OK, this may bee very easy.
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/420/sany0033qe3.jpg

It is.

the Big Apple in Brighton Ontario.


ya ya ya... you sound like my wife! :)

It is the Big Apple but I think it is in Colborne
http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/9108/sany0031uv9.jpg

You're right, Colborne is closer. It's just that whenever I hitch-hiked through the area, Brighton made more of an impression on me (due to standing under the overpass there for hours)

I will find a pic.

where is this?

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...rioushouse.jpg

I think it's on Coxwell just south of Gerrard in Toronto.

I know I've driven by it a few times and seen it in the papers.

That's fuckin cool, wonder what the interior looks like.

Like this:
http://www3.sympatico.ca/spacesbyrohan/157coxwell.html

http://www3.sympatico.ca/spacesbyroh...es/livrm-1.gif
http://www3.sympatico.ca/spacesbyroh...s/bathwall.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/spacesbyroh...ges/bathrm.jpg
http://www3.sympatico.ca/spacesbyrohan/images/third.jpg




Where is this? (I hope I am not repeating something)

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/StevenMurphy001/Temp/photo?authkey=UjR5dOgSIIc#5175160490422909810"><img src="http://lh4.google.com/StevenMurphy001/R9HdC_9LO3I/AAAAAAAACX0/1x5zHIoyiOk/s800/water.jpg" /></a>

right you are Charlatan... just midway between Dundas & Gerrard on the east side of Coxwell.


Your pic ... isn't that the new beach at Harbourfront on Toronto?

Game on Leto. HTo Park.

ok, let's see if this can attract any accurate guesses:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...o_2000/up2.jpg

Muskoka?

Somewhere in northern Ontario - note the pink granite in the aggregate used in the road construction.

In southern ontario, it would be limestone which is grey here.

In northen Ontario, they use a lot of granite due to it being everywhere.

Though not as far north as Timmins. The granite seems to die out around New Liskeard.

it's not Ontario. This patch of road is actually quite significant and is a destination.

Magnetic Hill in Moncton New Brunswick?

I'd say JTK has it...

Magnetic Hill? Cool.

I don't know enough about Canada.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/PB280011.jpg

There ya go....

JTK, you got it. very impressive.


Your pic is in Ontario, I recognize the Beer Store in the background

It is ontario yes, but you'll need to be more specific than that.

The photo was taken by yours truly whilst out looking at railings actually.

:)

is this in Kitchener?

Nope.

Toronto.....

there is something about that Beer Store that rings a bell... I just can't place it, yet.

It's got an industrial feel to and I want to say that its in the Thorncliffe or Laird Ave. area of town.

Negative.

Quite the opposite in fact.

:)

Is this in Yorkville? I'm thinking Cumberland....

Getting warmer, but not Yorkville, no.

If I post a view of this fountain from the other direction, you'd know it in a heart beat....

Pft, all you guys are from the east. I don't stand a chance. I have been to Toronto for a total of about 8 hours.

That Beer Store is familiar... I have been looking at Beer Store locations on Google Maps and I just can't place it...

Hehe.... well, there used to be a strong (and enjoyable) western rep on this thread... my next pic (if i get a chance) will be a western one for sure...

As for this current view from JTK... Would this fountain be a memorial or acknowledgment of some group? Iron workers by any chance?

Not as far as I am aware.....

Here's a clue....

I was out looking at railway bridges for a job I was working on when I took this shot. So, it's close (very close) to a railway bridge!!!!

It's a very unique fountain as well.

That's has to be at Summerhill LCBO on Yonge Street, right on the south side of the bridge.

this is in fact the fountain in front of the summerhill LCBO at Yonge & Summerhill. I just returned from there (with some very nice wine).

Sweet!!

I don't think that Beer Store is on the Beer Store website...

OK. This is a little different. It's an older photo but I think there are some significant clues in the shot itself.

<a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/StevenMurphy001/Temp/photo?authkey=UjR5dOgSIIc#5178940383765937026"><img src="http://lh5.google.com/StevenMurphy001/R99K1v9LO4I/AAAAAAAACYU/jcykG3x3p2Y/s800/Where.jpg" /></a>

Is that in Victoria? I know they have trolley down the middle of the street. Are those trolley lines?

It's not Victoria and this street no longer has streetcar tracks. They've long since been removed.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/PB280005.jpg

The other view. This would have been waaayyy too easy.

Yes, it is the tipping fountain in front of the old CPR Summerhill Station located on the CPR North Toronto Subdivision.

