Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station

CPR as in Canadian Pacific Railway. this building was built in 1916 and is situated in uptown toronto, about 5 kilometres north of the CN tower which is in downtown toronto. the building, which was constructed in the 'beaux arts' tradition, consists of a 43-metre (140-foot) clock tower and a three-storey main terminal. "The tower is modelled after the Campanile di San Marco in Saint Mark’s Square in Venice. The main terminal gallery has a 11.6-metre (38-foot) high ceiling supported by marble walls and with elegant bronze suspended light fixtures." (wikipedia)

it is now home to the "liquor control board of ontario" (LCBO) and is one of the largest liquor outlets of the LCBO. for the architure/history buffs, here's a link that has interesting details of this building: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summerhill-North_Toronto_CPR_Station

super busy at the office but partner picked me up to bring me to this place which he thought might interest me. well, yeah!

for a different perspective of this building, may i indulge you? http://365project.org/summerfield/365/2012-09-26

i'm surprised i didn't pick up enough light even with the long exposure of this shot. summer days are definitely long gone and it won't be long until we see darkness at five in the afternoon. oh, well, the good news is spring comes in six months' time. that's only half a year!

used the same settings like the three previous wednesdays:
manual mode
WB auto
shutter speed: 8 sec
aperture value: f5.0
ISO 100
focal length 18mm

and this winds up the same settings wednesday.

thank you, ladies and gents, for your kind views and precious comments; i appreciate everyone of them a lot.

[bkb in the city]

Great shot sumerfield. Love it in b/w. Thanks for the link for all the additional info.Glad that it is still around and being used. We have a CPR Station still standing here in Edmonton and it is used as a restaurant now

[summerfield]

at least they try to restore these old buildings instead of demolishing them and building something that looks like biological laboratories. thank you, brian. @bkbinthecity

[Pam Hawkes]

Well done. I love the railway buildings! They are all so well built. That is an interesting use for it!

[Sally Ings]

Very interesting looking building, nice capture.

[Netkonnexion]

Great shot. Nicely done.

[Peter de Graaff]

Very impressive structure

[Leslie]

What a great POV

[sarra]

great

[Ann H. LeFevre]

This is great in b/w!

[Camille Bisson]

i really like how you can see the hands of the clock in the tower. you did a wonderful job with this shot, Vikki. very nice, like the light in this so much. fav. good contrast.

[Henri Russell]

I love the way the lighting silhouettes the building.

[summerfield]

@pamfromcalgary - thank you, pam. i love old buildings and i love clock towers.

@salza - thank you, sally.

@netkonnexion - thank you, damon.

[Claire]

Lovely night time shot; love that subtle lighting

[summerfield]

@claireuk - thank you muchly, my friend.