2nd in the Gladstone Hotel series. This shows the Green Wall in the stairwell - this live installation helps to filter the air in the hotel. The Gladstone is dedicated to Green services and Green features.
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This is the 1st in a series of shots taken inside a few of the buildings made available to the public during the recent "Open Doors Toronto" weekend. This event allows the public into many building which may not normally be open to the general public.
This Jewish congregation is in Toronto's Junction neighbourhood, and was opened in 1911. It is a modest building with minimal exterior ornamentation and few grand architectural details. Shown here is a view towards the ark, or aron kodesh, housing the Torah scrolls (visible) against the east wall, ensuring that the congregation always faces towards Jerusalem, in accordance with Jewish religious law.
3-shot handheld HDR; f/5.0; ISO 400; Photomatix Pro and PS CS3.
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The Gladstone Hotel is the oldest conntinuously operating hotel in Toronto. Built in 1889 as a stylish hotel across from the then-existing Parkdale railroad station, it provided rooms for travelers from the Parkdale station as well as visitor and exhibitors at the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE). Its location, on Queen St. West just east of Dufferin St, was once considered the western edge of Toronto. Its design incorporates details from the Greek, Romanesque, Gothic and Renaissance eras. It has recently undergone a complete restoration and was featured in the recent Doors Open Toronto (2011) weekend.
3-shot handheld HDR; f/7.1; ISO 400; 24 mm.
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In a narrow entranceway to the synagogue, here we see the prayer shawls and the Old Testament bibles used by the congregation. This is a very old building, but the floors really have been polished to that gorgeous colour. This is in a very old residential neighbourhood, and out the window we see across the street.
3-shot handheld HDR; f/5.0; ISO 400; Photomatix Pro and PS CS3
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A second look at the small artists' work spaces at 1266 Queen St. W. during the recent Doors Open Toronto weekend.
3-shot handheld HDR; f/4.0; ISO 400
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