Archive for December 2009

Payphones

On the left, an Irish pay telephone. On the right, a Canadian one. Eircom in Ireland and Bell in Canada used to be the only phone companies but now things are broken up and there are competitors in both countries. If you’re wondering about “telefón,” that’s Irish for “telephone,” nothing to do with the Charles Bronson movie.

Canadian payphone

Canadian payphone provided by Bell Canada. Like many of them, it's out of order.

Irish payphone provided by Eircom

Irish payphone provided by Eircom

Henry Moore

There are sculptures by English artist Henry Moore in both Dublin and Toronto, but Toronto wins this round. The Henry Moore Sculpture Centre at the Art Gallery of Ontario in downtown Toronto has more than 900 of his sculptures and works on paper. Large Two Forms, at the northeast corner of the gallery at Dundas and McCaul, is one of Toronto’s landmarks.

Henry Moore sculpture in Trinity College, Dublin

"Reclining Connected Forms" in Library Square inside Trinity College, Dublin

Henry Moore sculpture outside the Art Gallery of Ontario

"Large Two Forms" outside the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto