Broadview Station. A woman helping a small Philipino woman to take her shopping buggy down the stairs. People going to work. People coming home from work. Some are really well dressed. Some look like cheap weed dealers. A lot of tired people yawning on the streetcar. Most wish to stay home and dedicate themselves to Netflix or other addictive activities. Snow flakes, snow flakes, wait! Sunshine! Dogs in the park. They are so lucky! Running around carelessly in the morning. Gerrard is always so busy! Bahn me sandwiches must be good there! The squeaky turn from Broadview St. to King. Passing Broadview Hotel. Ah yes! 3D tiles in the bathroom and T-shirt talks! Posh place to have a glass of wine and admire expensive lipsticks! Sushi restaurant right on the corner wouldn't be my first choice to eat there!
In between two buildings there is a small store with a neon sign ordering you to "STOMP" or something along the same lines. A tall blond is walking into a coffee shop. Is she buying or working there? I like this part of town. Theatres look like sleeping giants in the morning! A stripped black and white dress in a window of a store looks very 1930'. A woman is walking full speed but typing messages at the same time. There are more zombies around King Street. A man in a crispy purple suit, white shirt and a tie just got off at Bay St. stop. No jacket! A homeless sleeping on the ground by St. Andrew church. People swish by his sleeping bag effortlessly texting. A young woman in a big Roots hat is lighting a cigarette. Toronto's Roy Thomson is so majestic. And there is our beloved CN Tower gently peeking out of the skirts of condominiums hiding her base! Yes it is CN Tower forever! You are not going to make me call it any other name!
I am getting closer to work. The landscape and architecture changes. A lot of old factories. Big red brick buildings, old structures full of resident ghosts following people to work. But now we have parquet floors and fancy neoclassic furniture to style our work places. Liberty Village. My stop. I get off and smile because the scene reminds me of the original 1927 black and white movie Metropolis with only difference, this is running in full colour. March 9, 2018.
