photos 20220622. Enter the First Unitarian Congregation of Ottawa – built in 1967 for $45,000. Image June 23, 2022 Vik
photos 20220607. The dodecagon pavilion at Corvette Junior Public School (Jerome Markson, 1954). Image June 8, 2022 Vik
photos 20220605. The Woodbine Acres Senior Housing Unit looks very much like a school. Image June 4, 2022 Vik
photos 202020604. These days a lot of modern churches need protection from the elements. Ti Agia Maria & St Demiana Church. Image June 4, 2022 Vik
photos 20220530. The googie ice cream bar (@tomsdairyfreeze, The Queensway, 1969). Googie architecture (AKA expressionist, mid-century modern, space age, populuxe, doo wop) originated in 1930s Los Angeles and features curvilinear geometric shapes and upswept roofs. Image May 30, 2022 Vik
photos 20220404. The Canadian Tire with the Googie gas bar (Rexdale, 1968, see image 20220308) features novel brick work. Image April 4, 2022 Vik
photos 20220321. Don’t you just love that corduroy concrete in the morning sun? Image March 21, 2022 Vik
photos 20220319. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its high pitch curved roof (rear). Image March 18, 2022 Vik
photos 20220318. The amazing Mount Olive Seventh-day Adventist Church with its curved and spiked concave gable (front). Image March 18, 2022 Vik
photos 20220309. Rexdale Mall was built in 1956, enclosed in 1972, demolished in 2004 yet the former Zellars/Towers structure survives as the Fresh Value grocery store and a bunch of small businesses – a true Remnant of Mid-Century Toronto. Image March 9, 2022 Vik
photos 20220308. The googie gas bar (Canadian Tire, Rexdale, 1968). Googie architecture can also be called expressionist, mid-century modern, space age, Populuxe and Doo Wop and originates at the defunct Googies Coffee Shop in Hollywood. The style features curvilinear geometric shapes and upswept roofs. Image March 8, 2022 Vik
photos 20211014. The new Davisville Junior Public School is a far cry from the original. Frankly speaking, the only positive thing I can say about this new school is that it is new. Image October 14, 2021 Vik
photos 20210812. Modern August #12. The spectacular mid-century modern Humber Valley United Church (1953). Image August 13, 2021 Vik
photos 20210811. Modern August #11. The tight zigzag roofiline of the Plast Huculak Centre, a Ukrainian Youth Organization. Image August 11, 2021 Vik
photos 20210810. Modern August #10. The curved mid-century modern strip mall at Cedar Heights Plaza. Image August 11, 2021 Vik
photos 20210805. Modern August #5. The walk-up apartment building at 71 Guildwood Parkway features overlapping entrance canopies or port cocheres. Image August 6, 2021 Vik
photos 20200802. The utility pole between two mid-century modern mid-rises. Jan Kiepura Building 1 and 2 at 777-787 Jane Street. August 4, 2020 Vik
photos 20191203. St Margaret’s Tamil Anglican Church and St. Margaret in the Pines Anglican Church designed by the architectural firm of Yamazaki and Ridpath in 1960. February 16, 2020 Vik
photos 20191020. 2 Carlton, a wonderful heritage-listed mid-century modern office tower is on the chopping block for a 73 storey condo tower. October 23, 2019 Vik
photos The epically modern and singular Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church (II). January 23, 2018 Vik