20220228. Brutalist OISE. Kenneth R. Cooper, 1969.
Tag Archives: mid-century
20220201. An Uno Prii modern mid-century expressionist space age canopy.
20220116. The days are numbered for this modern, handsome, uniquely cladded former Universal Studios Canada building at Victoria Park and Sheppard
20220115. Form follows function on this apartment building facade. The middle windows not level with the others suggests stairwell.
20220114. The Bayview Towers complex includes 4 buildings with 70 Ruddington Dr (centre) built 20 years later than the other 3. Differences include corner balconies, the roofline and fenestration.
20210831. Modern August #31. Many of Toronto’s finest mid-century modern buildings face the same risk as this now demolished strip mall in Victoria Village.
20210802. Modern August #2. Forest Grove United Church (North York, 1959).
20210515. The west facade of the CSI (Church of South India) Church Toronto (first service 1989) and formerly the Church of St. Wilfrid (1958).
20210512. Impressive tile and brick work at Stilecroft Public School (1962).
20210511. West Hill Collegiate Institute has some fine lines.
20210504. Graceview Presbyterian Church (1961).
20210501. The modern curves of the Carmine Stefano Community Centre.
20210315. The simple, elegant and tastefully renovated McCowan Chapel.
20210126. Remembering the Riverdale Hospital in its 50th year and just as demolition was beginning (July 2013). Chapman & Hurst, 1963.
20210108. The mid-century expressionist Amesbury Park Public Library before its 2017 renovations. Freedman, Petroff, Jeruzalski Architects, 1967, Brookhaven-Amesbury.
20201224. Time is up for a mid-century strip mall at Eglinton and Kennedy as construction continues on the Crosstown right out front.
20201029. The model mid-century modern mini-mall.
20201022. This is a modest mid-century modern lovely little low-rise abode on Vaughan Road.
20201017. The other side of this mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961). 3/3.
20201016. The mid-century expressionist former Christian Education Centre (now Ellesmere Montessori School) at West Ellesmere United Church (Craig & Zeidler, 1961).
20201015. The mid-century expressionist West Ellesmere United Church with its parabolic arches and natural Napanee quarried stone (Craig & Zeidler, 1958).
20200916. The main gable wall at St. Jude’s Roman Catholic church features two planes intersecting with interlocking white brick.
20200902. Now that’s a serious modern canopy – thin smooth concrete curved into a early space age shape.
20200807. A breeze block section of wall helps ventilate a one storey parking Garage at the very well maintained modern mid-rise at 1525 Bloor St in east Mississauga.
20200806. Burnhamthorpe, Etobicoke has not changed much in the last 60 years. With a high density of modern mid-rises, one can find funky canopies like this flaring upturned gem.
