Monday, March 02, 2009
Blog Guelph: Heart
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Blog Guelph: Hillside Festival - Very Merry-go-round.
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Blog Guelph: Hillside Festival - Think about Life rocked the tent.
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Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Blog Guelph: Skipper
Monday, April 28, 2008
Blog Guelph: Smile Kid
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Blog Guelph: Forsythia
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Blog Guelph: 264 woolwich
Friday, February 08, 2008
Blog Guelph: Up to Our Neck
Gem of the Day
~SR~
Click the photo in any post and see much more than you could ever imagine.
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Monday, January 07, 2008
Blog Guelph: Frosted Flakes
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Blog Guelph: Yet Again.......
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Blog Guelph: Kissed by a Kid
And finally - this charmer.
Who can resist kids kissing kids?
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Monday, September 17, 2007
Blog Guelph: Don't Have A Cow
One of the beautiful things about technology that continues to amaze me is just how fragile it can be.
Take Blog Guelph for instance. Sure Downtown Lynn and I dutifully blog a plethora of digital images five days a week for your viewing pleasure. And gratefully, you in turn flock to our url to see said photos.
It all happens so smoothly that we begin to believe that just like the rising and setting of the sun, Blog Guelph will always be waiting for our pleasure.
And then - something happens with the - technology - and wham bam sorry man, click and refresh all you want - you ain't gonna get anywhere cause anywhere has been swallowed!
Used to be that I would 'have a cow' when cyber shit hit my fan. Now - well, I go outside and look for the sun.
Please enjoy today's series brought to you by a talented team of Guelph photographers. Click the pics.
Sue Richards
A special thanks to Barking Dog Studios for sifting through the cyber poop and restoring Blog Guelph.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
Blog Guelph: City of Guelph Seeks New Slogan
The City of Guelph head honchos are retiring our rather dated and dull village logo and slogan and making way for a crisp new look and a trio of potential slogans that YOU can have your say about.
If you click on this link, you will be able to view and vote on two new logos and three new slogans - which I will offer up here just in case this encourages you further. You never know - one may just jump out and bite yah!
City of Guelph - Vibrant
City of Guelph - Experience Creativity
City of Guelph - Makes a Difference
As a way of warming you up to the task, I proudly present today's series of sign, logo and slogan photos from around our fair and fun filled town.
Photographer Cool-Baby provided the 'sign of vegatable' photo for today. Click on any photo on Blog Guelph to see more images by the image maker.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: Signs and Logo of a Farmer
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Blog Guelph - Summertime!
Monday, June 25, 2007
Blog Guelph - Royal City School of Ballet
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Thursday, June 07, 2007
Blog Guelph - Sheba
Many of us believe elephants are symbols of wisdom, strength and luck.
Here's hopin'.
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Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Blog Guelph: Cool Baby!
Cool Baby aka M.J. Stubbs - one of our Guelph Flickr pool clan - is having an show of his wonderful art work (of which I own a piece) in the Big Smoke of Toronto at the Steam Whistle Brewery. To view some of his work on-line, I invite you to check out M. J.'s blog - Reasonable Art.
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Thursday, April 26, 2007
Blog Guelph: The Pagani Style
Dario Pagani was born in Milan Italy and moved to Guelph in the 1930's. His first home located at 49 Metcalfe Street was built in 1936 by Dario for his family and has been deemed the first "modern" house in Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: The Delhi Street Apartments
If you're cruising down Eramosa Road toward downtown Guelph, you can't help but notice this three story, nicely proportioned apartment block on the right hand side, facing Delhi Street. Built in 1936 by Dario - it was a rare bird in the early Guelph landscape of no apartments.
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Blog Guelph: College Avenue Public School
Richard Pagani designed College Ave P.S., located just west of Edinburgh Rd on College in 1959. His Boston M.I.T. education and influence are touted as the reason behind the odd design.
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Blog Guelph: 13 Evergreen Drive
Thirteen Evergreen was built in 1961 by Richard, with his father's help, to be used as his own home. A few year's ago, it was featured in the annual Doors Open Guelph (coming up this weekend) and has been designated a heritage building by the City of Guelph.
