Just Around the Corner

Today we walked and walked and walked. Just around the corner (he said), miles and miles (she said). As always it was some where in between. Toronto Public Library for an exhibit about the War of 1812; Chinatown and the Kensington market area, Queen Street past the Osgoode Hall and Old City Hall; on to Eaton Place. Aside from sore feet, no worries. It was a beautiful day to be out walking.

Kensington market has lots of fruit and vegetable vendors and all sorts of small ethnic shops. Fun to wander and poke in and out of shops.

Osgoode Hall built in 1832 and added to over the years houses the Upper Law Courts of Upper Canada. Impressive from both inside and out. Old City Hall is a Richardsonian Romanesque building built in 1899 and is now a courthouse. The new city hall was built in the '60's. It was controversial at the time as so many modern public buildings of the era were. There is a Henry Moore sculpture out in front, and that, too, was controversial.

When we were at the Art Gallery of Ontario yesterday, I noted that I hadn't seen so many Henry Moore sculptures in one place. It turns out he gave the museum over 300 objects from drawings to maquettes to full size sculptures.