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Toronto By Night
Written by Zhu on May 5, 2010 – 10:06 am16 Comments | 21 Read this
There is something very comforting in walking around in a city after sunset. Contrary to popular belief, most of them don’t turn into cut-throat places and it’s not like you risk your life at every block. Quite the opposite actually: people tend to be more relaxed after a stressful day.
I’ve been in love with night skylines since I lived briefly in a very tall building in the heart of Kowloon in 2001. French cities are beautiful by night but rarely have skyscrapers to offer a good vantage point. Besides, electricity must be more expensive in France because there aren’t as many night lights – good for the environment I guess, but terrible for photographers. When I arrived in Hong Kong, I couldn’t take my eyes off the skyline. I used to sit by the window for hours in the evening — from the 33rd floor, we had a huge bay-window and we overlooked most of Hong Hum and part of Victoria Harbor.
When it comes to night skylines, Toronto has it all: tall buildings, wide and busy streets, condos with lights at all windows, and good vantage points. Throw in a clear sky, a warm night and the funky CN Tower (timing to catch the lights is tricky though!) and the deal is done. It was pitch dark when I shot these pictures at the waterfront, but thanks to long exposure and a laser beam (?!), the sky looks purple and the clouds are like pieces of cotton candy.
You can see the full set of the pictures taken in Toronto here.
 The Red Rocket |
 Yonge Street |
Yonge Street
Condos
The Harbor
Rogers Center and CN Tower
CN Tower and Condos
Across the Water
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Amazing photos Zhu. I’d love to have a condo with a skyline view
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The condos (what actually is a condominium, apart from an apartment? is it something to do with how the apartment building is owned/administered? here we have leasehold, in which case you pay yearly service charges but the landlord is liable for roof repairs, or share of freehold, in which case if the roof goes in, even if you live downstairs you can be liable to pay £1000s.…) yeah anyway they look like the yuppieflats in London’s Docklands… the illuminations are nothing like London though, we don’t really have much stuff like that.… neither do we have trams, apart from one line in South London, which I’ve never been on ~ and I wish we did
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There are certain places where I would never walk alone at night but generally speaking Toronto is a safe & beautiful city — and you captured its beauty at night with your photos!
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I haven’t been to Toronto in over 30 years. Wow, the place sure looks different!
I agree, though, about being in big cities at night. One of the things I like best about midtown Manhattan is walking around after dark, especially in the summer. Now that I live so close to the city, I should take this up again — maybe take some pictures, even.
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Beautiful night skylines, no wonder you fall in love with it! That was an awesome spot you had in HK for the night view!
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