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Blog Guelph: 6 Tobey Avenue
Number 6 Tobey, which I have never laid eyes on, was designed in 1960 by Ricard Pagani and features redwood walls and a flat, eave less roof.
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Blog Guelph: Omark Building
You may recognize this as the Blount Building.
I found this on the company website: "In 1965 a new building of 85,000 square feet was constructed on a 17-acre site on the present Edinburgh Road site. The new building won a national architecture award."
Funny that they wouldn't mention the architects name; Richard Pagani.
Other Pagani inspired structures have already gone the way of the wreaking ball - including Memorial Gardens - which is currently being transformed into the new City of Guelph Administration building.
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Thursday, April 05, 2007
Blog Guelph: Crowning Moments in the Royal City
Jan Hall: Definitely the municipal election campaign programming and specifically our live broadcast from the River Run Center on election night.I get goosebumps just
thinking about it. We kicked Rogers ass that night!
You certainly got me to get my ass down to the River Run that night. Your team was terrific.
~interview continued in next blog post~
Photo taken by Cool Baby from College Royal who claims, "Her name was Shania. She kissed me, then tried to eat my camera."
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Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Blog Guelph: Matthew Bell - Life Carved in Stone
This will be the third set in the three part series about one of Guelph's talented stonemasons, Matthew Bell. My thanks go out to photographer Cool Baby for feeding me this incredible story.
To view part one and two of the Matthew Bell series, please check through the January archives by clicking on the link in the right hand sidebar. Part one appeared on January 15th. Part Two was posted on January 17th.
Matthew Bell carved the front of The Church of Our Lady Immaculate.
In my opinion, this in itself more than sums up Matthew Bells impact on our community.
There is a myth that he died from a fall while working on the church but there is nothing to support that story in the historic archives of the church or the Guelph Mercury.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: St. Boniface Cathedral, Maryhill, Ontario
Gil Stelter, Guelph's go to history guy, claims that St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church was the only church designed by Matthew Bell. Built in 1877, it stands on the highest elevation in the area - a 10 minute drive north west of Guelph.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: St Boniface Main Entrance
According to Cool Baby, there are three sets of the carvings like the ones on either side of the door, running all the way up the front steeple.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: The Mysterious Lady, The Burglary and The Lost Love.
This story comes from the brochure put out by the Woodlawn Cemetery.
" The mysterious lady appeared at the cemetery one morning, placed by an unknown benefactor (sometime between 1903 and 1905).
The statue has been attributed to Matthew Bell. It was one of the statues stolen from the grounds of 40 Albert street. The house at one time had belonged to Bell.
The Grundy family, the owners at the time of the theft, spent summers in Kincardine. While they were away several carved figures were stolen from the grounds.
Local lore speculates that an unknown admirer placed the statue at the grave of Clara Snowden (d 1903 aged 36 yrs).
The limestone statue would have probably been carved during the winter months from a block of soft limestone selected from Bell's own quarry on Water Street."
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: The Bell Family Plot
Matthew Bell died on June 28th, 1880. He rests, with his family, in St. Joseph's Cemetery in Guelph.
It is believed he carved the stone as the detail and motifs are the same as many of his buildings. Sadly, four of his ten children died during the 1870's.
The cemetery can be accessed off Westmount Road in Guelph.
Sue Richards
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Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Blog Guelph: Matthew Bell - A Stonemason's Story continues...
On Monday I introduced the Guelph stonemason Matthew Bell by showing off the homes he built and lived in. Thanks to our Flickr photographer Cool Baby - our exploration of Matthew's body of work continues with todays series.
The rather gruesome face is perched over the right hand side window on the main floor of Old City Hall. The mayor's office window is directly above. It's pretty evident that carving such a piece would require incredible talent .
Having worked in the arts for 25 years in this town, I can proudly claim that creative talent is an asset that Guelph continues to have - in spades!
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: Guelph City Hall
This fine fellow - thought to be Zeus - hangs out over the front entrance to Guelph's Old City Hall.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 25 Manor Park Crescent
Bell's first house sits beside this stone mansion. Cool Baby dug up this tidbit of information from Heritage Guelph.
