Disembarking from Osgoode station to street level on Friday night recently, I saw some sights.

The Canada Life Building is most noteworthy for its weather beacon, which changes colours to let passersby note the latest Environment Canada weather forecast.

Yet another condo tower rises.

The Four Seasons Centre is a premiere centre for the performing arts in Toronto, most notably of opera.

Campbell House, on the northwestern corner of Queen Street West and University Avenue, is the oldest house remaining in Toronto, dating from 1822 and having been moved to its current location 150 years later.

A typical enough Friday streetscape, this.

Back in the 1990s, 299 Queen Street West was famous across Canada as the home of MuchMusic, Canada's home-grown English-language music video station and star of the CHUM-City empire. As media conglomeration has proceeded and MuchMusic lost relevance as a place for new culture, it has lost much of its charm.

The Canada Life Building is most noteworthy for its weather beacon, which changes colours to let passersby note the latest Environment Canada weather forecast.

Yet another condo tower rises.

The Four Seasons Centre is a premiere centre for the performing arts in Toronto, most notably of opera.

Campbell House, on the northwestern corner of Queen Street West and University Avenue, is the oldest house remaining in Toronto, dating from 1822 and having been moved to its current location 150 years later.

A typical enough Friday streetscape, this.

Back in the 1990s, 299 Queen Street West was famous across Canada as the home of MuchMusic, Canada's home-grown English-language music video station and star of the CHUM-City empire. As media conglomeration has proceeded and MuchMusic lost relevance as a place for new culture, it has lost much of its charm.