic is very limited, they ask "Engish? French?". And when they know I'm Armenian, they'll always find a word or two in my native language to say :)
Sometimes, though, these utterly nice, hospitable, kind people make wars. And they kill each other because of religion, ethnicity, and anything else they can think of. The last civil war in Lebanon lasted from 1975 to 1990, and took lives of around 250,000 people. All Lebanese.
Now, to the positive side.
They call Beirut "The Paris of Middle East". It's been continuously inhabited for more than 5000 years now. It still bears traces of French colonization, not only in language, but also in architecture. Beirut is unlike any other Middle Eastern capital in being very liberal and culturally progressive. More than anything, Beirut is about arts, expressing one's ideas through street paintings, graffiti and music. We came across these stairs on a random street, while having a walk. We then spotted few more, with different patterns and colors.
Before we traveled to Beirut from Amman, a colleague told me, "Everyone loves Amman until they visit Beirut". And "You'll either hate it, or love it forever".
I love Beirut.
Thanks for your visit and have a great day!
This thrush gets its name from the cascade of notes that make up its song—a common sound at dusk and dawn in summer in the damp northern woods. Many of these migrants alternate flapping with coasting, but Veeries may flap continuously throughout an entire night’s flight. Their efficient wings carry them over longer transoceanic routes than other thrushes can manage, on relatively small stores of fat. I am sure they get weary at the end of it all.
'Chase Nina'
Nina paused,
Sand kicking up behind a delighted paw.
As she raced down the dune,
Hesitating the fraction of a second
To anticipate Tess’s next pivot.
Her sister danced,
Grey ears askew,
Eyes anticipating Nina's next nip
Stub tails wagging fiercely.
Vociferous barks stabbing the air
And chasing, capering, cavorting
With affable growls In frolic and
Canine exuberance
Not lost on their human that grinned
In their wake
Watching them aflight in continuous play,
The leashes lank
In a relaxed fist.
C.Hill
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Even 1/500th of a second can't freeze the action of Tess and Nina :)
Street scenes of Glasgow
This bridge once took one of the many Victorian railway lines over the River Clyde - not used for passenger trains since 1966.
The City Union Bridge is a bridge on the River Clyde in Scotland. It was opened in 1899. It was once a busy main route in and out of St Enoch station but that terminus closed in 1966 and was demolished in 1977, and since then the bridge is only used for empty stock movements, as the bridge forms a key link between Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central. If a project known as Glasgow Crossrail goes ahead then the bridge and associated track will see passenger services once more.
The City of Glasgow Union Railway built the first railway bridge over the River Clyde in the City of Glasgow here, which opened in 1870. It consisted of twin-lattice parallel iron girders in seven spans; the engineers were John Fowler and J F Blair, and the contractor was Thomas Brassey & co. Deep foundations to the piers required - up to 100 feet (30 m) - and cylinder caissons were lowered to firm rock by the use of a grab type excavator working within; the excavated face was kept under water.
In 1898 the bridge was completely rebuilt, and widened for quadruple track; compressed air excavation for 13-foot (4 m) diameter steel piers were used. The structure consists of two variable depth continuous girders. The visible spandrel braced arches are not primary structural members. There is a decorative cast-iron cornice and parapet, and towers and half turrets in red sandstone. The work cost £67,970. The engineer was William Melville, this time for the Glasgow & South Western Railway Company, and the contractors were Morrison and Mason for the foundations, and Sir William Arrol & Co for the steelwork. It is a listed building, category B. [Wiki - see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Union_Bridge]
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Top L - Male House Finch. Top R - Male Purple Finch
Bottom L Female House Finch. Bottom R - Female Purple Finch
In a park feeding area here we are seeing both House Finches and Purple Finches sometimes simultaneously. There has been a lot of discussion regarding ID. I hope the images and descriptions below are helpful.
In terms of the females of each species, the Purple Finch has a dark patch behind the eye usually with a prominent white line extending behind the eye and a darker, less streaked cap.
