Tag Archives: architecture
20210124. Parking under the overpass at Lawrence East Station.
20210123. Manulife in Monochrome.
20210122. Get some tasty tandoori or sell cash for gold at this postmodern scarborough strip mall.
20210121. The Great Wall of Queens Quay provides a sound barrier between Redpath Sugar and the Pier 27 Condos.
20210119. 93 years later, Loblaws is open once again at Bathurst and Lakeshore but as a grocery store not the former Loblaw head office and warehouse.
20210118. Under the guise of accelerating construction for affordable housing, the Province has commenced demolition of the heritage-listed 1917-1929 Dominion Wheel and Foundries Company Buildings in the Canary District without the requisite paperwork. Help Friends of the Foundry save the building by signing their petition at https://bit.ly/3oY0Tti.
20210113. Last townhouse standing. A single unit from a demolished row of townhouses remains standing as a muster point in Alexandra Park.
20210110. The Emerald Park Condos rise over a North York hood like giant trees.
20210109. Now you can get your liquor under the Gardiner Expressway (Bathurst and Housey St).
20210108. The mid-century expressionist Amesbury Park Public Library before its 2017 renovations. Freedman, Petroff, Jeruzalski Architects, 1967, Brookhaven-Amesbury.
20210107. A revitalized block of St. James Town features ultra clean modern towers, a new black tower (previously a No Frills) and townhouses but do these elements match?
20200106. Matching modern midrises on Midland ( 915-921 Midland Ave).
20200105. The handsome north facade of the Toronto Court House (Marani, Morris & Allan, 1966).
20210104. The modern residential high-rises of St. James Town, the largest high-rise community in Canada. From left to right: The Winnipeg, The Halifax, The Vancouver (240, 260, 280 Wellesley St E).
20200103. Fire Station 313, a modern building with brutalist elements, is home to Pump-Squad 313, also known as The Beasts of Bloor.
20200102. Promenade Gardens (1965), a large three-winged modern building.
20210101. The Kingsview (1960) on the Kingsway, a brutal modern luxury cellular tower.
20201230. Tudor Brutalism church architecture.
20201229. The ventilation stacks and chambers of Plant Complex 3 Building 36 (1952), a jet engine repair and testing facility at the former de Havilland Aircraft Company campus at Downsview Park.
20201228. Enigma on the Park is certainly an enigma and a place to be cautious if hallucinating.
20201227. Woodworth College Facade.
20201226. 477 Mount Pleasant Road (1960) is quite modern for a mid-century office building.
20201224. Time is up for a mid-century strip mall at Eglinton and Kennedy as construction continues on the Crosstown right out front.
20201222. The townhouses at 1031 Midland Avenue where the complex is far more appealing than the individual homes.