Sam, when were you in my neck ofthe woods :P
I see this place every morning getting on the subway

cheers

That looks so amazing. The building look like they are pixels!

oh my! this is beautiful
the top half is like a seen from the future, and then you come back to reality by scrolling down to see the newspapers and trees.
awesome colours!

simply stunning - the tress and the colored boxes just add the flavour.

Because I had to scroll this image, it went from glass, to the tree, to the newspapers. Very nice.

Again & again you come up with amazing shots that blow us away. I have the picture of the pumpkin patch on my desktop at work and everyone loves it. They now see why I always check your site out everyday. I have turned more people into ddoi fantics.

You are the best photoblog photographer I have ever seen.

Keep it up because we love to see your images.

Nice contrast. Geometric, man made structures dwarfing the little trees in front. The newspaper racks add a nice splash of colour. I'm undecided on whether or not I like the car entering the frame though. All in all a nice shot.

the newspaper vending machines make it that much more surreal.

Lovely shot. The building looks like an animation that was photoshopped into the picture. Toronto is lucky to have such nice buildings. Here in Minnesota, the most attractive architecture in my vicinity is the Wal-Mart. I will now throw a rock at the Wal-Mart for being so despicable.

strange feeling about the new city life

I love the blue tones in the top part of the picture.

This is special in my eyes... I like the colours and the ( is clearness the right word ?) of it .. Thnaks !

It's amazing how modern architecture can make for a truely asthetically pleasing photograph. Great color, sky has a notch of a purple tint to it, but could just be monitor difference, or a crazy cool blue shade of sky I never get to see! haha...nice shot.

At first I thought the photo was of a drawing, until I scrolled down to the street level. Wonderful!

lovely contrast between the trees struggling to produce the last energy of the season against the background of glass and concrete. love the light.

Love the geometry of the buildings, and how the light plays differently off the windows depending on their angle. Nice capture, Sam.

Great shot, Sam.
As usual I enjoy your composition and nicely balanced areas, but this time I am fascinated too by the over all "uncluttered, diagramatic" feeling you have given the scene. If you're not careful,you could start a rumour that Toronto is a clean city.
I have tried for a similar effect, using "sharpen edges and blur" repeatedly in post processing, but failed miserably. What is the answer to getting this kind of "polish" to an image?

Thank heavens for the colored leaves and the newspaper boxes for some relief from the wall of blue glass.

I suppose we should be pleased that the glass isn't a square box, but it seems a tad oppressive. It sure wasn't there when I lived in Toronto or last visited in 1985 - but then neither was much of what now dominates. My soft countryside feels good, if lacking in the multitude of photo subjects you find.

Good image. I sure wondered what was at the bottom as it loaded.

What fantastic architecture.

loving the contrast on this one, great shot sam. i need to get downtown and shoot some stuff like this.

- shane

I like the shiny clean building and the contrast withthe little coloured things on the street - what are they by the way?

wahahaha :D
tis funny what architects do. good capture!:D

I'm a really big fan of your stuff, but i dont see too much in this picture. Perhaps its because i live like 2 blocks away from this building and see it every day of my life. I dont think its a bad picture by any means, but i dont see much in it.

Hey! That's my eye doctor(the Vision Institute)!

Great photo, as always. I love the blue contrasted with dark reds of the trees.

Brilliant!

hamishe didani....

The top of the building and the sky looks like a cartoon! Something almost futuristic... It only becomes real with the newspaper vending machines - which I love in general, dont get em in ireland. Such a fantastic shot.

ahh! This is right next to my subway station! :) it looks beautiful here...I should take another look on monday morning...

would be a much better photo if the bottom half was croped out....

Wow the building looks like its a drawing and the contrast between the blue and the red-orange of the trees is amazing.
good job

Bah! The buildings of horror! I spent the past summer working my first full time office job in the Allianz offices on the 2nd floor of the York Mills centre.
Ugh...
Beautiful shot Sam, but way to inadvertently conjure up the horrors of my past...

in my opinion this photo (glass, newspapers fall) kicks that pumpkin ones ass. This is probably on of the best photos youve taken.

how did you squeeze so much into one shot? wide angle lens?

sorry if im asking the obv. im just an amateur at all this.

a reply will be appreciated. thanks.

I work right across the street, and I often eat in the food court in this building, but i rarely see it from the outside since I can just use the connecting tunnel. I have never noticed this building as being interesting before now. You have an ability to capture every day scenes in toronto and make them beautiful and interestin.

Why don't you take pictures of the ROM from the Hyatt Hotel lounge on the 18th floor? Or any pictures of the ROM being built?

http://www.archinect.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=search&type=full&search=libeskind+rom

re : photo of Yonge and York Mills

When did you get to Toronto? Er, could we have a bit of explanation, sort of as in journal logs to go with these photos?
The phots by the way are very good.

I would have cropped the bottom out...IMHO ;)

Personally, I think it would look better if you just took the top of the buildings, the street makes it dull.