Wandering down Dundas West made me realize that as much as I thought I knew Toronto, I don't know Toronto very much at all. Everything looked familiar to me, but at the same time I realized that I've never really slowed down and looked around on my rushed excursions around the city.
The new signage on Ryerson's new business building, bold white letters that read "Toronto Eaton Centre" beside the building's entrance. The police station for 52 division. Bright, colourful words reading "Village by the Grange" across the street from a church and preschool. A Starbucks.
Walking against the wind and snow, I passed through Toronto's Discovery District, walked by OCAD, and neared the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). I remember the last time I was at AGO before the construction started. I was in high school. I went once more after that but most of the exhibits and galleries were closed due to the construction. The transformed AGO will have 110 galleries featuring 5,000 works. The Transformation AGO campaign has reached $225 million in donations, nearing its $254 million goal.
On the other side of the street from the Transformation AGO construction site are a few townhouses, coffee shops, small art galleries, a barber shop and an outpatient drug rehab centre. Bau-Xi Gallery of contemporary fine art, Pat's Barber Shop, and the Graham Munro Centre (a women's drug rehabilitation centre).
All of this, and I had just been wandering a few blocks down the street. I stuffed my frozen hands into my pockets and told myself that I'd be back on a warmer day.
The new signage on Ryerson's new business building, bold white letters that read "Toronto Eaton Centre" beside the building's entrance. The police station for 52 division. Bright, colourful words reading "Village by the Grange" across the street from a church and preschool. A Starbucks.
Walking against the wind and snow, I passed through Toronto's Discovery District, walked by OCAD, and neared the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO). I remember the last time I was at AGO before the construction started. I was in high school. I went once more after that but most of the exhibits and galleries were closed due to the construction. The transformed AGO will have 110 galleries featuring 5,000 works. The Transformation AGO campaign has reached $225 million in donations, nearing its $254 million goal.
On the other side of the street from the Transformation AGO construction site are a few townhouses, coffee shops, small art galleries, a barber shop and an outpatient drug rehab centre. Bau-Xi Gallery of contemporary fine art, Pat's Barber Shop, and the Graham Munro Centre (a women's drug rehabilitation centre).
All of this, and I had just been wandering a few blocks down the street. I stuffed my frozen hands into my pockets and told myself that I'd be back on a warmer day.
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