The breast and flank streaking on the female House Finch is more continuous and less sharply defined than the interrupted and usually darker and more defined streaks on the female Purple Finch.
The bills are an important defining feature between these species that applies to both genders. The bills of the Purple Finch are heavier and more triangular than the House Finch.
The bill of a House Finch is more curved overall with an obvious curve on the upside of the top mandible (culmen).
As far as the males go, the red on the male Purple Finch is usually a deeper more raspberry red colour which extends over the entire head and down the back and wings. The wing covert edges have a red hue. There is no red colour there on the male House Finch. The male House Finch has brown streaking on the flanks. The male Purple Finch shows a series of red blotches. The male Purple Finch also has a dark patch behind the eye like the female Purple Finch.
It is not seen in these shots, but the Purple Finch has a deeper tail notch than the House Finch.
Male House Finches can have various amounts of red, orange, or yellow colour and in various tones and intensity around the top of the head and down the breast, depending on the region in which they live and what they eat, but show no colour on the back and wing bars like the Purple Finch whose colour is more consistent.
Hermitage Park. Edmonton, Alberta.
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the fellow driving the plow and I kept running into each other, I think he finally gave up and just followed me as I wondered around my best friend's neighborhood. I should have stopped and chatted. Everything looks the same with the trees being taller since they were planted and the fence around the school being added.
One of my pals lost his two front teeth playing hockey in this school yard. I heard him yell when it happened as I was out walking around that day too.
The Charles Bridge (Czech: Karlův most) is an historic bridge that crosses the Vltava river in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the auspices of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century. The bridge replaced the old Judith Bridge built 1158–1172 that had been badly damaged by a flood in 1342. This new bridge was originally called the Stone Bridge (Kamenný most) or the Prague Bridge (Pražský most) but has been the "Charles Bridge" since 1870. As the only means of crossing the river Vltava (Moldau) until 1841, the Charles Bridge was the most important connection between Prague Castle and the city's Old Town and adjacent areas. This "solid-land" connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe.
The bridge is 621 metres (2,037 ft) long and nearly 10 metres (33 ft) wide, following the example of the Stone Bridge in Regensburg, it was built as a bow bridge with 16 arches shielded by ice guards. It is protected by three bridge towers, two of them on the Lesser Quarter side and the third one on the Old Town side. The Old Town Bridge Tower is often considered to be one of the most astonishing civil gothic-style buildings in the world. The bridge is decorated by a continuous alley of 30 statues and statuaries, most of them baroque-style, originally erected around 1700 but now all replaced by replicas.
Two stilt pictures posted for this round (please take a look the previous shot in my stream, if you have the time). Both similar to images I've posted before, but there's just something so elegant about these birds. They are definitely one of my favorites to watch and photograph, and it's especially interesting at a location with wonderfully reflecting water (here, Don Edwards NWR). Hope you're having a great Saturday!
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Day 7
Last night was a full moon, and in obscure midnight hours, I was inspired to write a poem about it:
Over dark peaks, the full moon does rise
Silhouettes of pines sway as a night wind sighs
The moon walks its path across the night skies
All the long cold night, glaring brightly in my eyes
I had to hide from the moon in my sleeping bag, since I am not using a tent.
…
Again, I photographed sunrise in the quiet dawn. I started from the southeastern shore near the outflow creek watching the first hint of pink light on the peak slowly decent to touch the glacial remnant. For most of the light’s trek down to the lake the progress was slow, but at a certain moment it speeds up and the whole opposite shore lights up all at once. I spent most of the sunrise by the outflow creek, but as soon as the sun light reached heavily forested northwestern shore I moved over there and liked my options much more. (1)
Today’s plan is to climb the ridge to the north, follow it along its spine, then cross over and drop down to a rock-ringed glacial tarn nestled in a moraine field—and maybe check out Ramona Lake. Since I would be retracing my steps tomorrow, I figured I would do a gear drop and leave behind things that I would not need. I would bring just enough food for two days, even though I only needed one day’s worth, plus my sleeping gear, jacket, water, and camera equipment. Everything else could stay here, hidden in a safe place.
