[Long Island Mike]

Those Coca Cola 'button' signs are getting less common. I wonder if a lot of them end up in peoples condos as decoration

Android: These Coca-Cola "button" signs are highly collectible-I think that these are 50s vintage and note how nice they are as compared to the accompanying sign boards...
I am intrigued by the yellow dot under the word "Coca-Cola" - is it just a dot or does it have letters or numbers inside?
If I noticed them I would walk in that store and ask about them....LI MIKE

 

[Long Island Mike]

Roadway,Railway,Pathway,Waterway,Highway

Android: Where exactly is this?
I was looking at a Toronto Street Map recently trying to figure out where this is...
What rail line is this-is it a freight route only?
This is quite an interesting observation to me...LI MIKE

 

[Long Island Mike]

A CN grade crossing "encounter?"

Time to move that car buddy!

Android: What is the location of this pic?
I realize that this is a telephoto lens and I also looked to note if the locomotive's headlight was on...
How close was that crossing to the front end of the train? Was the train moving when you took the pic?
I believe that the train crew would "flag" that crossing if there is no gate or other warning protection device present...
As you and many know an automobile is no match to rail equipment in size or weight...
Think of it this way: "If it is a tie the auto loses!" LI MIKE

 

[androiduk]

Hi Mike. From left to right. Bayview Ave,Don river,Don Valley Parkway. The bridge is Gerrard St. To the right of the orange building, that ancient structure is the Don Jail. The rail line also carries GO trains.

 

[Long Island Mike]

Don't forget to turn your clocks back this weekend

Android: This pic makes me think of two songs: "Time" by Pink Floyd (Dark Side of the Moon album) and "Time has Come Today" by the Chambers Brothers...one of the best "Phychedelic" songs of all time...
And Salvador Dali staring at you also...LI MIKE

 

[Long Island Mike]

In your face advertising

Android: Good observation here...I am thinking that not only do you watch them they watch YOU too!!! LI MIKE

 

[androiduk]

Christie & Dupont. That's one attractive building, although I could live without those blue signs.

 

[androiduk]

Can't remember the name of the group that puts up this kind of artwork around the city but would appreciate it if someone could post it here.

 

[androiduk]

It's that time of year folks, those Canada Geese are outta here.

 

[junctionist]

Christie & Dupont. That's one attractive building, although I could live without those blue signs.

Toronto has so many unique and attractive Beaux-Arts banks at major intersections. They're often built of stone. This one is exceptional with its warm stone and details that are somehow both subdued and pronounced. (The paradox is a matter of proportions, I suspect.)

 

[androiduk]

Here we are in the vast expanse of North York. Two buildings side by side. Both have an Optical store on the ground floor and both have an Optician on the 2nd floor. Sometimes the city isn't big enough.

 

[androiduk]

Apollo Eleven restaurant at Bathurst & Dupont is currently being renovated. I hope they don't change the name because whenever I see it I'm immediately whisked back to 1969.

 

[androiduk]

40 Asquith. Gets my vote for one of the uglier balconies in the city.

 

[Riverman]

Android: These Coca-Cola "button" signs are highly collectible-I think that these are 50s vintage and note how nice they are as compared to the accompanying sign boards...

If we had known that then.... We used to tow these signs behind our snowmobiles and take turns riding in they. I remember they were quite heavy.

 

[androiduk]

War Memorial at Queens Park