This is the famous City Hall Loop.

When the TTC took over the transportation, from The Toronto Railway Company (in 1921) it set about connecting the Dundas East tracks with the Dundas West tracks. Tracks were built over the bridge across the Don River to Broadview, and over the gap between Victoria and Bay streets, but no through service was established.

In the west, Dundas cars operated from a loop at Runnymede Road, along Dundas Street, to Elizabeth, looping via Elizabeth, Louisa, James and Albert Streets.

When the massive new Eaton Centre development started construction in the early 1970s, the TTC stopped operation to City Hall Loop on a 'temporary' basis. The TTC claimed that the loop would reopen, providing direct streetcar service to the doors of the Eaton Centre, but that never materialized. The City Hall Loop operations moved east on January 6, 1975 to an on-street arrangement of Church, Queen and Victoria. This branch of the streetcar line faded to a rush-hour only operation, and then disappeared altogether on June 20, 1986.

My friend, Kinga was visiting the Bruce Peninsula on the weekend, and took a few gorgeous pictures of the wild orchids that she found growing there....

Dragonboat Races

Here we have  part of the mega line up for the ferry to the Toronto Islands.




This is one of three ferries that traverse the inner harbour.



Nice view of the City.


The competitors are paddling in the lagoon.

Looks like the race is on.....

Queen West

This downtown street is always an interesting place. There never seems to be a shortage of colour.

Every time I stroll along Queen West, there is generally a new storefront.

Below is a picture of the Silver Snail and below that (in a photo merge) is a picture of the Peter Pan restaurant on the corner of Queen and Peter Streets. Neat, eh?

St. James Park

Aahh, spring has officially sprung in the city.

This is the park that is adjacent to St. James Cathedral.

Here, in the Spring, you will find three beds of yellow tulips.






They were planted by the Garden Club of Toronto.

This organization began designing and planting in the gardens around Toronto, as early as 1946.

Together with Landscape Ontario, the Club also co-founded Canada Blooms, the highly successful Toronto spring flower show.
The park's gardens and grass are tended by City workers.