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Front Door Fascination: Standing On The Corner of Pape & Eastern
November 20th, 2009 Categories: Front Door Fascination, Photographs
This is a surprisingly pretty entrance located on Toronto’s Eastern Avenue.
Why the surprise at such a pretty door? It’s just a little … unexpected. Eastern Avenue runs through what was once a very industrial area and although many of the factories (and sadly, the jobs) have long departed, the vibe is still somewhat hardscrabble.
I love how that particular shade of blue works so well with the yellow bricks. And especially that the planters are done up in the same shade of blue rather than trying to introduce a third colour. The old “less is more” notion. It just works! On second thought, it’s very Eastern Avenue.
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Front Door Fascination: Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion
August 10th, 2009 Categories: Front Door Fascination, Photographs
Technically … technically … there is no front door. Nevertheless, that’s a pretty spectacular entrance. Attention must be paid!
Sunnyside Bathing Pavilion, built in 1922, is one of the fanciest changing rooms I’ve ever seen. And even though it’s now well past its glory days (read: a tad seedy), there’s still lots of activity in the pavilion’s cafe, patio and terraces, as well as on Sunnyside Beach.
I can’t help but think that early twentieth-century Torontonians had a MUCH grander vision of how to make use of the waterfront than today’s urban planners and developers.
Yeah, that’s gonna cost me!
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Front Door Fascination: The Osterhout Log Cabin
June 2nd, 2009 Categories: Front Door Fascination, Photographs
This is the clearly-not-original front door of the Osterhout Log Cabin. A nearby plaque advises it’s the oldest building in Scarborough, built in 1795 by Augustus Jones. Jones was commissioned by John Graves Simcoe, First Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, to survey Scarborough. William Osterhout later received the first Crown Grant of the land from King George III in 1805.
However, a Google search (william + osterhout + scarborough) finds a number of articles that claim Jones wasn’t the builder, that Osterhout received his Grant much earlier and that there is no record he ever lived on the Scarborough property. So what’s up with the name?
The Cabin is situated in Toronto’s Guildwood Park and thus owned by the City, so it’s not going on the market any time soon (read: never).
But what if it could be sold? I’d LOVE to write the marketing material for this gem. No concerns that this is a fixer-upper (no granite countertops, let alone indoor plumbing!), as it’s all about location, location, location for this one. Situated high on the Scarborough Bluffs, overlooking Lake Ontario, does it get any better? No, actually, it doesn’t.
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Front Door Fascination: Boardwalk Pub
May 10th, 2009 Categories: Front Door Fascination, Photographs
I’m pretty sure this is the front door of the Boardwalk Pub, located at Ashbridge’s Bay. Signs are always so helpful! A lot of great bike rides start — and end — right here, and today was no exception.
It looks a little deserted, but even though it was a chilly day in May, fun was happening as a quick check along the beach found lots of activity on the boardwalk.
I love Toronto!
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Front Door Fascination: Palais Royale
April 14th, 2009 Categories: Front Door Fascination, Photographs
As a Toronto real estate agent, I’ve seen my fair share of front doors. Front doors are interesting — they can be beautiful, falling off their hinges, squeaky, often a mismatch for the house — I never know what will click. I dunno, maybe the appeal is that you don’t always know what lies behind a door.
On yesterday’s chilly bike ride I swung by (heh!) the Palais Royale, a remodeled dance hall located in the Sunnyside Beach area, and shot this photograph. I love the reflection in the glass, lots of activity flying by those doors. And one is slightly ajar. Why?
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