After reorganizing my pack and stashing my gear, I made breakfast and ate beside the lake, surrounded by grasses swaying in the wind.
While eating, I contemplated the day's plan. On the climb to the upper lake yesterday, the tedious talus was not something I would want to tackle with a pack on, and yet today’s plan would require just that—and I would need to climb up even higher than I had yesterday. I think it is best that I save it for another trip when I have someone else with me in case something goes wrong. Instead, I decided to follow the trail down to the river and the main trail, then start making my way back to Piute Pass. Along the way there is a lake where I may want to spend the night.
So, I repacked my pack, finished charging up some batteries, and began hiking down the steep trail into the canyon.
At the bottom was the river, and just on the other side was the main trail. The last time I was here, back in 2019, the mosquitoes made it impossible to stop and take a break. This time, there was not a single one. Down here, the forest is thickest, and tall pines blocked out the sun. Following this trail south is a slow and steady climb the whole way.
After a couple of miles, I finally saw the first person I had seen in five days. We chatted for a little bit and then continued going our separate ways.
I passed several other hikers, soaked my feet in a creek, and climbed above the treeline into the treeless Humphreys Basin. Here, I had a 360° view of all the surrounding peaks, including Pilot Knob, Mount Humphreys, Mount Emerson, Muriel, and the entirety of the glacial divide that I had just finished exploring.
In front of me, I could see Piute Pass, but that was not my destination. Instead, off to my right, to the west, along Piute Creek, was a small lake with a grassy island in the middle. I left the trail and made my way to that unnamed lake.
The wind was intense, and the afternoon sun harsh out here in the open. Only a few small, crooked, windswept pines grew along the small lake’s shore. I found one that provided shelter from the wind and sun.
Not only did this pine give protection to me, but also to a flock of small, black-headed songbirds that twittered in and amongst the thick branches. In the relative calm between the big gusts of wind, they exploded from it, swarming around me as they hunted the tiny gnats that floated in black clouds, pulsating in the air currents.
That evening, for sunset, I explored around the western shore of the lake, looking for a good foreground so I could photograph Mount Humphreys and Mount Emerson in the beautiful pink glow that would soon adorn them. (2) Out here, away from the tree, the wind was cold and relentless—a single, continuous, strong gust. (if you watch the video of today on my YouTube Channel you can see on the Timelapse of this sunset the GoPro shaking from the wind. youtu.be/m0W5pD0WrUM?si=UjSjb8u5eKTC0ayc) Once the light faded, I made my way back to the shelter of the tree where I was going to spend the night.
Here, on its leeward side, I was able to finally warm myself up. Up the canyon to the north, the peaks and ridges of the Gemini and Seven Gables region appeared blue and purple in their own shadows, complementing the pale orange sky behind them. (3)
Not too long after, the last of the light faded, and Venus appeared, floating on deep red wisps of distant smoke. (4)
I watched the almost full moon rise from the warmth of my sleeping bag, its reflection shimmering in the turbulent, wind-blown waters of the lake.
NS 9846 is seen uncoupled from its train after picking a switch and derailing the first few welded rail cars in Trenton.
Christ Church is the oldest building in continuous use in Dublin. The story of the cathedral begins almost a thousand years ago, when Viking King, Sitriuc Silkenbeard, build the first church on this site in about 1030. The Anglo-Normans rebuilt the cathedral in the 12th and 13th centuries and this is largely the building we see today, though it was heavily restored in the 1870s.
Christ Church est le plus vieil édifice encore utilisé de Dublin. L'histoire de la cathédrale remonte à près de mille ans, lorsque le roi viking, Sigtryggr Silkiskegg (barbe de soie), fit construire la première église sur ce site vers 1030. Les Anglo-Normands en firent une cathédrale au cours des XIIe et XIIIe siècles. Celle-ci ressemble grandement au bâtiment d'aujourd'hui, même si des travaux de restauration importants ont été effectués dans les années 1870.
