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.
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20190119. A sad demolition can be pretty when it snows. Bye-bye Davisville Public School, you were special.
20190117. The main pod of the impressive modernist Davisville Public School is looking very different these days.
20181217. One and a half pods down at the demolition of Davisville Public School, one of Toronto’s most impressive modernist schools.
20181215. And so the demolition of Davisville Public School, one of Toronto’s most impressive modernist schools, has begun.
20180522. Enjoying the cool covered parkade at the City Adult Learning Centre (formerly Parkview Secondary School). Peter Pennington, 1964.
Inverted scissor switch stairwell.
20180408. Brilliant modern interior design allowing light to penetrate through glass blocks in the walls of the City Adult Learning Centre covered pedestrian bridge. Architect Peter Pennington, 1963.
20180312. Play basketball circa 1961 at Glen Ames Senior Public School in The Beaches.
20170619. The main entrance section to Davisville Public School features a fun flaring concave angular roof and a chimney to match.
20160406. Sadly, one of the most expressive Modernist buildings in Toronto, Davisville Junior Public School, is at grave risk of being demolished.
Architect Peter Pennington, 1962.
20140228. The modernist Lord Lansdowne Public School (c.1961, Architect Peter Pennington) – main building, gymnasium wing and main entrance.
The folded plate roof unifies these three sections of the school.
