A friend of mine had a medical conference scheduled in Toronto April 6th - 11th, so I opted to tag along and take advantage of the free hotel room. The weather wasn't great most of the time I was there (including a little light snow which they'd gone the month of March without), but fortunately I did finally get some decent weather the last day & a half I was there. I tried to hit up many different neighbourhoods, but there are still plenty that I hope to visit whenever I'm able to get back. Despite the weather, I had a fantastic time. Toronto is terrific!
Ossington
Queen West
Roncesvalles
Dundas West
Queen West
Ontario College of Art & Design
Grange Park neighbourhood
Financial District/Downtown
A late lunch of poutine from the Blue Chip Truck at City Hall. Yum!
Union Station (some pretty impressive renovation plans in the upcoming decade!)
Harbourfront area near my hotel
The view from my floor at the Westin Harbour Castle
The view from my hotel room window toward the northwest
and the view from my hotel room window toward the southwest
King East/Old Town
Love the incorporation of the older corner building into this new condo highrise
On King Street in Corktown looking west toward Old Town
Corktown
Trefann Court
Queen East
Yonge Street
Dundas Square
Finally the sun appears on Saturday morning!!!
Air Canada Centre
Cabbagetown neighbourhood
Allen Gardens
View along Carlton Street toward College & Yonge
King Street heading west
King West
Queen West heading east
Sunday morning closure of Yonge Street just north of Queen Street
I hopped on the Queen Street streetcar & headed off to The Beaches neighbourhood
Don't worry, this is the back side of the building. The front is on Queen Street and has retail space (though plenty of empty space currently)
While riding inbound on the Queen Street streetcar, I snapped some photos out the window as we passed from The Beaches into Leslieville.
Heading over the Don Valley Parkway from Leslieville into Corktown
I hopped off the streetcar at this point and walked the short distance down to King Street where I rode that streetcar into the St. Lawrence district
Now my memory could be slipping, but I can't say I recall seeing so many neighborhood shots of Toronto. Thanks for sharing, I have been a bit more educated about this nice looking city.
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Originally Posted by JAOILERS
the population is 2.4 million
Correct, but please let me elaborate on that point (this might interest other readers, too). The 2.4 million figure is for the actual CITY of Toronto, an amalgam of the much smaller (pop AND area) plus five metroplitan boroughs: the city itself, and five bouroughs, York and East York close in to the city, North Yourk, Scarborough and Etibicoke (don't pronounce the "k") into what then became Metropolitan Toronto. However including immediate neighbours, such as Missississauga on the West, and those to the North, metroplitan Toronto (the GMTA is it is now called) - though smaller in size than "metro" Houston, still pulls in at approaching 6 million, often causing it to be ranked with Houston as the fourth or fifth largest city in North America.
Correct, but please let me elaborate on that point (this might interest other readers, too). The 2.4 million figure is for the actual CITY of Toronto, an amalgam of the much smaller (pop AND area) plus five metroplitan boroughs: the city itself, and five bouroughs, York and East York close in to the city, North Yourk, Scarborough and Etibicoke (don't pronounce the "k") into what then became Metropolitan Toronto. However including immediate neighbours, such as Missississauga on the West, and those to the North, metroplitan Toronto (the GMTA is it is now called) - though smaller in size than "metro" Houston, still pulls in at approaching 6 million, often causing it to be ranked with Houston as the fourth or fifth largest city in North America.
Actually, new population statistics have become available which have evidently stated Toronto is now the Fourth Largest city in North America behind only:
1) Mexico City - 21.2 Millon
2) New York City - 19.8 Million
3) Los Angeles - 12 - 18 Million depending on which land area you include - Los Angeles–Long Beach–Santa Ana metropolitan statistical area OR the Greater Los Angeles Area region,
Nice pictures. It looks like you covered a lot of neighborhoods.
I was in Toronto in April a few years ago now, and hit some of the neighborhoods that you did: Old Town, the Financial District, etc. It was cloudy and cold that day, and your pictures remind me of my trip.
It's always a little strange to see a beach area (The Beaches neighborhood, in this case) when it's not Summer.
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