photos 20190607. The massive multi-winged Minto Westside condominium contains 1200 units and will bring about 2500 more people into the area. June 8, 2019 Vik
photos 20190606. The Musee Condos galleria, a sheltered passageway with sculptural exposed concrete columns supporting illuminated curving ribs with orange aluminum finishes. June 7, 2019 Vik
photos 20190605. Transformer House 3 – the large mid-century modernist kind. These faux homes contain obsolete electrical equipment that steps down voltage for domestic use. June 7, 2019 Vik
photos 20190601. Transformer House 3. Fine mid-century detailing on a transformer home – a shell house containing obsolete electrical equipment that used to step-down electrical voltage for home use. June 4, 2019 Vik
photos 20190531. Transformer Home 2 in the Georgian Revival style. Transformer homes contain step-down transformers that convert high voltage electricity to a lower voltage that can be distributed for use throughout a neighbourhood. Many are now out of service or demolished. June 1, 2019 Vik
photos 20190530. An abandoned mid-century strip mall in Victoria Village awaits demolition to make way for the Vic Towns North Park stacked townhouse development that boasts being 10 minutes away from the future Eglinton Crosstown LRT. May 31, 2019 Vik
photos 20190529. The Wexford Presbyterian Church, a 1963 modernist gem by Dunlop Matsui. May 29, 2019 Vik
photos 20190528. Transformer Home 1. A transformer home contains a transformer that converts high voltage energy to a lower voltage that can be distributed for use throughout a neighbourhood. May 29, 2019 Vik
photos 20190527. The Eglinton Maintenance and Storage Facilty maintenance pit where Crosstown LRVs will be serviced. May 28, 2019 Vik
photos 20190524. Behind the facades of 19 Duncan Street, a future mixed-use development featuring a 58 storey condo tower. May 24, 2019 Vik
photos 20190523. The 1927 neo-Gothic warehouse-loft Fashion Building by Kaplan & Sprachman at Spadina Ave and Richmond St W. May 24, 2019 Vik
photos 20190521. The inline conical pylons of Douglas Coupland’s public art “Four Seasons.” May 23, 2019 Vik
photos 20190520. The first CIBC Square tower and the steel support structure for its park rise behind the current Union Station Bus terminal, which is the future site of the second CIBC Square tower. May 23, 2019 Vik
photos 20190519. 1972 rough-hewn concrete modernism. 240 Duncan Mill Rd, Toronto. May 23, 2019 Vik In 2009, a concrete slab, the building’s brise-soleil or sun baffle, fell of the building with 100 people inside.
photos 20190516. Today (actually May 14th – I forgot my own anniversary) marks the 8th anniversary for this daily photography blog. Thanks for looking! May 22, 2019 Vik
photos 20190515. Vanishing down the pedestrian bridge to Toronto Pearson International Airport’s Terminal 1 Express Park Garage. May 22, 2019 Vik
photos 20190514. Inside the pedestrian bridge between Yorkdale Mall and Yorkdale Station. May 15, 2019 Vik