20240426. Imperial and Oriole.
Tag Archives: modern Toronto
20240423. The Duplate Canada Building (right, Allward & Gouinlock, 1957) and the Rolex building (left Allward & Gouinlock, 1951) have an interesting history and will be featured in my upcoming tour “Modern Scenes on St. Clair II” with Heritage Toronto.
20240420. The modernist Moss Park Armoury (Page & Steele Architects, 1966), has lost some of its modernism. Take a look at the roofline in both images (taken 2024 and 2020).
20240414. The modern parking spot.
20231128. How the Ambassador apartment building has changed. Before and After.
20231012. The Favorite.
20230723. Weston 2: A modernist midrise with a lovely patterned facade and an unusual entrance orientation.
20230723. Weston 1: The weird and wonderful Westlaw in Weston (1966),
20230707. Virtual Colonnade II.
20230706. Virtual Colonnade.
20230616. The Beaches IV: Baltic butterfly-roofed modernism in the Beaches by Estonian Viktor Tretjakewitsch, 1952. With a group of other immigrants, they may have been the first in Ontario to propose a co-operative model.
20230615. The Beaches III: Inside the Beach Mall. Formerly the Allen Beach Theatre (Hymes Feldman and Watson, 1919), a 1929 ad read “A Nice Place for Nice Folks to Go.” The theatre lasted 50 years and was renovated into a mall in 1970. The architectural style of the time is still evident today.
20230411. Stripping the Sutton (2016).
20230326. modernist x modernist.
20230122. Remember the adjoining modernist east wing of the Don Jail? Built 1958, Demolished 2014.
20230118. The cute but soon to be replaced Beth Joseph Lubavitch modernist synagogue. Armour Heights, North York.
20221123. Crowned modernism on Antibes Drive.
20221116. The Goodland Gardens Apartments, 1974.
20221114. St. Margaret of Scotland Catholic Church. James Haffa, 1957.
20221101. The modernist apartment buildings of Antibes Drive
20221029. 10 Sunny Glenway (1973) is one of five modernist concrete highrises in Flemingdon Park, North York.
20221026. Freestyle fenestration with do-it-yourself mullions at the old Church of Scientology building on Yonge Street.
20221024. Elements of Modernism.
20221012. Three of five Brentwood Towers (Harry Kohl, 1958-1961) of Midtown Toronto.
20221002. This modernist Concourse building is attached to a strip mall (1085 Steeles Ave W) which would make a great location for a new residential building with retail at ground.