The oldest continuously used church building in the city of Minneapolis
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1) Poop is mostly bacteria and not old food
2) Poop is brown because of dead red blood cells and bile
3) The ideal poop is a "continuous log"
Poop facts: www.vox.com/2015/1/22/7871579/poop-feces
16 Mile Creek totally disappears into porous limestone just above Upper Louth Falls, and then after reappearing, half of it disappears into a hole just below the top of the falls. This is the swirl where it disappears into a hole.
A continuous lighting set up. Shot through a rotolight type ring of continuous light with over head round softbox with continuous daylight balance light. Black back ground. ISO 800 at F/4, 160th sec
Leucanthemum vulgare, also known as Oxeye Daisy and Dog Daisy.
(Description for the Butterfly Aricia agestis follows below)
Family: Asteraceae.
Grows up to 1m tall, flower heads to 5cm across.
Flower season: May to September.
A widespread plant native to Europe and Asia. Plant was introduced to Australia, New Zealand and North America. It likes a temperate climate where the average annual rainfall exceeds 750mm (30 inches). Favouring soils that are heavy and moist, often grows in neglected pastures and along roadsides. Being a typical grassland perennial wildflower, it can be found growing in a variety of habitats. Meadows, fields, under scrub and open-canopy forests, edge of woodlands is also an ideal habitat for the Oxeye Daisy.
A mature plant can produce up to 26,000 seeds, it can also multiply itself by its under-ground root system which continuously puts out lateral shoots to spread away from the mature plant. By spreading itself this way, it produces a negative effect to other native plants growing close by.
In over 40 countries it is considered to be an invasive species, it is also detrimental in meadows where livestock are to graze especially cattle.
This plant was top-raked for pollen production per flower head, in a U.K. study of meadow flowers.
Aricia agestis. Common name: Brown Argus Average wingspan 29mm
Flight Season… May to September.
Unlike most other blue species, the Brown Argus has no blue scales on the upper-side.
Found mainly in southern England and in some parts of Wales not found in Scotland, Ireland and the Isle of man.
Habitat… Most commonly found on chalk or limestone, this is where the ground suits the main food plants. Will also be found on heathland and in open woodland. This species stays local and in small colonies, will not travel more then a few hundred metres from where it emerged.
Generally speaking this species has two broods a year in central and southern England, if the weather is favourable then a third generation is possible.
The Brown Argus Caterpillar’s main food is common Rockrose (Helianthemum chamaecistus)
Ants are attracted to the caterpillar’s “sweet juices” it produces, as it grows bigger. Eventually they will take it underground and continue to “farm” the secretion from the caterpillar, until it turns into a chrysalis. This in turn, protects the caterpillar from predators.
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A not very well known Victorian house nestled in the picturesque Cabbagetown neighbourhood of Toronto. It is referred by some as the "Witch House" due to a previous owner placing a papier mâché witch in the window during the 1990's. Constructed 1866.
"Cabbagetown is a neighbourhood in central Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Administratively, it is defined as part of the Cabbagetown-South St. Jamestown neighbourhood. It largely features semi-detached Victorian houses and is recognized as "the largest continuous area of preserved Victorian housing in all of North America", according to the Cabbagetown Preservation Association.
Cabbagetown's name derives from the Irish immigrants who moved to the neighbourhood beginning in the late 1840s, said to have been so poor that they grew cabbage in their front yards. Canadian writer Hugh Garner's novel, Cabbagetown, depicted life in the neighbourhood during the Great Depression.
The area today known as Cabbagetown was first known as the village of Don Vale, just outside Toronto. Before the 1850s it consisted of farmland dotted with cottages and vegetable plots. It grew up in the 1840s around the Winchester Street Bridge, which before the construction of the Prince Edward Viaduct was the main northern bridge over the Don River. This was near the site where Castle Frank Brook flowed in the Don River. By the bridge the Don Vale Tavern and Fox's Inn were established to cater to travellers. In 1850 the Toronto Necropolis was established in the area as the city's main cemetery.
