[tomms]

thanks guys.

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[barrytron3030]

Toronto as Inception

Great work!

 

[tomms]

thanks barryton3030!

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I know that view, that's from the Plaza II apartments. I lived in a S/W corner 2 bedroom in the 80's & 90's. Great shot. I miss that view!

 

[tomms]

thanks dt_toronto_geek, i wonder how the view looked back then

 

[tomms]

a year ago this week....

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[tomms]

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[tomms]

UFO sighting above Toronto?

Nah, just the ACC lights

 

[tomms]

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[Red October]

I was there and that was one hell of an epic fireworks show..

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

So was I, I left in good time to see the lights turned on at 7:15 and have never, ever seen the Square as busy as it was on Saturday night. I missed the tree lighting because of crowds on Bay Street and some genius loading a giant crane onto a flatbed just a few metres north of the Square on Bay Street. We finally pushed our way into a position on the ramp just a few minutes before the fireworks began. If you look carefully at Tomm's great photo above, note the crowds in the shot. They were overflowing onto Bay Street to try and get a view of the fireworks as the Square and surroundings were shoulder to shoulder, literally. When the fireworks were over we waited against the back of the ramp for about 30 minutes for everyone to exit down the stairs and then took some more photos from above, then down in the Square. The crowds had thinned by then.

A few photos of the fireworks from my POV (the music and sound system during the first half was crazy great) -



A few photos from the ramp and around the Square, after the crowds cleared -

 

[Red October]

You have a much better camera than I do.. My pictures were all the generic blurry night shots. Oh well maybe someday I'll stop being cheap and get a good one.

 

[brewster]

I'm sure most people have seen this National Film Board short,Toronto Boom Town, if not worth a look.

http://www.nfb.ca/film/toronto_boom_town

 

[Celestica]

Apropos of NFB films about Toronto, One Millionth Tower is certainly worthy of mention.

http://highrise.nfb.ca/onemillionthtower/mobile_index.php

Great thread, tomms!

 

[tomms]

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