photos 20220311. A Ledbury Park modern mid-rise office building awaits demolition. Interesting features include curved brise soleil at the top and a semi-elliptical walkway. Image March 11, 2022 Vik
photos 20220310. This mixed-use strip mall features a breeze wall on the upper floor providing privacy to renters. Image March 10, 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 20220304. Modern apartment tower ornament may inlcude a rooftop zig-flat-zag canopy. Image March 4, 2022 Vik
photos 20220302. Founders Residence courtyard entrance, York University. John B. Parkin Associates, 1965. Image March 2, 2022 Vik
photos 20220224. As the pigeon flies … by the modern facade (45 Carlton St., Edward I. Richmond, 1981). Image February 24, 2022 Vik
photos 20220221. The modern building at the Dufferin Gate to Exhibition Place. Image February 18, 2022 Vik
photos 20220220. 50 Green Belt Drive, the site of a 2008 double murder-suicide and arson is to be demolished for redevelopment. This building was included in ERA’s 2010 inventory of North York’s modernist architecture. Image February 18, 2022 Vik
photos 20220219. This bird turd covered structure at Islington Tower serves as a parking garage exit; fire department connection and garage ventilation. Image February 18, 2022 Vik
photos 20220210. The bones of modernism on display during the Riverdale Hospital demolition. Image February 11, 2022 Vik
photos 20220208. Widdicombe Place (1975) features two condominium towers with clean lines and modern Elements. Image February 8, 2022 Vik 53-57 Widdicombe Hill Blvd
photos 20220204. The often overlooked Royal Bank Building (20 King St E) in intricate marble with fine detailing. Marani Morris & Allen, 1964. Image February 4, 2022 Vik
photos 20220201. An Uno Prii modern mid-century expressionist space age canopy. Image February 1, 2022 Vik
photos 20220128. The Winton Place condos are unusual in that they look more institutional than residential. Image January 28, 2022 Vik
photos 20220127. The Agnes MacPhail apartment complex features two towers connected by a narrow section in between them. Image January 28, 2022 Vik
photos 20220126. At these modern Jane and Finch townhomes, projecting volumes and fenestration orientations alternate. Image January 26, 2022 Vik 391 Sentinel Road
photos 20220120. Heavy-duty high-rise. Image January 21, 2022 Vik 625; 627; 714; 716; the west mall; eringate
photos 20220117. The Evangeline Residence is the second largest women’s shelter in Toronto (from 2017). Image January 17, 2022 Vik
photos 20220116. The days are numbered for this modern, handsome, uniquely cladded former Universal Studios Canada building at Victoria Park and Sheppard Image January 16, 2022 Vik
photos 20220115. Form follows function on this apartment building facade. The middle windows not level with the others suggests stairwell. Image January 15, 2022 Vik
photos 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. Image January 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220113. The Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Catholic Church of Alderwood, Etobicoke. Image January 14, 2022 Vik
photos 20220112. The unusual glass block windows at the Toronto Cricket Skating and Curling Club (1957). Image January 12, 2022 Vik