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The Urban Sublime #2: Deathcicles

Icicles

Icicles hanging from the eaves

I was roaming the house while chatting long-distance with my mom (it is one of my quirks that I never, ever sit while on the phone; at work I put as many calls as I can on speaker so I can pace my office while I talk). I don’t know what made me pull aside the ...
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Introducing: The Urban Sublime

Bloor Street Viaduct

Bloor Street Viaduct, from the Lower Don Recreation Trail

If you happen to be following the Lower Don Recreation Trail under the Bloor Street Viaduct when an east-west subway train is on its way to either the Broadview or Castle Frank stations, you might, as I did on the summer morning when I took this photo, experience a sense of the ...
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