" Built circa 1857 for Arthur Wells, “Manor Park” is one of the principle stone residences in the City of Guelph. Built from limestone quarried on the property, the house, which faces the Speed River, originally occupied a 10 acre site known as “Wells’ Grove” under the ownership of Arthur Wells."
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: Portico at Johnston Green
Stone Road and Stone Road Mall were both named after the Stone family. This portico - which is likely the most photographed structure at the University of Guelph thanks to the thousands of annual graduates that pose between its pillars - was the front portico of the Stone family home. Matthew Bell did the carvings.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 264 Woolwich Street
This historically designated gem appears abandon midway through extensive renovations. Apparently some issues emerged.
Matthew Bell did the stonework. Canadian author Jean Little lived her for a time.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 93 Wyndham Street
Next time you're downtown, take a gander at the stonework above Robinson Flowers on the north end of Wyndham Street, east side of the Street. Matthew Bell - busy man that he was - is listed as the masonry contractor.
I find it inspiring to review this man's body of work and wonder if he had any awareness of the impact his skill and talent would have on future generations - let alone that he would be spun through the blogosphere on Blog Guelph.
There's more Matthew Bell work to come. Big cheer goes to Cool Baby for inspiring us with this fascinating photo enhanced story.
Sue Richards
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Monday, January 15, 2007
Blog Guelph: A Story About Matthew Bell
Blog Guelph would like to start the week off with a series of photos that focus on our architectural heritage.
Matthew Bell arrived in Guelph sometime after 1850. According to Cool Baby - to whom this series of photos and research is credited - Bell appears on the 1871 Guelph census as a Stonemason from England. Our local King of History, Mr. Gil Stelter has written that Bell arrived in Guelph from Newcastle.
This house, located at 281 Water Street was the first house built by Bell in 1856-60. Cool Baby tells me that this photo is part of an inventory of photos stored at our main library. CB did a funky edit job on the image to erase an unfortunate addition.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 281 Water Street 1974 and 2006
Photographer Cool Baby attempts to illustrate why the City of Guelph could do with a good set of heritage building protection laws by presenting a before and an after shot of 281 Water Street.
Recently while on one of those meandering Sunday walks, I ended up in this backyard - not realizing any of the historic significance of my location - yet curious about the large squared limestone chunks strewn about.
Apparently the house was used as the servant quarters for 25 Manor Park.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: House of Heads
Bell's second house - The House of Heads - sits beside the John McCrea House/Museum on Water Street. According to Cool Baby, Matthew Bell lived here.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: Detailed House of Heads
Not the most cheerful lot of heads - a total of eight unknown grimacing guys adorn the Water Street House of Heads. Perhaps these dudes were former employers of Bell.
I wonder if Bell realized that he was contributing to Guelph's cultural heritage as he did his carvings.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 40 Albert Street
Directly behind the Water Street House of Heads, you'll find Matthew Bells third home, now known as the 'Bell-Carlton House'.
Sue Richards
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Blog Guelph: 49 Albert Street
Here Bell changes his artistic focus from grimacing men to bovine heads and a wreath like motif. Cool Baby notes that this is the same relief work that can be found on the Johnston Green Portico at the University of Guelph - yet another work of art by Matthew Bell.
The Matthew Bell series will continue.
Sue Richards
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Friday, November 10, 2006
Blog Guelph: Remember Before
Photographer Cool-Baby offers this view of progress in Guelph. Click the picture to read the comments so far.
Sue Richards
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Blog Guelph: Stone Road Bridge
If you head out of town on Stone Road towards the east, you'll come across this lovely bridge. Thankfully when the 'new and wide' bridge was put in last year, this beauty was spared the wreaking ball. Trails lead off on both sides of the river at this point. The bridge is also a common pull out/ put in point for canoeheads.
Cool-baby gives us this sweet perspective.
Sue Richards
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Friday, May 19, 2006
Blog Guelph: Downtown
To the left of the diner sits Dino's Athletics. Dino wears a beanie with a propeller on top, runs the store with his dog Lurch and operates a summer camp called Sneakers n' Sandwiches. He’s a loyal supporter of all things athletic.
Yes, 'character' would be an appropriate tag.
Sue Richards
Cool-baby photo from beloved Flickr.
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