Exploring the University of Toronto

During a couple of lunch hours, John then Nick and George came with me to the University of Toronto campus to photograph the beautiful buildings with what seems centuries old Ivy.

We started our adventure at Falconer Hall. Thanks to Bharat's trusty D100 IR camera, I was able to make something of what was a very bland sky

The Ivy is so impressive 

Next was Flavelle house that was built in 1902. Great columns.

We took the walking path towards Trinity College which is where we would spend most of our time. Along the way, the peaks of the college looked so much like a castle and the IR trees made for great fake clouds.

Honestly, the closer you get to the college, the more you feel that you are back in the turn of the century.

Trinity College was built in 1925 and boasts this beautiful courtyard. I was trying to get a 360 shot like my buddy John but this was the best that I could do. John's is far better. At least you get a bit of the sense of it.

The courtyard or quad is filled with beautiful architectural features. The yard was recently upgraded in 2007 where the asphalt walkways were replaced by intricate flagstone. The doors and staircases are magnificent.. 

Impressive sculptures carved right into the doorways. They almost dare the student to do better all the time.

The windows are all adorned with what is likely leaded stained glass. The colours were much more vivid that this shot shows

Leaving Trinity college you walk through these doors

And out these ones. I am starting to wish I went to this university when I was young.

As you walk south you pass by Wycliffe Tower which was built in 1891......

.... and you come to the Soldiers tower. The Soldiers tower was built in 1924 and has all of the Alumni who have lost their lives during the 1st and the 2nd war.

You can't really see it here but the stained glass is a representation of "In Flanders Fields" along with other pieces that depict the men and woman of the arm forces.

Moving even more south now, you can still see the medieval world that lies just past the surrounding trees.

 There was one last sculpture that caught my attention. I don't know anything about it but I loved the way it sort of stood proudly, almost guarding the campus.

 This is the Donnelly Ctr Cellular & Biomolecular Residence built in 2004. As if to just prove that the University of Toronto is progressive and not stuck in the late 1800's

Hope you liked this walk through the University of Toronto campus.