[PHOTO] Earlscourt Park after a storm, grey and blue and green

[PHOTO] Socially distanced at St. Alban’s Square, after 10 pm

St. Alban’s Square, in the Annex, was rather socially distanced earlier this week.

[PHOTO] Seen on a late afternoon in socially distanced Dufferin Grove Park, Saturday

[PHOTO] Me, shorn, at Queen’s Park, 7:22 pm

I really should have gotten an electric shaver before now.

(Yes, I am no longer offering sacrifices of my blood to the blood gods. I am now inclined to believe that these did not work. That said, if anything goes wronger still you now know who to blame.)

[PHOTO] Three photos from parks north of Geary, with dandelions and socially distanced people

[PHOTO] Six photos from Trinity Bellwoods Park, on a COVID-19 Saturday evening (#trinitybellwoods)

I got to Trinity Bellwoods Park yesterday evening after 7:30, after the peak crowd blanketing the lawn that had made social media earlier that day. I only dipped to the north side of the street to take the photos; the crowds were concentrated on the northern side of the park, but there were still crowds.

We are fucked. Toronto is going to have a second wave.

[PHOTO] Three photos of Dovercourt Park Friday evening, looking east and up (#dovercourtvillage)

The Dovercourt Park that anchors my neighbourhood looked fine Friday evening, as I was walking south along Bartlett Avenue.

[PHOTO] Three photos from Yonge and Eglinton, Sunday morning

[URBAN NOTE] Ten Montréal links

• MTL Blog shares this map of the Greater Montréal mass transit network, with a uniform design for all its networks, here.
• Exo commuters in Montréal are decidedly unhappy with the Exo chairperson for the unhelpful tips they gave. CTV News reports.
• Montréal has bought 140 acres of land in the West Island for its planned great park there. CTV News reports.
• Notre Dame East is set to be revamped as an urban boulevard. CTV News reports.
• Controversy over the Royalmount shopping complex grows. CBC reports.
• Montréal is reckoned by a Google team to be a major centre for game development. CTV News reports.
• A new fund seeks to increase the diversity of artists whose works are displayed in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. CTV News reports.
• Montréal mayor Valérie Plante promises to help out record stores fined for being opened past 5 on a weekend. CTV News reports.
• Royal LePage suggests that home values in Montréal will grow sharply in 2020, more than in any other major Canadian city. CTV News reports.

[PHOTO] West across Sherbourne Common