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toronto open house, part I

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Today I joined some fellow photographers from pentaforums.com to tour some interesting sites.

Toronto's putting on an "open house" of sorts for a variety of historically interesting buildings; it's called Doors Open Toronto, and the draw is that you can tour some places that are typically not open to the public. We started with a site in "Cork Town", the oldest continuously used church in Toronto called the Little Trinity Church. This has an old school house on its property as a bonus.

Second, we went to an odd concrete building wedged between two alleys on Gilead Place; it's now home to an architectural firm, but has in the past served home to all manner of businesses. With an old industrial vibe to it, it's essentially a pair of garage bays retrofit with a bunch of nice wooden details. Great for some photography.

We made a plan to then head across the city's east end to the great "Palace of Purification", the R.C. Harris water filtration plant that handles nearly 50% of Toronto's drinking water intake and purification. I cycled over on my own and while I didn't meet up with the others again I found it interesting enough that I made plans to meet with Mari and Kenny and head back for a second look.

We spent the rest of the day taking it pretty easy.