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Dundas Street West in Toronto, in 2009. This building seems to have been demolished to make way for a parking lot for a liquor store.
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William Sutherland said:

Fabulous capture!

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John FitzGerald replied to William Sutherland:

Thanks, William.
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Jaap van 't Veen said:

Nicely captured John.
4 weeks ago

John FitzGerald replied to Jaap van 't Veen:

Thanks, Jaap,
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Joe, Son of the Rock said:

Great contrast between the two types of dwellings. A few of my latest photos were taken in Dundas Street, Glasgow. All the best, Joe
4 weeks ago

John FitzGerald replied to Joe, Son of the Rock:

Thanks, Joe. I hadn't thought about these being two types of dwelling. Dundas Street is a highway that runs 200 km from east Toronto to London, Ontario, where I live now. The Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada in the 1790s, John Graves Simcoe, wanted London to be the capital of Upper Canada, and the road was intended to supply it from the docks of Toronto. Simcoe named the road after his friend Henry Dundas. As in Scotland, I believe, there have been recent demands to rename the street, but so far it has retained its name.
4 weeks ago

Gudrun said:

A pity, this seems such a nice old house! I guess it was too expensive to restore it...
4 weeks ago

John FitzGerald replied to Gudrun:

It does look to be in sad shape, Gudrun, It would have been nice to see the original brick, though. In the 1960s it was trendy in Toronto to paint over beautiful 19th-century brick, Contemporary brick is far inferior.
4 weeks ago

J.Garcia said:

Tones, light and emotion similar a Edward Hopper
I like very much, John
4 weeks ago

John FitzGerald replied to J.Garcia:

Thank you, JG, I'm an admirer of Hopper's use of light, so that's quite a compliment,
4 weeks ago

Denis Croissant said:

What a shame, it looks (looked) very British...
3 weeks ago

John FitzGerald replied to Denis Croissant:

Toronto was very Britannophile in the old days, Denis, so this house may well have been inspired by British pattern books.
3 weeks ago