Here is a picture of the Yonge Street Subway. (Subway being the correct name for a railway carrying bridge over a roadway.)

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/PB280008.jpg







It's on "the Danforth" looking east from Broadview.

I recognize the steeple in the background.

The old Street car tracks were removed when the City built the Bloor / Danfort line in the 50's.

That's close enough. It's a little east of Broadview at the intersection of Logan and Danforth.

And the steeple was what I thought would give it away.

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/DSCN4617.jpg

There you go......

Taken by yours truly and recently designated a "historical structure"

BTW, I read in the Globe and Mail today that it was 50 years ago that Toronto council voted unanamously in favour for the construction of the Danforth Subway. Too bad we can't have that sort of political will today.

Are these stairs in the Logan and Gerrard area?

Nooop.

Right city, wrong location....

Sadly, long since abandonned.

Queen & Gladstone area?

warmer, but nope.

King & Dufferin?

Getting hot....

But still not there.

Those stairs are indeed historical.

The steps leading down from the west side of Dufferin to the old CNE train platform? I've always been curious as to how it was used and when it went out of service.

My guess is that the rail access to the CNE grounds were rejigged when Exhibition Stadium was built.

or... given JTK's "historical" prodding, are these steps leading down from Bathurst to the site of "Historic" Fort York? (Or King?)

Fres is correct.

They are indeed the abandoned stairs to the old CNE Train Station. They were built in 1911 at the same time as the Overhead (the bridge over the tracks). The stairs, the old platforms, the old pedestrian lighting are still in place.

They were probably taken out of service when they built the new CNE station, however, I think the the old location is the superior location since there is better access to the residents of Parkdale. Mind you, if you're living in Parkdale, you have TTC galore at your fingertips to go downtown.

The entire area is currently being "re-thunk" by the TTC and the City of Toronto as part of the new TTC initiative - "Transit City" where they are proposing to build a pile of dedicated Street car lines. Dufferin Street is very much up in the air. The local councilor (Joe Pantelone) is pushing hard for a dedicated street car line running from the Lakeshore in the CNE north along Dufferin, across the bridge and right up to Bloor Street. This would require the existing bridges across the Gardiner and tracks to be removed and replaced. (Hopefully with an amazing new cable stayed bridge - the new Dufferin Gate)

Part in parcel with the Transit City initiative is an Eglinton Dedicated Street Car. I personally think that this is silly. Eglinton needs a subway, not a street car. (As does Queen.) Unfortunately, the political will just isn't there (the feds and the province don't want to fund it and the city doesn't want to push for it.)

Here's the link to the current "Transit City" proposal if you are so interested in the future of transit in Toronto.

IMHO, a Dedicated Street car on Jane, Dufferin, Don Mills, etc. is all well and good, but we NEED SUBWAYS on Eglinton and Queen.

http://www.transitcity.ca/index.php?...d=16&Itemid=30


Here's another view of the old station.....

http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c5...4/P7180030.jpg

very cool. Thanks JTK.

Can we post a picture out of turn?

Go for it Milnoc!

I drive the Gardiner every day and I find that stretch very interesting. Farther west along the embankment below the tracks, there's an old wire and log fence that I bet dates back over 100 years. There's also a large concrete pad that I suspect once held a light standard.

Back in the mid 90's I used to work at King and Atlantic and took the GO train in from Oakville. There was no northbound crossover from the CNE platform to the Liberty village side so I had to take the train all the way downtown and then doubleback in the King Streetcar, adding a 1/2 hour to my commute. Even though I don't work there any more I find it gratifying that they've rectified the situation and allowed GO passengers to disembark into that part of the city.

In anticipation of Milnoc's post, here's a photo of one of GO Transit's spiffy new engines:
http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a1...osts/GO601.jpg

Here's my contribution (not necessarily in my home town).

http://www.milnoc.com/images/P9090011.JPG

Need a hint?

Spoiler: Nation's capital.

Well yeah, it might help.

Nice bridge btw.

I wanted to wait just in case a local spotted it right away.

Second hint:

Spoiler: What do you see behind the bridge? Most locals will recognize the style and will know approximately where to look for the answer.

is it the side of part of the canal?

that's definitely part of the canal system. is that brown's park inlet? i used to live near there and that looks a lot like it. the willows especially.

No, it's not Brown's Inlet. But you're all on the right track!

patterson creek?

You've got it Leto! Patterson Creek! What you see in the picture is the West side of O'Connor Street bridge.

wow. Pulled that one right out of my ass. Been there once, thought it looked familiar.
Ok, off to find a pic.. brb

here we go:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1..._2000/vic6.jpg

Crap. Patterson Creek was my next guess... had a few picnics there back in the day. I am going to have to think about Leto's post.

