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Spadina Road, Toronto, 11 years ago today

On the left is 9 Spadina Road, an Annex-style house built in 1889. Annex houses have Romanesque Revival ground floors and Queen Anne Revival upper floors. Elsewhere they'd be considered a variant of Queen Anne Revival, but in Toronto the style was named for the neighbourhood it first became prominent in.

The building on the right is Tartu College (1969, Tampold and Wells) on Bloor St. W., a residence for University of Toronto students. It is named for the Estonian city and funded chiefly by the National Estonian Foundation of Canada and Tartu Institute.

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16 comments

Joe, Son of the Rock said:

Nice cloud formation, John. I love the colour contrast between the orange building and the blue sky. All the best, Joe
3 years ago

John FitzGerald replied to Joe, Son of the Rock:

Thanks, Joe. I hadn't thought about the complementary blue and orange, but it definitely is an asset, so thanks again.
3 years ago

rdhinmn said:

Nice, clear colors, and contrails (?) Quite a contrast in styles, too.

I do think your opening "On the right..." should be "On the left..." though.
3 years ago

John FitzGerald replied to rdhinmn:

Thanks, Bob, especially for the correction. I've never been good at distinguishing left and right, but I actually noticed the mistake while I was typing then forgot to correct it. So thanks, too, for getting the photo correctly oriented. Actually, left is the north side, so I guess it's correctly borealated now.
3 years ago

Jean said:

I like the colour of the building and the lovely decoration on the gable. Great colour combination and a wonderful sky.
3 years ago

John FitzGerald replied to Jean:

Thanks, Jean.
3 years ago ( translate )

Jaap van 't Veen said:

Old and new !!
Well seen and captured John.
Have a safe week ahead.
3 years ago ( translate )

John FitzGerald replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thanks, Jaap. All the best to you, too.
3 years ago

neira-Dan said:

superbe compo et contraste
3 years ago ( translate )

John FitzGerald replied to neira-Dan:

Thanks, neira-Dan
3 years ago ( translate )

Keith Burton said:

The juxtaposition of these two buildings makes for a cracking shot John. They couldn't be more different, but they both quite beautiful.

I love those clouds too!
3 years ago

John FitzGerald replied to Keith Burton:

Thanks, Keith. The Annex, especially the eastern part, is full of picturesque old houses by good architects. When I first got interested in photography I was taking photos of them. Maybe I'll post them again.
3 years ago

tiabunna said:

As already noted, an interesting image of contrasts: colours and building styles.
3 years ago

John FitzGerald replied to tiabunna:

Thanks, George.
3 years ago ( translate )

Diane Putnam said:

Oh, fantastic! That contrail floating up out of the building - love it!
3 years ago