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20180106. Swansea Public School is an amalgamation of building additions including enlargements in 1928, 1953, 1985 and 2016.
20180105. Bipedalism through translucent glass flooring at Toronto’s Brookfield Place.
20180104. Following the seam between bridge spans in the underpass. CN Rail bridge, St. Clair Ave E, Scarborough Junction.
An underground parking exit ramp can be made elegent with the use of patterned precast concrete.
20180102. The brighter light at the end of the tunnel (and contrast between efficient, new light fixtures and shiny, old, inefficient ones in a Bay Station walkway).
20180101. Walking in the late winter afternoon shadow of the Harbour Plaza Residences.
20171231. Hope you have a Happy 2018! Thanks for looking!
20171230. Going down into the underground guided by red pipes and yellow curbs.
20171229. Two hands and the semi-rejuvenated International Style (of 26 Wellington).
20171228. Demolishing heritage architecture on College St to make way for the Design Haus condos.
20171227. Strong lines relate the modernist Burton Tower (McLennan Physical Laboratories) to the contemporary One Spadina (John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design) north facade.
20171226. The East United Condos will retain only the west and south facades of the 1906 Christie, Brown & Co. Stables building. See before and after images below.
20171225. One Spadina’s contemporary west entrance befits its 1875 neo-gothic half.
20171224.Going down to platform level at the Highway 407 Station on the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension (II). Merry Christmas!
20171223. A wide angle view across the Union Station train shed.
20171222. The medium is the message at Yonge-Dundas Square.
The VIVA VMC BRT Station (VMC = Vaughan Metropolitan Centre, BRT = Bus Rapid Transit).
20171220. The elevator shaft as centrepiece at York University Station platform level.
A panorama of the York University station on the just opened Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension.
20171218. Going down to platform level at the Highway 407 Station on the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension.
20171217. The very colourful barcoded Finch West station and the Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension was busy on its opening day.
20171216. Trains pass through TTC’s new Finch West Station in preparation for tomorrow’s Toronto-York Spadina Subway Extension opening.
20171215. The black-clad Exchange Condominiums, surrounded by the skyscraping towers of Concord CityPlace.
20171214. Sunny skyscrapers versus the shady rear of the Dominion Public Building (Thomas William Fuller, Beaux Arts, 1931).
