![Fountain and boardwalk by City of Toronto Parks and Rec department, marsh and cattails by mother nature. Woodbine Park north of Lakeshore Drive is nearby Ashbridges Bay, so this planned park is reasonably close to the pre-settlement state (Toronto, Thursday) 20100902 1830](http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l855w8G0L11qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
![Seeing off Noah for his flight to Beijing for 2 years at Renmin University. He won’t see this photo because both Tumblr and Facebook are blocked in China. We configured his blog, Google and Skype this morning. (Toronto, Sunday) 20100905 1330](http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8ab5jaz5g1qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
![Melanie Doane in trio at the Shops at Don Mills on outdoor stage. Saw her last at the Horseshoe Tavern circa 2000, which became the Melvin Live album. She joked at the comparison with Tiffany playing shopping malls in the 1990s. (Toronto, Friday) 201009010 1930](http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l8k1x3Kh841qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
![Big hole in the ground, in Regent Park redevelopment, south of Dundas Street, east of Sherbourne. Work in process, tax dollars at work (Toronto) 20100922 1830](http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l966rqDnc81qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
![Lisa Rochon, Globe and Mail architecture critic, launches Revell Toronto Helsinki symposium, introducing the influence of Finnish functionalist modernist architect, Viljo Revell on Canada with the design of Toronto City Hall. 20100923 1845](http://36.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l981yxqcES1qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
![Quiet afternoon at Kamppi, where I am used to seeing festivals. Weather cooler than in Toronto. Number of people wearing hats outnumber the one person I saw in shorts. (Helsinki, Sunday) 20100926 1600](http://40.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l9dv61iPUz1qzaxf4o1_500.jpg)
Looking southwest, the hotels and casinos near the harbour are developments circa 2000.
The east side of the harbour is known as Cockle Bay Wharf, with restaurants, shopping and entertainment
The birds around the concrete pond looked delicate, but were sturdy metal sculptures.
We continued walking south down the east side of the harbour. Continue reading “2009/07/03 Darling Harbour, Cockle Bay, Tumbalong Park, Paddy’s Market, Sydney“