There is a great write up on this are and some history of the silo and property by @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social
BTW If you're not following @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social on here, you should.
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Painting dated to Sept 1998 and credited to a John Hyslop.
The silo as it currently sits in Ron Watson Park directly south of Tam O'Shanter golf course
There lies a rural relic in Aginxourt neighborhood of Scarborough.
An old silo sitting in Ron Watson Park. Today I stumbled on a painting of a farm that included the silo.
This is the only depiction (no photos) Ive encountered of this structure in this state
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Former ferry Bluebell, sitting as a breakwater on the Leslie Spit.
Not sure when she got here, she's on aerial photos as far back as 2005.
@jeremyhopkin.bsky.social @notsmoothsteve.bsky.social @bobgeorgiouto.bsky.social Any ideas?
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Memories of Ski Hills past.
All that's left of the former Don Valley Ski Hill at Lawrence & DVP.
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A rare early March snowshoe through Morningside Ravine.
We've finally had a "real" winter for the first time in many years.
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Gray Mill Barn and former dam site where the bridge now stands. Dating from the 1830s it's a rare reaming milling structure on the Don River.
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Found a vestige of a bygone era...
I won't lie, I do miss his drunken stupors and his propensity for having more than enough to eat at home.
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