The Verve View: South By Southeast

Here's the view from our commodious 17th floor balcony. The view is not quite as riveting as the view of the skyline, but it's interesting nonetheless. The mid-ground buildings are lower which affords us a better view (a better view of less interesting buildings, I might add).

When Wendy works at the COC, she takes the road in the centre of this image (Homewood Avenue), walks south through Allan Gardens, then continues south and then a bit to the east. Pleasant walk through some dodgy neighbourhoods, about 25 minutes.

Niagara Falls, on a clear day, can be seen...sort of. What you see (not in this image, though) is the mist rising from the falls, creating a small cloud overhead. We can see the buildings that surround the falls. There's one that looks like a space needle. Somewhere down below, at street level, are scores of Elvis impersonators, trinket shops, casinos, tourists, people like the Beers, and likely a Ripley's Believe It Or Not museum.

St.Catherines is mostly visible in the evening and at night. It shows up as a concentration of lights along the far shore of Lake Ontario. All in all, the view is very pleasing and mostly unobstructed. Over time we'll lose more and more of the lake view as more condos are built. Damn condos, and those who dwell in them, scourge of the Earth.