............

Oops...never mind. I didn't realize I had to guess first then post pics.

Guessing what it is seems to be a bit easier than where it is, as for where it is, just a broad guess as to province or territory I'd have to say NB, where exactly in NB I have no clue.

Looks like a small museum that just opened... Or a fancy customs office maybe?

I'm thinking customs office.

Somewhere on the plains maybe... the sculpture out front looks like a native on a horse with a war spear...

I was thinking museum or maybe a condo sales office.

Geographically, Charlatan is a little closer. It's definitely not in the east. The ground is very dry. Here a pictorial hint:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...000/vic6-1.jpg

I've un masked some of the building's name.

The B.C. Visitor's Center at Osoyoos.

xxSquirtxx, if that's the right answer, you go ahead and post your picture. I've already cut in line with my contribution.

very good Milnoc, game on. Feel free to contribute if Squirt is anavail..

I'm "fudging" my next contribution as we speak... :)

Squirt, go for it! I'll post mine tomorrow morning only if you don't respond by then.

It's morning. Here's the next one. Again, it's not necessarily in my home town
http://www.milnoc.com/images/PC280146-XG1.JPG
I'll provide hints after lunch.

i have a feeling the JTK will be able to expound on this at length!


is it the Rainbow Bridge?

No, not the Rainbow bridge.

Here's the next hint. Yes, it's another bridge.

Let's zoom out a bit...

http://www.milnoc.com/images/PC280146-YB2.JPG

This is good. It's been a while since we did undersides of bridges...

Lion's Gate Bridge - Vancouver

Sticky's got it!

Here are the remaining shots.

http://www.milnoc.com/images/PC280146-ZE3.JPG

http://www.milnoc.com/images/PC280146-ZWFull.JPG

http://www.milnoc.com/images/PC280132.JPG

I'll have to get myself a scanner before it's my turn again so I can dig into my collection of b&w slides and Polaroid prints.

OK. Here we go.

http://img379.imageshack.us/img379/6780/example2hu3.jpg

Regent Park?

No, it is not Regent Park.

Yorkville English Academy? It was severely damaged when the Uptown Theater collapsed.

It is not Yorkville English Academy.

Hint #1 - A little bit wider view:
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5134/example4fj2.jpg

WINNIPEG ARENA!

I just found a similar image on Google!

Yes, it is Winnipeg Arena.

This is from my phone. Sorry for the crappy resolution.

http://www.milnoc.com/images/SSPX0013-AX1.jpg

A historical event occurred near here.

Fisgard Lighthouse?

Nope! Not Fisgard Lighthouse.

Pointe-au-Pere's lighthouse, Rimouski Quebec?

That's it! The Pointe-au-Père lighthouse, in the area where the Empress of Ireland ocean liner sank, having been hit under the water line by the Norwegian collier, the Storstad. The ship quickly filled with water and sank within 14 minutes. 1012 people lost their lives on the morning of May 29, 1914; there were only 465 survivors.

The area has been converted into a local museum where the ship's tragic history is preserved. More info on the tragedy can be found on-line on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_of_ireland .

Here's the complete shot of the lighthouse.

http://www.milnoc.com/images/SSPX0013-DCFull.jpg

Ok, I think I'll try this one:

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...000/bridge.jpg

Capilano Suspension Bridge in Vancouver?

The Lynn Canyon Park suspension bridge?

I'd go with Lynn Canyon...

yes, game on Milnoc. New talent with a penchant for Canadian sites! I thought I would throw a curve with the lesser known Lynn Canyon... (It's also free compared to Capilano).

All right. Let me throw a curve ball here. Not only must you answer the next one correctly, you must also say WHY you think your answer is correct! It's something very specific!

http://www.milnoc.com/images/SSPX0114.jpg

Is this at Casino Rama in Ontario, where the woman just won a jackpot of nearly $9 million?

Nope!

BTW, that was just a standard $625 jackpot win.

Niagra Casino - becuase they have Double Diamond machines from IGT?

Cognawaga (sp?) because of the French on the machine? (I don't know, I don't frequent casinos).

Actually I think that the hint has to do with the trees in the reflection of the slot machine glass. That is my guess but that has not yet helped e find out where it is.

The reflection in the glass is not the WHY. That's just a fluke. But you're getting close! Keep looking!

OK I will try again.

Niagra Casino becuase the double diamonds on the slot machine are surrounded by the Niagra Casino green oval from their logo.