Toronto Viewpoints

I left off yesterday close to this location. Campbell House dates to 1822, built for Sir William Campbell and his wife. Campbell was chief justice of what was Upper Canada at the time. The house was moved here in the 1970s and turned into a local history museum.

I kept heading west along Queen Street. One of the side streets looking south has a good view of the iconic CN Tower, looking quite brooding against that sky- but the clouds weren't going to last long.

Then I started heading back the way I came. This utility box on Queen Street caught my eye.

I headed in the general direction of Trinity Square, which neighbours the Eaton Centre. This sculpture is inside an office building that borders the square.

And this one is right outside that office building.

Trinity Square includes some historic architecture, such as the Church of the Holy Trinity.

Here we have a view elsewhere in the square of a heritage building here.

It was time for me to get back to Union Station for my train. Here in the station (which is still seeing some renovation work being done) I paused to photograph some of the details.

I stepped back out front. The Royal York Hotel is across the street from Union Station. This fierce looking fellow guards one of the access points.

And so I had another perspective of the CN Tower, much brighter under mid-day sunlight. Union Station is down at lower left. Tomorrow I'm starting with Winterlude here in the national capital region.

In Trinity Church

When I came back to Trinity Square, it was quieter than it had been when I'd been through earlier, what with a fire alarm sending workers out of the nearby building. The labyrinth set here was being walked by a woman.

Then I went into the Church Of The Holy Trinity. The progressive Anglican church is in the Gothic Revival style, and was built in 1847. It is open daily, works with the homeless, and has close bonds with the LGBT community. It also serves as a music and artistic venue.

Into Trinity Square

Starting off close to where I left off yesterday, I was walking along Yonge Street when this building down a side street caught my eye. It's called the Elmwood.

Returning to the route I was following, I took another shot of the garish Yonge-Dundas Square.

And then I returned inside the Eaton Centre mall.

On the west side of the Eaton Centre lies Trinity Square. A church and some historic buildings remain preserved in this spot, amid the modern architecture. This historic plaque caught my eye.

Here we have one of those historic buildings.

While here we have the church itself. The Church Of The Holy Trinity is an Anglican church with a progressive record, a Gothic revival church built in 1847. The square was quite busy when I first arrived- a fire alarm had gone off in a nearby office building- and the church wasn't open yet for the day, so I decided I'd come back. We'll have a look inside in a coming post.

Another feature in Trinity Square is a labyrinth.

Leaving Trinity Square, I paused to photograph this hydro building across the street.