Tag Archives: art deco
20160415. An impressive Concourse Building facsimile (100 Adelaide St W) has returned to our skyline embedded in the EY Tower, replete with fine Art Deco detailing.
20160328. Remembering the Art Deco Loblaw Groceterias Warehouse (Lakeshore and Bathurst, Toronto) before demolition.
Sparling, Morton and Forbes, c.1928.
20160312. All that remains of the 1928 Art Deco Loblaws Grocerterias Warehouse (Lakeshore and Bathurst, Toronto).
Don’t worry as they are going to be “re-establisng an original” by saving 100,000 bricks and stonework for the West and South faces with a couple of condo towers behind and an addition on top.
20160307. The 1936 CNE Bandshell, Toronto’s Art Deco Hollywood Bowl.
20150823. A bird’s eye view of Toronto’s Art Deco inspired West Harbour City towers. Quadrangle Architects, 2011.
20150801. A full-length view of Toronto’s art deco Victory Building (c.1930, Baldwin and Greene, 80m), Canada’s first fully air-conditioned building.
20150709. A full-length view of Toronto’s palace of purification (RC Harris Water Treatment Plant Filtration Building, Art Deco, c.1941).
Restoration completed by CH2M Hill with heritage consultant Taylor Hazell Architects Ltd.
20150708. Part of the perceptibly pristine palace of purification in profile (RC Harris Water Treatment Plant Filtration Building, Art Deco, c.1941).
20150704. Reflecting sunlight dapples a reflection of the sun’s reflection. Commerce Court North, Toronto.
20150702. The art deco/ art moderne Maple Leaf Gardens, once a cathedral of hockey, hosts Pan Am basketball.
20150510. Explore Art Deco architecture and interiors at the Design Exchange. Doors Open Toronto 2015.
20150203. Toronto’s 1933 derelict art deco former incinerator and waste transfer station at 150 Symes in the Stockyards district.
20150119. The tower of the modern gothic-art deco Whitney Block sits empty in Toronto.
This is the southern half of an Ontario Government office building situated east of the Ontario Legislature to which it is connected by tunnel. The building was erected in 1925 and the tower in 1932. The tower has sat empty since the late sixties.
20141215. The Art Deco Queen’s Quay Terminal (Toronto, built 1927, modified 1983) is Canada’s first poured concrete building.
20141214. The amazing yellow and green Art Moderne National Steel Car gatehouse in Hamilton.
20141213. The Hamilton GO Centre (c.1933) is possibly the only example of Art Deco station architecture in Canada.
20141120. Toronto’s beautiful Art Deco apartments at 1477 Bayview (c.1941). Despite being heritage listed, they face development pressure.
This Garden Court Apartment complex has 10 buildings beautifully arranged around an interior court. It is one of the nicest places in Toronto and will be featured on this Saturdays Urban Exploration Walk.
There is a development proposal sign in front but a more recent city report recommends refusing the proposal and corresponding zoning plan amendment. The proposal called for the demolition of the complex to make way for, you guessed it, more condominiums.
20141112. The 1984-heritage-listed art deco Mayfair Mansions in South Hill, Toronto (Architect HC Roberts, c.1931).
20140920. The Tip Top Tailors building – one of Toronto’s finest examples of art deco architecture (Bishop and Miller architects, 1929).
20140410. The fantastic, abandoned Art Deco Buffalo Central Terminal railroad station (c.1929).
20140311. The derelict heritage-designated Art Deco Incinerator at 150 Symes in Toronto.
The building has been sold to an investor who has promised to retain the entire building instead of only a facade, like so many other buildings in Toronto.
