ShonTron
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I was there on Saturday June 16 for Doors Open Kingston. I only saw a few buildings, the highlight was a Martello tower not normally open to the public.
After leaving Belleville, I drove through Prince Edward County and the Glenora Ferry, a short ride that is a free service.
Kingston has to have the best downtown of a medium sized city in Ontario - full of life, a mix of independant retailers and restaurants and national chains like Indigo and Gap. I highly recommend the Sleepless Goat for really good coffee and light meals (it doesn't hurt that it's a workers' co-op and is all fair trade, with anti-Bush decor). I had dinner at a Cambodian restaurant which was very nice.
Princess Street, the main drag.
Kingston Police wasted no time adding blue lights with the recent HTA changes. First time I seen this so far in Ontario. (sigh)
The back of the City Hall was recently renovated, eliminating a parking lot and making it a full-time square.
The black traffic lights look much nicer than standard Ontario yellow in the downtown.
New signage copies our old stamped signs (while we're too cheap to retain those).
City Hall
Finished in 1844 and intended to house the colonial legislative assembly.
Old CP station across the street.
Martello tower tour.
Royal Military College and a old minor fort (not the larger Fort Henry) across the water.
St. George's Anglican Cathedral:
Armoury
Court House
Kingston Pen
Old Warden's house is now a small, cute museum. Some of the displays include shanks, shivs, shackles, and articles for the use of corporal punishment, including a restraining table and whips.
The old Kingston Mental Health Centre is fenced off, but still standing.
Controversal new hockey arena downtown.
New waterfont condos
A few Queen's buildings.
After leaving Belleville, I drove through Prince Edward County and the Glenora Ferry, a short ride that is a free service.
Kingston has to have the best downtown of a medium sized city in Ontario - full of life, a mix of independant retailers and restaurants and national chains like Indigo and Gap. I highly recommend the Sleepless Goat for really good coffee and light meals (it doesn't hurt that it's a workers' co-op and is all fair trade, with anti-Bush decor). I had dinner at a Cambodian restaurant which was very nice.
Princess Street, the main drag.
Kingston Police wasted no time adding blue lights with the recent HTA changes. First time I seen this so far in Ontario. (sigh)
The back of the City Hall was recently renovated, eliminating a parking lot and making it a full-time square.
The black traffic lights look much nicer than standard Ontario yellow in the downtown.
New signage copies our old stamped signs (while we're too cheap to retain those).
City Hall
Finished in 1844 and intended to house the colonial legislative assembly.
Old CP station across the street.
Martello tower tour.
Royal Military College and a old minor fort (not the larger Fort Henry) across the water.
St. George's Anglican Cathedral:
Armoury
Court House
Kingston Pen
Old Warden's house is now a small, cute museum. Some of the displays include shanks, shivs, shackles, and articles for the use of corporal punishment, including a restraining table and whips.
The old Kingston Mental Health Centre is fenced off, but still standing.
Controversal new hockey arena downtown.
New waterfont condos
A few Queen's buildings.