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Bloor Yorkville’s 10th Annual IceFest

Posted on March 2, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Since I’m not on a personal 24-hour news cycle, these photos come a little after the fact. A couple weekends ago, Toronto’s Bloor-Yorkville district held its annual IceFest. Just about every DSLR owner in Toronto was there, so I expect there are a gazillion images of the event floating around the Internets. Here’s my contribution to the glut. First up is a photo of a man named Neil standing outside the Bloor-Yonge subway station.

Man begging with red cup

This year’s celebration was Egyptian-themed. I’m not sure if this particular sculpture is supposed to be an Egyptian God. I wonder how long an ice sculpture would last in the Valley of the Kings.

Ice sculptor at work
Ice sculptor with drill

Hordes of people all along Cumberland Avenue:

Crowds of people at Toronto's Icefest 2015

The selfie was the photo of choice.

Taking a selfie at Toronto's IceFest 2015

I was astonished at the number of people, like me, wandering around with DLSR’s.

Photographer shooting in winter

William McElcheran’s Che Fa? I’m goofing around in front of a sculpture is what’s che fa.

William McElcheran's Che Fa?

Not everyone wore appropriate footwear. But hey. It’s Yorkville.

High heels in slush
Child runs past ice sculpture

Not all the sculptures survived Saturday night.

Broken ice sculpture

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