In the late 19th century the area was absorbed into the city. It became home to the working class Irish inhabitants who were employed in the industries along the lake shore to the south in Corktown. Brick Victorian-style houses were built throughout the area. The name Cabbagetown purportedly came from stories of new Macedonian and Irish immigrants digging up their front lawns and planting cabbage. In this era the Cabbagetown name most often applied to the area south of Gerrard Street, with the part to the north still being called Don Vale. It was a working-class neighbourhood, with approximately 50% of the residents renting houses. It reached its peak of prosperity just before the First World War, which is from when many of the brick homes in the area date. The various architectural styles visible in the neighborhood range from Second-Empire to Bay-n-Gable and High Victorian Terraces, with excellent examples being Francis Shields' House at 377 Sackville St.
After the war the area became increasingly impoverished. A large number of poorer residents moved in, many resorting to share one house among multiple families. The nineteenth-century brick houses began deteriorating and, as landlords saw less value in the neighbourhood, they were not maintained. It became known as one of Toronto's largest slums and much of the original Cabbagetown was razed in the late 1940s to make room for the Regent Park housing project. A new immigrant influx also lead to the beginning of ethnic diversity in the neighbourhood. The remaining section to the north, then still known as Don Vale, was also slated to be cleared and replaced by housing projects. In 1964 a Toronto Star writer wrote that "Cabbagetown has become a downhill ride and if you're on way up, you don't dare stay there for long unless you live in Regent Park."
The construction of new housing projects was halted in the 1970s. In Don Mount this effort was led by Karl Jaffary, who was elected to city council in the 1969 municipal election along with a group of like-minded councillors who opposed sweeping urban renewal plans. John Sewell led the effort to preserve Trefann Court, which covered the southern section of the original Cabbagetown. A bylaw was approved in the 1970s to ban any building higher than four storeys, in reaction to the high density high-rises being built in neighbouring St. James Town.
Cabbagetown was gentrified by affluent professionals, beginning in the 1970s. Many residents restored small Victorian row houses and became community activists. Darrell Kent, a resident and local businessman, is recognized by the community as having been the driving force behind the restoration of many of the area’s beautiful and unique Victorian houses. As Kent was a gay real estate agent, gay men and some lesbians made up the earliest gentrifying groups of Cabbagetown. They are still a significant part of the population today, and the area is considered queer friendly.
In 1983 the Globe and Mail wrote,
Cabbagetown is probably the epitome of successful labelling. The core of the area—generally defined as being bounded by Parliament, Wellesley and Dundas Streets and the Don Valley—was once Toronto's skid row. Today, about a decade after the area was invaded by young professionals, speculators and real estate agents, there are still a few derelicts around to give the area colour. The houses, meanwhile, sell for upward of $200,000.
35 years after that article was written, most homes in the area sell for well over $1 million.
Vestiges of a 1960s, counter-culture ambiance remain at vintage clothing stores, health food stores and a gestalt therapy clinic. A Victorian farm, once the site of a zoo, is located adjacent to Riverdale Park West, where a weekly farmer's market is held. A short distance away is the Cabbagetown Youth Centre, home of the Cabbagetown Boxing Club, a reminder of an earlier, and rougher, past. In recent years, some businesses from the nearby "gay village" of Church and Wellesley, have relocated to the area, attracted by cheaper commercial rents.
Despite gentrification, residents from public housing projects and affluent home owners mingle at a discount supermarket and a community medical clinic. Panhandling and drug-dealing are part of the urban landscape; so are gourmet shops, upscale boutiques and arts festivals, book launches and wine-tastings at local restaurants. Paradoxically,
The Gerrard and Parliament neighbourhood, located near Dundas and Sherbourne Streets, has the largest concentration of homeless shelters and drop-in centres in Canada. The area is also distinguished by a large number of rooming houses and other forms of low-income housing.
Toronto (/təˈrɒntoʊ/, locally /təˈrɒnoʊ/) is the capital city of the Canadian province 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." - info from Wikipedia.
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