Built to replace the decommissioned R.L. Hearn Thermal Generating Station in the city's Portlands Region, the Portlands Energy Centre is a state-of-the-art, 550MW, natural gas-fired power station that ties into the 115KV transmission system that powers most of downtown Toronto. Rather than sit on the site of the old Hearn plant, the new plant sits on a site adjacent to it.

Greenwood Shops; the heart of the Toronto Transit Commission's subway repairs program. Here, vehicles that enter are gutted down and see repairs that the other facilities cannot handle, such as the retooling of the trucks (wheels), door pneumatic repairs, or complete rebuilds from the ground up. All in a days work for the employees here.

Envisioned in the 1950's to replace the aging City Hall, New City Hall was to be a modernist masterpiece that would also be a city landmark and public space. And now, almost a full half-century after construction, it still stands out as a striking example of modernist architecture, complete with a central public space in Nathan Phillips Square.

Built to channel what was once a tributary to Black Creek, the Westview Greenbelt serves as the storm drainage system for the area south of Lawrence, north of Eglinton, and from Black Creek eastward to the Allen Expressway. While the name of the tributary has since been forgotten, the Westview Greenbelt is distinct enough that it won't be.

As far back as the 1820's, the region of the Canadian Shield where the town of Marmora sits was known for being rich in iron. Mining operations were established to extract the precious metal from the earth, particularly along the Crowe River, where the remains of many operations still stand.

Just upstream on the Chedoke Creek in Hamilton of the Wall of Anguish, Stairway to Paradise is vastly different than most drains. As in, it features two distinct stairways in which water cascades over in small waterfalls, designed to help minimize the impact the water would have as it descends down the escarpment.

I have a special like of bridges. Something about building structures to take people from point A to point B, over the terrain, I guess. Even more fun is the support structure under them, especially if you have catwalks to play around on.

The creek that feeds this drain should be a familiar site to anyone who has driven along Highway 403 in Hamilton... Chedoke Creek runs parallel to the highway right up until Aberdeen Ave, just as the 403 begins it's ascent up the escarpment. Acting primarily as a culvert to carry the creek under Main and King Streets, the double box tunnel (reminiscent of a subway tunnel) is uninteresting. What is interesting, however, is the branch leading off the box tunnels halfway through.

A new condo development along the Toronto waterfront called my name one Saturday afternoon. I heeded that call, climbed 36 floors to the top, all for the view from the top. Construction wise, there wasn't much to see other than building supplies here and there, but it had a great view.

One of the University of Toronto's newer buildings, the Bahen Centre for Information Technology holds many interesting features and some history, despite being built recently.

McLennan Physics is the building on the University of Toronto Downtown campus to hold the honour of being the tallest publically accessible building (the Central Utilities smokestack is taller), which makes it an excellent location to get a high-up view of campus and downtown. Well, it used to be.

One of the oldest and most recognizable buildings on campus, University College, or UC as it is know, is one building that many students with an urge for exploration have attempted in the past, especially in an attempt to stand on top of the main tower.

One of the larger buildings on the U of T St. George Campus, Earth Sciences stands out, especially at night, where the orange glow bathing it's top floor greenhouses can be seen from most spots on campus.

Convocation Hall is one of the University of Toronto's most known buildings. Much like University College (UC), it appears on many official U of T publications, partly because it is connected to the administrative offices in Simcoe Hall, the attached neighbouring building. But there is much more than meets the eye to this old building.