[Jarrek]

And who says we didn't have any historical buildings to begin with? We've destroyed them all!

 

[Urban Shocker]

And "we" includes the Victorians, who were probably the least concerned with preserving Victoriana of all.

 

[Spoonman]

at the church near the ROM,

Church of the Redeemer? I rather like that one - the gates have a very Tim Burtonesque feel about them.

 

[Tewder]

rather like the wooden pole. Somehow it portends changing times and the coming age. In a pre-First World War streetscape festooned with ornamental pippypoos and doodads that are leftovers - even then - from an earlier time, and interchangeable with those found in most North American or European cities of the day, the plain wooden pole is the only thing that feels like it looks forward in time. Electricity is in the air! The Modern age is almost upon us!

...they also call to mind the profound spirituality of the Haida peoples of the western coastal rainforests, the whole cycle of life and death really.

 

[Hipster Duck]

Isn't "good to the last drop" the motto of Maxwell House? Is there a connection?

 

[TKTKTK]

In honour of all this lame freezing rain, and super-wintery weather: Blasting ice on the Don River c.1904

 

[JasonParis]

That picture reminds me of the Season 13 opening sequence for Dallas...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xRtXJzFvjQ&feature=related

 

[Earlscourt_Lad]

I rather like the wooden pole.... The Modern age is almost upon us!

Along St. Clair West we are currently treated to the sight of 5' high Hydro-stumps. I fear The Modern Era has been and gone.

 

[TKTKTK]

That picture reminds me of the Season 13 opening sequence for Dallas...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xRtXJzFvjQ&feature=related

I have to say, I have a soft-spot for words materializing out of explosions.

 

[Mustapha]

A tragic loss...

Click here to see how the rest of King West, Toronto's grandest street, was devastated:

http://www.urbantoronto.ca/showthread.php?t=6602&page=2

ganjavih ... my 1st post here.

The last photo of the Star building shows a pair of big lamps flanking the front entrance.

These are now installed at the Star printing plant in Vaughn.

I remember staring at the lamps when sitting in traffic on a streetcar.

-Moose

 

[Urban Shocker]

... and the metalwork doors you see in the photo of the entrance lobby are now installed at the entrance to an office building on the east side of Bay, just south of Richmond.

 

[Mustapha]

... and the metalwork doors you see in the photo of the entrance lobby are now installed at the entrance to an office building on the east side of Bay, just south of Richmond.

Cool, thanks. I'll go hunt for then next time I'm at the Richtree restaurant in BCE Place.

 

[Urban Shocker]

Yes, you mustapha look.

 

[TKTKTK]

In the last photo of the Star Building, what's the much cuter 10-story, 4-window wide, building? Is that still standing?

 

[JasonParis]

Yes, you mustapha look.

Thanks my first LOL of the day. And it's 19:28. Good one!